The theory-based curriculum used to teach music stifles creativity. The author suggests a curriculum to overcome this and other problems. (MF)

The author argues that properly designed and properly implemented instructional systems are neither incompetent, nor inefficient, nor inhumane." (Author/AK)

A look at the role technology plays in helping a student learn and develop his own individuality. (AK)

Greatest needs of business education for 1971 include (1) need to lift our educational goals to higher levels and define them lucidly, (2) need to scrutinize content of every course to determine its relevance, power, and criticalness, and (3) need to determine viable alternatives to the in-school methods of educating students for work. (Author)

The author discusses writing Spanish in the elementary schools of Puerto Rico. They have much the same problems that we do in the U.S. (MR)

A presentation of the educational reform movement and the author's view of the future of education. (JF)

Lauds Fargo, North Dakota, elementary school's efforts to enhance students' natural curiosity and enthusiasm for learning. (Author)

TASS, a system developed for industrial recruiting, is showing schools how to locate the exceptional teacher and save time and money in the hiring process. (Author)

The role of the teacher is basic in creating a learning environment which will recognize and respond to individual needs and differences. Innovative teacher education is necessary in order to develop teachers who will facilitate effective learning for children. (Author)

Suggests that participation in small scale change, rather than observation of it, is the only adequate model upon which the practitioner can base his response to larger demands. (Author)

How the author improved his teaching methods. (HS)

The author describes and outlines the design of the IPI Project, an innovation based on research which uses current information to improve its techniques, procedures and materials. (Author/MS)

Questions the basic educational change strategy employed for the last several years by the Office of Education and other top policy groups. Implied is that educational change is more dependent on the internal workings of the school district than on the feeding of carefully engineered products to practitioners. (Author)