The author has written this book to counter the assumption that all a teacher must do to conduct an open classroom is to have read the works of Neill, Holt, and others. He puts forth a number of guidelines for teachers who want to achieve an open classroom. Among the topics of the book are: possible trips and out-of-doors activities; classroom activities; characteristics of the open classroom teacher; and ways to use the open classroom approach with high school content areas. (JK)