A remembrance of the 100th anniversary of the founder and first headmaster of the world-famous Summerhill School in Suffolk County, England. (MLF)

Agrees with John Goodlad's analysis of schooling in an article in this issue but disagrees with those who maintain that parents want babysitting rather than education. (JM)

A simple but comprehensive framework views parents' involvement in their children's education along a continuum of passive to active activities. A number of involvement strategies are presented in a visual summary of the model. (MLF)

Five short articles describe curriculum planning achievements in selected schools, including establishment of goals for a program for gifted and talented children; the use of learning charts, curriculum guides, and content lesson plans to make expectations public; establishment of subject area coordination; and two curriculum models. (MLF)

The Systematic Monitoring Process for Learning (SMPL) monitors changes in teacher and student activities that occur between the introduction of a new program and the final evaluation of student achievement. (Author/MLF)

Research on study techniques indicates that any study technique can help if it enables students to process the right information in the right way. Students often have to be carefully trained to use a technique to advantage. Guidelines are provided. (Author/MLF)

Hillsborough (Florida) County Public Schools used a systematic process to choose a standardized test that matched its curriculum. (Author)

Briefly describes a research study that suggested that those factors contributing to teacher satisfaction are also, if absent, most often the cause for teacher dissatisfaction. (Author/JM)

Research findings reveal that successful arts programs offer a wide variety of arts; incorporate the broadest possible range of stimuli, materials, tools, and processes; and focus on historical, ethnic, and formal elements. (Author/MLF)

A series of 30 television lessons is one effort toward helping to solve the problem of teenage pregnancy and parenthood. (Author/MLF)

Law-related programs and classes make the study of law pertinent by focusing on issues of genuine concern to students and by attempting to help students develop legal survival skills. Information sources are provided about these programs. (Author/MLF)

Researchers currently working in citizenship education are nearly unanimous in advocating student participation. (Author)

As nations become increasingly interrelated, citizenship education must include development of a global perspective. (Author)

A large-scale investigation of the development of 18 new teachers has identified six different types of supportive contacts and six types of nonsupportive contacts that new teachers experience. (Author/MLF)

Pellicer claims that personal interviews for selecting teachers can be made more reliable by using a structured approach. In response, Muller agrees that the structured interview is better than informal procedures, but states that the instrument used must be the product of careful research. (Author/MLF)