Four issues of this journal on gifted education published in 1995 focus on the following four topics respectively: (1) gifted students in the regular classroom; (2) brain research; (3) professional development; and (4) curriculum compacting. Major articles included are: "What Does the Research Say? Testing Your Knowledge About Gifted Education" (Karen Rogers); "Elementary Gifted Students in the Regular Education Classroom" (Margaret L. Rodrigues); "Effectively Teaching Young Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom" (Linda Kargs-Bone); "Meeting Needs of Gifted in the Regular Classroom" (Joyce Kutaka Kennedy); "Meeting the Challenge of Gifted Students in Regular Classrooms" (Beverly N. Parke); "No Girls Allowed!" (examines gender differences in computer usage, by Melissa Koch);"Who's Afraid of Acceleration?" (Wendy Christie); "How Sleep and Stories String and Shape Our Memories" (Robert Sylwester); "What Do Teachers at Home and at School Need To Know about Brain Research?" (Barbara Clark); "An Ethical Dilemma for the Classroom: DNA Research and Gene Manipulation" (Jerry Chris); "Is What You Are Sold, What You Get? The Experience of Parents of Intellectually Gifted in Pacific Rim Countries" (Glenison Alsop); "Prisoners of Time: A Look at the Report of the National Education Commission on Time and Learning" (Jean Drum); "What We Have Learned About Gifted Children" (Linda Silverman); "Teaching Gifted Learners: A Specialized Area of Professional Development" (Barbara Clark); "Differentiated Professional Development" (Sandra N. Kaplan); "Teacher Training for Gifted Education Programs in San Diego" (Elinor Ruth Smith); "Gifted Students as Gifted Teachers" (Katherine Gustin et al.); "Curriculum Compacting: A Systematic Procedure for Modifying the Curriculum for Above-Average Ability Students" (Sally M. Reis); "Implementing Curriculum Compacting: Suggestions for Assisting Teachers" (Marcia B. Imbeau); "Curriculum Compacting in Mathematics: Strategies for Success" (M. Katherine Gavin); "Curriculum Compacting: An Appropriate Intervention for Gifted Underachievers" (Thomas P. Hebert); and "Successful Curriculum Compacting: A Case Study" (Karen L. Westberg). (DB)