Incorporating diverse viewpoints and featuring articles by teachers and administrators on both the university and the elementary-secondary levels, this focused journal issue offers useful practical suggestions and pragmatic guidance for all levels of curriculum development. The articles and their authors are as follows: (1)"Teaching Students to Ask Questions" (Patricia A. Solfest); (2) "Outdoor World" (Craig A. Akey); (3) "A Perspective on the Guide: A Curricular Framework for the Language Arts" (Mary Meiser); (4) "Preparing Teachers: Fit the Training to the Need" (Leo J. Hertzel); (5) "Equity, English and Computers" (Mary Louise Gomez); (6) "Oral History as Composition" (Diane Long Hoeveler); (7) "Are English Curriculum Guides a Put-On?" (Thomas A. Lund); (8) "A Superintendent's View of the Language Arts" (William Josten); and (9) "Teacher Evaluation: From the Superintendency and the English Supervisor's Positions" (Carol S. Hertz and Karl V. Hertz). (A book review section is also included.) (NKA)