A walking tour of a 535-student open plan elementary school. (HMD)

A description of an experiment in early intervention designed to promote learning in deprived children. Postprogram tests shed light on the nature of gains. (ST)

A junior college's individualized physics program is described. The unique features in this program are a 14-hour per day faculty tutoring service, completely open laboratories, and no time restrictions for completing a course. An appraisal of the program reports its strength and weaknesses. (JP)

Article described a project which aims to provide publishing and distribution opportunities for people in Hackney who would never think of themselves as within the traditional framework of commercial publishing. (Author/RK)

Outlines the structure of the CRIMEL project in mathematics at the Ohio State University. Describes the testing program which gives students the opportunity to retake examinations if they believe that they can improve on their initial performance. (JR)

The Outward Bound approach is being used by one public school system as an effective means of facilitating interracial understanding and acceptance among 7th grade students. (Author/DN)

Describes the role of the instructor in the media-aided language program at the University of Minnesota. (RL)

Described is an open classroom program for 48 3- to 7- year old orthopedically handicapped, trainable mentally retarded, or educationally handicapped children. (DB)

Developments of alternative schools are reviwed, emphasizing differences in five types of public school options and the similarities of these types in respect to their social education programs. (Author/KM)

Describes a public school program for educating 5-year-olds that emphasizes the children before the subject matter, looks at how and what the children learn rather than how and what the teachers teach, creates more open classrooms, fosters interaction within the school and between school and community, and achieves a greater commonality of purpose…