This article reports educational changes evidenced in a selected group of innovative Catholic schools. A study of these schools compared their educational practices with those advocated by the NASSP Model Schools Project. The findings are pertinent to any school contemplating change. (Editor)

Believing that there is substantial need to reappraise much of what's being done under the guise of innovation, the author hopes to stimulate administrators and teachers to evaluate programs in terms of actual contributions made to the teaching-learning experience. (Editor)

It is Haworth's hope that by 1980 the American public high school will provide many more options for its students in the academic, social, instructional, and human climates where most of their waking time is spent. The survey results presented here indicate that his hope may become a reality. (Editor/RK)

While the short term trend in education emphasizes subjects, the long term emphasis will be on the competencies themselves. There will be many more options for the learner and a fundamental transition to a learning system with a life-span curriculum in school and non-school settings. (DCS)