Poetry is still an art form which requires craftsmanship, technique and discipline. Author expresses a negative reaction to Do-your-own-poetry-thing". (ML)

Rather than write the usual book reports, the author's students were encouraged to say what a book meant to them in terms of pop art, collages and papier-mache sculpture. Article illustrations show the results based on specific books and subject matter. (PD)

To deal with questions arising from the increased use of paraprofessionals a project was initiated entitled A Task Analysis System for Educational Personnel Development." (MB)

Much of the article is based on a series of interviews with paraprofessionals in Head Start programs, conducted in 1970 by the authors for the Bank Street College of Education Career Development Training Program. (MB)

Students trained for careers in physical education write on such topics as student teaching, comfort behavior, and dance. (MB)

Contains papers dealing with such topics as the coach-athlete relationship, effects of sports on character, the athlete's role in social action, and the integrity of the athletic spectacle and its financing. (MB)

Author suggests specific ways to re-awaken high school students' curiosity and teach them how to ask questions which will increase their intellectual powers and broaden their awareness of the world about them and the significance of their studies. (PD)

Abbreviated version of two papers, one presented at a symposium of the American Educational Research Association, February 1971; the other presented at the National Association for the Education of Young Children, November 1971. (Editor/MB)

Final and complete report of the research and development summarized in this paper is available in mimeo form from the author at the Bank Street College of Education, 610 W. 112th St., New York, N.Y. 10025. (Editor/MB)

Author cautions educators that improvement in educational practices must be evident before the public's attitudes about schools can be changed significantly. (Author/MB)

Article suggests books and films, as well as newspapers, which senior high-school students who will be voting in 1972 for the first time can study to broaden their understanding of the political parties and the electoral process. School and class activities relevant to the presidential election are also detailed. (PD)