A survey of curricular history reveals that alternate preoccupation with academic and student-centered goals are insufficient independently; an integration of the two would strengthen and affirm each. The author uses the ideas of John Dewey to provide a methodology and rationale for the integration of the two areas. (Author/MD)

Under current law, public and private institutions must educate children with disabilities just as they educate other children. Inclusion becomes a civil-rights issue when special-education students' rights are perceived to be violated because of unequal treatment due to segregated programs. A survey of attendees at a summer training institute on…

Presents the results of a national survey conducted in 1983 that investigated teachers', administrators', and parents' preferred strategies for educating gifted secondary school students; reviews related program evaluation data, particularly as regards accelerated courses and independent study programs. (MCG)

A national study of 2,000 secondary school students found that the work experiences available to teenagers have little or no effect on their tendency to delinquency, their academic learning, or their psychological well-being. Earlier studies suggest that coordinating work with education more systematically could provide social benefits. (PGD)