Second of a two-part series. Article includes material from the author's forthcoming new book, Innovative Programs in Industrial Education.

Excerpts from a talk presented at the Third Annual Industry Seminar sponsored by the American School Food Service Assn. in Vail, Colorado, Sept. 23-27, 1968.

Part of an eight article review of "Student Involvement .

According to two models of innovation processes, those of Lindquist and of Berg and Ostergren, factors which explain why innovations succeed or fail include linkage, openness, gain/loss, ownership, leadership, and power. The models are used to analyze one particular innovation--the course evaluation scheme at the University of Birmingham…

This innovative high school gives no grades and students satisfy graduation requirements through unique combinations of classes, apprenticeships, independent study, work, and travel. Funding is mostly public and flexible. A benefit has been low turnover in the principalship. The school is an important community resource. (PB)

Two major problems confront community colleges today--their failure to give major attention to the improvement of instruction and a financial crisis requiring cutbacks at all operational levels. Colleges must address these problems creatively and innovatively to ensure low-cost, high quality programs. (DMM)

Introduces the basic terminology and capabilities of computers, describes software for children, provides guidelines for choosing hardware, briefly characterizes computer languages, and discusses the use of computers in early childhood education. (RH)

Discusses implications of the possibility that the state of New York will recommend that compulsory education for children begin at age four and that one year be taken off the top year of high school. Ways early childhood professionals might respond to the issue are indicated. (RH)

The San Francisco Exploratorium is an unconventional science museum serving as a science laboratory for the Schools in the Exploratorium (SITE) program. SITE's focus is to work with classes once a week for five to eight weeks. Teachers and students both learn from the innovative hands-on experience and new concepts and new ways to teach are…

Describes the cluster program in District 11, New York City, which brings parent and school staff representatives together. Lists the cluster groups' focuses, reviews several innovations suggested by the groups (including an interschool visitation program), and compares the clusters to Japanese "quality circles." (RW)

The T. F. Davies Teacher Center of the Bradford Metropolitan School District in Yorkshire, England, is described in terms of development, operation, curriculum, and resources. (MP)

A nursery school located within Lakes High School in Tacoma (Washington) provides an opportunity for teenagers to teach and play with young children and prepare for their own future family roles. Volunteer parents also participate. (Author/WD)

Reviews the status of alternative educational programs within the public school system. Discusses: (1) the meaning of alternative education; (2) the planning, implementation and integration of alternatives into the mainstream; (3) the legitimation of alternative teaching and learning styles; and (4) the assessment of the outcomes of nontraditional…