Offers a quick test to assess the scope and effectiveness of computer and allied technology use in a school's administrative office. (SR)

Discusses briefly the call for mathematical literacy and the need for a model that articulates the fluid and dynamic nature of this form of literacy. Presents such a model which uses two concentric circles, one depicting the four processes of mathematical literacy (representing, manipulating, reasoning, and problem solving) and enablers that…

Offers a reflection on the shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, on April 20, 1999. Notes how every special-interest group has used the tragedy to support its own point of view, and concludes that teachers have become bystanders in the education of America's children. (SR)

Points to the promising application of service learning for students in alternative education. Discusses basic steps for incorporating service learning into the curriculum. Offers examples of such projects. (SR)

Discusses environmental literacy, and outlines a continuum (nominal, functional, and operational environmental literacy) along which individuals progress. Argues that environmental awareness and knowledge are not enough: acquiring responsible environmental action skills must be the ultimate goal of environmental literacy. (SR)

Argues that a good procedure for starting an essay is to define the topic's central concept, looking up the word in reference books and looking carefully at what it means to the student personally. (SR)

A fantasy about a high school principal endowed with miraculous powers, showing how he solves various school problems. (SJL)

The objective of this paper is to examine the fundamental definitions of "progressive education" and to clarify the problems in its practical application. (Author)

Thirteen suggestions are made to the teacher on the establishment of classroom control; the use of various methods of punishment, including grades and extra homework; and ways of dealing with recurrent behavior problems. (SJL)

Describes the development and testing of an interdisciplinary unit on mystery. (FL)

Reviews the literature pertaining to the use of hypnosis in improving reading proficiency, describes a procedure teachers can use, and explains why they should use it. (FL)

Argues the importance of teaching map reading skills to all students since they can help show how physical environment affects human actions. (FL)

Argues that Dewey's ideas about discipline were influential because he was able to provide a defensible position that did not succumb to laissez-faire freedom on the one hand or authoritarianism on the other. (FL)

Concludes that defining "gifted" is a delicate and complicated activity, made more so by the fact that there is no theoretically based definition that will fit all programs and circumstances. (FL)

Examines population shifts in cities and adjacent suburban areas by region--the Northeast and Midwest and the South and West--and discusses the implications of these shifts for educators. (FL)