Students in this elementary school are much more receptive to learning in their after-lunch classes since the usual lunch-period pattern--lunch followed by play--was reversed so that students play and then eat. (Author/IRT)

Educators and students speculate on education during the next thirty years. (LR)

Comments on performance contracting and some of its implications. (MF)

This last article in a series of seven describes the outcome of attempts to implement performance contracting in an innovative school district in Colorado. In reviewing the series, the author concludes that although many of the innovations discussed did not survive, the schools were none the worse for their experimentation. (WD)

This article describes Dorothy Fadiman's prize-winning film "Why Do These Kids Love School?" as a documentary with many powerful lessons to teach. Inspired by her own daughter's joyous experiences at school, Fadiman filmed classroom activities at a progressive Menlo Park (California) school and eight other schools across the country that…

A company of professional actors perform scenes from history, act in plays, and do improvisations and poetry readings in university classrooms. Describes Illinois State University's unique program for enlivening the humanities. (Author/JF)

Describes uses and advantages of minicourses -- short-term courses offered for less than one semester. (Author)

An imaginative solution to the rapid burnout of reform-minded teachers. (JF)

Knowledge of innovations in educational practice is tested by ascertaining respondent's familiarity with new terms. (MF)

Discusses the intervening years at Melbourne (Florida) High School since B. Frank Brown introduced several innovations in 1958. The major change, institution of a nongraded program, is still in effect. (WD)

Argues that we should be more tolerant of the educational innovator, that innovation, particularly in these times of diminishing resources and back-to-basics, must be preserved. (Author/IRT)

Unfortunately for students, school reading has become an institution-- a powerful, organized machine that dooms the whole educational enterprise to mediocrity. This article presents 31 grievances against the present system and advocates replacing the vacuous, contrived subject called reading with the teaching of genuine subjects. (MLH)