The Key Learning Community in Indianapolis was the first school in the world to base its approach on the theory of multiple intelligences. Ms. Kunkel, Key's principal, reflects on the school's continuing growth and success--even in the face of pressures to standardize--and shares the history of its founding. (Contains 5 endnotes.)

Examines the fate of 25 innovative instructional programs implemented in 1971-73 as a result of state legislation. Arrives at seven conclusions about why some programs (seven) were still in existence eight years later and why others were not. (IRT)

Reports on an educational conference held in Toronto stressing spontaneous and expressive alternatives to existing educational patterns in public education. (Author)

Describes visit to Summerhill, an innovative school developed by A.S. Neill. (PKP)

Neither the proponents of district-based reforms nor supporters of choice and competition can claim that their solutions have produced the schools that we want. To move forward, we must shake off assumptions that tried-and-true responses will deliver the reforms that schools need. To achieve the desired results will require fostering the…

Describes Project Information Exchange, a developing information service to help Philadelphia educators share information about instructional projects, curricula, materials, and resources. (JF)

How, in a presidential election year, the political education of young people can be enormously advanced. (Author)

The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard, ignored since its introduction in 1932, can be mastered in half the time required by the standard keyboard, with a 75 percent increase in productivity. Interest among Oregon's state agencies may lead to acceptance of the keyboard, cited by educators for its promotion of writing skills. (Author/PGD)

Discusses a collection of 75 research studies reporting great differences in one or more teaching productivity indices when two teaching methods and/or management systems are compared. In 26 percent of the sample cases, conventional instruction proved superior; the remaining 74 percent showed nonconventional methods such as programmed or…

Educational research has not accomplished all it should because it has failed to communicate its ideas to the right people. (RA)

Examines correlation between national test scores in mathematics from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the Current Competitiveness Index (CCI). Finds, for example, that while the United States ranks 29th in TIMSS mathematics, it ranks second in competitiveness on the CCI. Korea ranks 3rd in mathematics, but 27th in…

Describes examples of "disruptive technologies," some of which may affect teachers and students, such as Instant Messaging and CDN (Content Delivery Network). (PKP)

Recounts some of the problems confronted by a principal, who became associated with an innovation he created, when he wanted to change jobs and some of the awkwardness he felt in his job. (IRT)