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Compares critical curriculum issues from 1988 to the current situation. Finds that standards, measurement, and testing still shape curriculum and are still strongly pushed by policymakers; opposition to teaching evolution is stronger; curriculum fads remain a problem; and a backlash against standardized tests may be forming. (SK)

Discusses John Dewey's concept of curriculum, as applied in his Laboratory School. Describes the planning of the school and how its curriculum evolved over time. Identifies both Dewey's belief in educational specialization and his understanding of its limits. Notes the implications of Dewey's work for today's educators. (SG)

A review is presented of the legacy of Lester Frank Ward, widely recognized as the architect of environmentalism in American pedagogy and the creator of some of the most fundamental ideas about American curriculum. (CB)

The model presented is intended to return discipline to a legitimate place in education and educational research; it focuses on three elements--pupil development, ecological factors, and disciplinary approaches. (DS)

The article focuses on research on the Society for the Study of Curriculum History in its 10th anniversary. The central focus of the society is the uncompleted past. The reinvention of education in the 1970s has reportedly driven the establishment of the society. Among the questions which emerged from the historical research of the society in the curriculum field are the criteria for good curriculum history work and how to honor outstanding work. Providing an international perspective to the study of curriculum history is cited as another society effort.