Excerpts from exchanges at a symposium on educational alternatives. (JF)

Describes Philadelphia's massive program of alternatives at the secondary school level. According to the author, more than fifty alternative programs are now in existence -- some within a school, some functioning as annexes in off-site locations, and others operating as semiautonomous organizations. (Author/JF)

Author suggests ways-including games- to help children develop the very important but often neglected reading-study skills. (Author/RK)

A novel method of plumbing the inner experience of inmates has become part of modern penology as prisoners capture in photographs the caged lives they must live. (Editor)

Significant differences in IQ and measures of motor development were found between twenty-four inadequately and sixteen adequately nourished New Delhi preschool children from lower middle class homes. Former showed greater variability than the latter, and girls in the former category had lower mean scores than boys in the latter. (RJ)

Explains techniques used to help students comprehend concepts mentioned in their reading materials. (SW)

Advocates the elimination of seven negative instructional practices among English teachers. (RD)

The article describes a program the key factor of which is the relationship between education and income. The plan rewards those teachers and administrators within the school systems which show significant improvement in raising the educational level and aspirations of their students. (Author)

This article is based on an address at the Department of Elementary School Principals (NEA) Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada.