Proposes a method for evaluating courseware as an integral part of curriculum, based both on "curriculum commonplaces" (the curriculum content and all that surrounds it) and on educational values and beliefs; an evaluative matrix is offered, with the commonplaces arrayed along one axis, values and beliefs along the other. (MCG)

Examines the theoretical bases and historical evolution of two promotional policies--merit and social promotion. Offers suggestions for school districts planning to implement stronger promotional standards. (JOW)

Nursing students with learning disabilities can be accommodated with flexible teaching strategies without lowering educational standards. (JOW)

This article explores a European concept offering "a comprehensive educational strategy for all post compulsory, post basic education." Focus is on the idea of a person moving from organized learning to a work setting, returning to the educational framework for supplemental experience, and then back to work on a recurring basis. (WL)

This document explores how teachers can connect the instructional and interpersonal approaches embedded in middle-school philosophy to effective classroom management. It describes the current mismatch between middle-school philosophy and practice and how the creation of middle-school grades introduced a volatile mismatch between a school's…

Thriving industries spend five to ten percent of their gross income on research and development. Educational reform is being impeded because the public is unwilling to spend more than two-tenths of one percent on improving education. (Author)

Author feels educators should work more out of a sense of purpose and less purely for survival alone. (GB)

One of America's distinguished social observers describes the impact of meritocratic standards on Harvard University over the past 4 decades. (Editor)

Article is concerned with the implications of Autonomism for moral education. (Author)

Promoting steady enthusiam and personal affirmation in teaching, the author describes a program in Tennessee called the Living Curriculum. (Editor)

Proposals, some radical, regarding classroom management, curriculum and organizational practices, based on positive acceptance of diversity and individuality'' of students. (Author/SP)

Reports that 51 elementary teachers in this in-service training program improved in their attitudes toward children, teaching, and interpersonal relationships. (This study is based upon a doctoral dissertation completed at the University of California at Los Angeles.) (DR)