A program of Mini Grants provides the stimulus necessary to encourage classroom teachers to develop innovative projects for use in their classrooms. (Editor)

This paper surveys the literature on educational programmes in selected rural areas of the world. It reports present trends in organization, content and methodology. The focus is on the structure of formal education, its innovation and impact on the development of the rural areas. (SM)

Students in a political science course were assigned to interview someone who had written a relevant letter for the editorial page of the local newspaper. This was a success in motivating and maintaining student interest as well as accomplishing the course objectives. (KM)

Article describes the Ethnic Studies Center of the Richmond Public Schools, which was established by the funding of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Emergency School Assistance Program. (GB)

An emphasis on an integrative, interdisciplinary approach in high school and college is argued to be the best overall approach for the specialization for the student at the graduate level. (Author/KM)

Schools that are frontline innovators have difficulty sustaining their leadership thrust, the writer contends, primarily because of difficulty in the broad areas of training, leadership, professionalism, and community. (Editor)

A college without a campus is the situation at the new Minnesota Metropolitan State College, which carries the community services ethic to its logical conclusion. (Editor)

Article analyzes the impetus for alternative schools' development, their present status, and reactions to their development. (Editor)

Article is a list of cautions based on the experience of large school districts, as leaders in initiating educational options. (Editor)

A look at the elements of New York State Project Redesign, a statewide improvement effort whose focus has been to change the relationships between the State Education Department and local school systems participating in the effort. (Author)

Article proposes a specific technique, the use of simple index cards, which have been called Lippert Cards, to facilitate the process of analysis and synthesis in instructional design. (Author)

Discusses the impact of Dr. Ivan Illich's recent trip to India on the Indian higher education community. (PG)

When career education arrived, this school district found it could enhance and broaden existing social studies programs. K-12 programs and resource materials developed are examples of the use of career education as a catalyst for change. (KM)

Evaluating medical students' bedside observations and interpretations of a simulated patient. (PG)