These 4 issues of the English Leadership Quarterly comprise volume 16, published during 1994. Articles in number 1 deal with practical advice, and include: "The Law of Privacy and the Writing Teacher" (Ben T. Allen); Beware of Teachers Who Laminate Their Lesson Plans and Other Useful Suggestions about Teaching" (Robert Perrin); "Firefighter, Cook, Pack Rat, Teacher: Advice for Chairs" (Mary M. Licklider); Dependence and Grade Inflation: A Vicious Cycle" (Candace O'Donnell); "When Models Collide" (Diana Dreyer); "Writing the Mall" (John S. Simmons); "When Does a Vulgarity Become an Obscenity?" (Carol Jago); and "The First Six Minutes" (Terrie St. Michel). Articles in number 2 deal with innovations and classic ideas, and include: "The Standards Movement Explained and Considered" (Jim Burke); "A Classic Assignment" (Rick Chambers); "Local Color--Local Voices: A Focus for Student Research" (Rocky Colavito); "One Teacher's Odyssey toward Better Teaching" (Joy Marks Gray); and "The Appreciative Focus in the Listening Curriculum" (Constance L. Hoag and Maurine V. Richardson). Articles in number 3 present case studies in English leadership and include "Professional Growth through Supervision" (Daniel A. Heller); "Losing the Chair: Whose Seat Is It, Anyway?" (Ted Lehmann); and "A Whole Language Vision" (Alyce Hunter). Articles in number 4 deal with the promise and paradox of national standards, and include "Goals 2000 Adds New Issues to the Standards Movement" (Miles Myers); "The Edison Project: New Standards for New Schools" (Francie Alexander); "The Language Arts Standards Project: A Professional and Community-Based Collaboration" (Charlotte Higuchi); and "Looking Back: A Local Standards Project That Failed" (Larry Crapse). (RS)