This report includes papers from a 1998 symposium to promote the professional sharing of current educational issues. The papers are: "A Tapestry of Authors" (Maurine Richardson and Margaret Miller); "Critical Thinking Strategies Across the Curriculum" (Constance L. Hoag and Sharon Andrews); "The Effect of Journal Writing on Teachers' Theory Development" (Lana Danielson); "School Subject Teaching Preferences Held by Elementary Teachers" (Robert W. Wood and Lynne Roach); "Attribution Studies of Children with Learning Disabilities" (Mary Ring); "An In-Depth Look at South Dakota's Successful Early Childhood Inclusion Program" (Geralyn Jacobs, Dot Stoll, Joanne Wounded Head, Kristy Spencer, and Gui-Ping Zhang); "The Impact of Perinatal Insults and Disabilities on Development from Birth to Eight Years of Age: Research Linked to Practice" (Marilyn Urquhart and Patricia Work); and "Writing and Computers: Increasing Geometric Content Based Knowledge Using the Van Hiele Model" (Roger Parsons, Jack Breen, and Robert Stack). (SM)