Author outlines some massages for the school blahs that may affect a student's or teacher's ability to make the best of the school year. (RK)

Argues that Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso possessed similar artistic thought processes, maintaining that their influential discoveries (relativity theory and cubist painting), which launched 20th-century modernism, were amazingly similar in concept. (SR)

Describes the development of a program that used fantasy characters and images to improve the spelling of children. (FL)

Nine steps are presented which a teacher should consider in order to elicit and develop creativity in students. An analogy is drawn wherein the teacher is a gardener, planting and caring for seeds of creativity. (KC)

The author relates his successful experiment with using old time radio programs to enhance listening and writing skills in his classroom. A list of companies that sell Old Time Radio (OTR) programs, and a list of projects which can be used with OTR, conclude the article. (KC)