Articles on second language education include: "Foreign Languages in Schools" (Madelyn Holmes), an overview of the benefits of language instruction in elementary and secondary education; "Japanese across the Miles" (Elizabeth Reiken), describing a high school distance learning program in Japanese; "Teaching Spanish as a Community Service" (Rita A. Oleksak), about a program in which eighth-grade students improve community relations by teaching Spanish to kindergartners at a neighboring school; "Metamorphosis" (Stephanie Soper), which describes a German teacher's discovery that his teaching style provided a framework for development of instructional standards for language teaching; and "Collaborating with Standards in Classrooms" (June K. Phillips), sketches of classroom situations in which national standards are being implemented. Professional and organizational notes are also included in this issue. (MSE)