Urges others to take advantage of study abroad in the adult education program offered at Oxford, as one English teacher and her husband did. (RL)

Reports how participation in a summer program of the National Writing Project helped to revitalize a junior high school English teacher and the 1,000 teachers she herself taught. (RL)

A participant in the Oklahoma Writing Project shares ideas about writing instruction. (RL)

Presents 13 activities that can occupy teachers' attention during the summer months. (RL)

Describes the traits held by "elitist humanists" who attack the teaching of English today. (DD)

A spoof about how English might be taught a decade from now in a worst-of-all-possible worlds. (DD)

Contains a bibliography of reference books and a checklist of suggestions that focus on professional growth and on the creation of a more student-centered approach to the teaching of English in the 80s. (DD)

Calls for more caring public school teachers with expertise in their fields, increased parent involvement, and stronger emphasis on moral and ethical responsibilities. (DD)

Urges teachers to keep reading and writing alive in the classroom by assigning a variety of books, including the classics, and by integrating written responses with the reading assignments. (DD)

Teachers should assign the classics, include ethnic literature in the curriculum, use peer tutors, and teach argumentative and persuasive writing in order to help students to think logically, communicate effectively, and become responsible citizens. (DD)

Argues that the real danger of the next decade is the technical form of thought and planning that is beginning to restrict English teaching, and the unwitting contributions English teachers make to the restriction of their own effectiveness. (DD)

Advocates increased student use of audiovisual equipment and increased instruction in media literacy, including both critical viewing and creative production. (DD)

Sees no end to the problem of censorship in the schools and predicts that forms of censorship will not change in the 1980s. (DD)

To interpret research, teachers should learn how to study the studies, particularly the methods by which findings are measured and interpreted. (DD)

Urges the establishment of a commission to study the nation's middle schools and recommend a sound English curriculum. (DD)