A list of books on future studies and places to write for more information on teaching about the future. (GB)

This article concerns the paths available to the consultant who embarks on a course of institutional problem-solving presenting strategies and alternatives which could be utilized in the change process. (JC)

Discusses the report Youth: Transition to Adulthood'' prepared by a panel of the President's Science Advisory Committee. The report examines the appropriateness of institutions handling young people in our society. Among other things, it suggests work-study programs, a voucher system of education, and pilot programs to test innovative ideas. (JR)

Author considers various strategies to upgrade education in individual school districts, and to implement recent innovations in education. (GB)

The principal concern of this paper is to identify those organizational, teacher, and community characteristics that are associated with varying levels of student achievement growth. (Author)

Believing that there is substantial need to reappraise much of what's being done under the guise of innovation, the author hopes to stimulate administrators and teachers to evaluate programs in terms of actual contributions made to the teaching-learning experience. (Editor)

Article expresses concern that oftentimes non-public alternatives do not deal with the real educational or social issues. (Editor)

Article shows a logical outline of problem areas in alternative schools and the strategy for dealing with them as demonstrated by one school district. (Editor)

On the premise that alternatives are needed and that they will have a better service and survival rate if they are public rather than private, Illinois has instituted a network for educational options. (Editor)

Smaller districts produce a variety of learning programs more spontaneously, more informally, and more easily. Will smaller districts become the leaders in developing successful alternatives? (Editor)

Describes rumor mill,'' sheets on which community members are asked to write rumors they have heard and mail in to the superintendent; a coding system for inventory control of borrowed equipment; the use of a teletype machine in a reading program; and various mini-ideas including telephone cable core furniture, mad money'' given to students on a…

Experimental college deals with the problem of maintaining academic standards with an open admissions policy. (HS)