The first of two reports in this document identifies research topics relevant to the introduction of information technology (IT) into schools. A discussion of general issues in IT points out the need for detailed empirical evaluation for the implementation of IT; the need to overcome barriers to innovation; and the need to support and encourage the growth of research teams with a wide mixture of skills. Immediate needs for the facilitation of constructive innovation are identified as robust software; guidelines for managing IT in schools and for local education agencies (LEAs) on the introduction of IT; and materials for inservice teacher education. The second report describes individual research projects supported by the Economic and Social Research Council in the United Kingdom. These projects address several facets of knowledge-based systems, student interaction with computers, penetration and effectiveness of IT in teacher education, students' intuitive ideas about science, use of microcomputers in primary schools, expert system tools in education, group interactive processes and pupil understanding, social interaction and the child's representation of computing devices, novices' problems with the Prolog authoring package, a knowledge-based approach to computer assisted learning, software design for teaching arithmetic, developing microworlds for secondary mathematics, and policies and practices in the integration of IT into the curriculum. References are provided for both reports. (DJR)