In the spirit of education reform, this collection of 22 essays written by experienced teacher practitioners addresses the needs of Connecticut's teachers for effective schooling: (1) "Rediscovering Waldo: The Search for Meaning in Education Today"; (2) "Neglecting Children: Teaching Art from a Cart"; (3) "Tomorrow's Effective Bilingual Education Teachers"; (4) "Business Education: The 'Hidden Curriculum'"; (5) "Technology: Focus on the Goal"; (6) "Children Are Our Future: School Counseling 2000"; (7) "Connecticut's New Defense Industry: Its Schools"; (8) "An Appreciation of Basic Cultural Diversity"; (9) "Health and Physical Fitness Do Relate to Learning"; (10) "The Support of Parents is Basic"; (11) "Kindergarten: We Must Listen to Children"; (12) "The New Approach to Foreign Language: Do It!": (13) "Mathematics and the Use of Technology"; (14) "Effective Teachers: The Key to Successful Schools"; (15) "Partnerships for Effective Schools: The Role of the School Psychologist"; (16) "Home-School Relationships: A New Dimension"; (17) "An Anathema to the Teaching of Science: The Structure of the School Day"; (18) "Needed: Habits of the Mind, Not a Cocktail Curriculum"; (19) "Meet the Needs of Students through Collaboration"; (20) "For Effective Schooling, Teachers Need Support"; (21) "Early Childhood Education: Dealing with the Whole Child"; and (22) "Music for the Development of the Whole Person." (LL)