These five newsletter issues provide reports from institutions and individuals involved in the Montessori Public School Consortium (MPSC). Each issue contains feature articles, editorials, and field reports on Montessori programs in public schools. Featured topics include: (1) the Montessori Induction Program for new Montessori teachers; (2) Montessori Head Start; (3) the development of the MPSC; (4) Montessori assessment; (5) Montessori 2000, a planning document advocating 18 national Montessori projects; (6) a directory of Montessori public schools; (7) national surveys of Montessori public schools; (8) Montessori adolescent programs; (9) a Montessori Head Start program in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; (10) Montessori instructional materials; (11) Montessori training and materials procurement; (12) the November 1993 MPSC national conference; (13) approaches to Montessori implementation; (14) the Montessori bulletin board on the America Online computer network; and (15) Montessori programs in public schools in Denver, Colorado, and Cincinnati, Ohio. (MDM)