New ideas for adding excitement to classroom learning in the middle school are presented.

This article presents the history of a school's involvement in a curriculum founded on the principles of open education. The program as described, however laudable the intentions behind it, proved a resounding failure. (JA)

Author reflects upon the nature of openness in language and society, and especially on the application of this concept to education. (Author/CB)

The report describes the use of a teacher questionnaire, Dimensions of Schooling (DISC), in assessing the characteristics of open education. (BB)

This article builds upon and partially updates a report on a survey by Alexander and Hines, 1966. (BB)

Essay on the meaning and significance of educational technology, focusing on the nature of technology and its relationship to and impact on education. (LS)

Canada's Federal Minister of Communications discusses the question of why education and communications technology have taken so long to produce quality results. (AK)

Chief proponents of seven programs tell what their purposes are, how their programs differ, how they are being used by the schools and their plans for further development. (Editor)

The author examines the question of how the powerful forces" of education and technology are currently shaping" each other and the evolving world." (Author/AK)

The authors outline the possibilities for small groups of teachers organizing in order to change conditions in the immediate school environment. (Editor)