Warns that the failure of public schools to provide extensive technological training and to restructure curriculum in order to achieve technological relevance may result in their "environmental collapse"--that is, their abandonment by dissatisfied constituents and clients for an economically attractive alternative. (Author/WD)

Describes IMPACT II, an experimental teacher-to-teacher network that encourages teacher-initiated innovations by offering "developer" and "replicator" grants. Reports the results of a survey evaluation of the project and concludes that innovation works best from the bottom up. (Author/WD)

Reviews pertinent court cases in a discussion of how much freedom teachers have to decide how they will teach their students. Includes cases in which teacher authority was upheld and others in which it was denied. (Author/WD)

Describes the revolving-door model for identifying and teaching the gifted. More flexible criteria are used than in the conventional selection process and a "talent pool" of 15 to 25 percent of the student population participates. An evaluative study of the model yielded positive results. (WD)

A professor's one-time observation of gifted and low-achieving students at one school leads to a startling conclusion. The gifted students were excessively anxious and unable to think creatively in the face of new problems; the low-achievers demonstrated high levels of creative problem-solving. (Author/WD)

Twelve Colorado school districts changed to a four-day week during the 1980-81 school year. This article discusses the advantages of the move and offers some cautions. (Author/WD)

Describes the history of Alaska's extensive school construction project, which offers many of the state's 11,000-plus rural students their first opportunity to attend high school in their home villages. Geographic, technological, and cultural differences from the continental United States have made Alaska's system of secondary education unique.…

This last article in a series of seven describes the outcome of attempts to implement performance contracting in an innovative school district in Colorado. In reviewing the series, the author concludes that although many of the innovations discussed did not survive, the schools were none the worse for their experimentation. (WD)

Argues that the principal of a school should be a master teacher who, by daily work, exemplifies the whole purpose of schooling. (Author/WD)

Reviews previous educational malpractice suits and describes a recent decision in Maryland in which the plaintiff's allegations of malpractice were rejected. (WD)

A 1979 study of 200 randomly chosen teachers in grades K-12 in southeastern Michigan revealed that the teachers are less satisfied with the quality of their worklives, more fearful of losing their jobs, and more likely to experience problems with their jobs than are U.S. workers nationwide. (Author/WD)

Reports the results of a survey of all 50 state departments of education and the superintendent's office in the District of Columbia concerning their bilingual programs. Predicts that the need for such programs will increase. (Author/WD)

Reports the results of a survey of librarians in 71 Indiana high schools concerning controversial topics and books that they thought would cause their constituents the greatest concern. Concludes that censorship is taking place and that librarians sometimes acquiesce in indirect censorship, thus denying some students access to important literary…

Teachers are given specific advice to help students utilize news media data for drawing inferences, making judgments, and developing conclusions. (MF)

Letter to a junior high school principal discusses curriculum deficiencies and suggests learning outcomes that should result from classroom activities. (MF)