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Focuses on the need for a reappraisal of the traditional approaches to cognitive learning in the middle school on the basis of neuroscience study. Examination of the performance of middle grades learners; Development of an instructional materials that depart from commercially published programs; Emphasis upon learning experiences based upon youngster's interest centers.

Discusses problems concerning curriculum development in the United States. Attempts that have been made to adopt industrial and other non-educational process models; Districts that have refined their curriculum development procedures; Development of the necessary means for cooperative curriculum development; Encouragement of lay involvement; Maintenance of professional prerogatives.

The article discusses how school supervisors can help ease staff into adopting innovative instructional approaches. According to the author, supervision must look for more effective ways to bring about educational improvement to replace the punitive means used to chastise shortcomings in school districts in the United States. The author discusses ways by which professional accountability can be developed as teachers assume responsibility for planning as well as evaluating and validating the outcomes of the projected innovation. The author also offers guidelines to help correct common supervisory irresponsibility in relation to instructional innovation adoption.

The article discusses how the issue of racial integration in public schools affect curriculum development in the United States. The author cited various points in connection with the issue in discussion. First, integration of information and learners is invariably a curriculum planning process. Another point is that desegregation of racially imbalanced schools cannot be considered in itself as causing racial integration in schools. The author also argues that failure to follow up desegregation with curricular integration will create critical problems.

Presents news briefs on education in North America as of April 1985. Participation of students and teachers in Morris, New York in an archaeological dig as part of the curriculum; Number of first graders in Missisauga, Ontario who participated in a word-processing based program which is designed to help develop their writing skills; Correlation of language arts and social studies at Westwood High School in Massachusetts.

Presents information on the Nature's Niche program of School District 19 in New York City for emotionally handicapped and nonhandicapped 6th graders. Objectives of the program; Role of teachers and students in the program; Benefits of pairing of emotionally and nonemotionally handicapped student.

The article reports on the curriculum improvement and teacher skill development in the middle school movement. The Educational Leadership Institute and ASCD's Working Group have created six new information packages to improve the offering and implementation of the middle school program. These packages include filmstrips, audio cassettes, records, library and reference cards, and position papers. These packages are designed to improve the middle ages instruction and revitalizing education for the emerging adolescents.

Reports on developments related to school management and organization in the U.S., as of September 1987. Efficacy of computer software programs for special education teachers; Examination of the craft and technique involved in writing biographies through practical exercises.

Describes an interdisciplinary approach to teaching race relations in New York City. Program components; Evaluation of program effectiveness.

Focuses on the development of a program on teaching learning practices by the Westside Elementary School in River Falls, Wisconsin for its Talented and Gifted (TAG) learners. Curriculum development process at Westside Elementary School; Features of TAG classes; Approach adapted in the TAG program.

Reports on the mathematics enrichment program developed by the Rockford, Illinois, School District which uses computers to improve mathematics performance in elementary grades. Features of the program; Development of individual student problem solving capabilities; Success of the program.

Reports on the developmnt of computer library, a program through which K-12 grade students can check out computers from school for home use by the Colonial Beach, Virginia-based school district.

Reports on the development of Project Entry, a three phase career education program by Miami, Florida-based Senior High School. Features of the program; Overview of the program.

Presents abstracts of papers on curriculum study compiled as of October 1983. 'Watching Kids at School From Home'; 'It's Called PASS, But Designed to Do More'; 'Teaching Teachers About Computers.'

Presents several news briefs related to programs and practices adopted by various schools in the U.S. as of January 1983. Benefits of conversion of six elementary schools into language academies to students in Chicago; Examination of the relationship between science and humanities by seniors in Westfield, New Jersey; Encouragement to black middle and high school students to consider careers in science and engineering in East Cleveland, Ohio.

Reports on news and developments concerning curriculum development in the United States, as of December 1986. New York public school students' use of role playing to understand Islamic culture; Faye Ross Junior High students' use of computers to develop quantitative thinking skills; Development of consumer awareness among honor students at the North Shore High School in Glen Head, New York.

Focuses on the success of the one-to-one counselling program for coping with student problems by North High School in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Factors that influenced the success of the program; Focus area of the counselling; Students response to the program.

Reports that students in Chicago's Roosevelt High School in the Computer Centered Technology program have built computers to save 50,000 dollars for the Chicago School District. Focus of the program; Characteristic features of the program; Response of students towards the program.

Focuses on the success of the writing process technique program by the Brooklyn, New York, Community School District 15. Aim of the program; Features of the program; Expected role of teachers in the program.

Reports on the development of a program by San Antonio College in San Antonio, Texas to make experiences of high technology mathematics and science available for junior and senior students in the city schools. Features of the program; Computer programming courses offered by Southwest Technical Products Corp.; Reaction of students and parents towards the program.

Discusses the prospects of master learning, a mathematics and language arts program developed by Loveland, Colorado-based Reed Junior High School. Impact of master learning program on students learning abilities; Features of master learning program.

Reports that New York City-based Alternate High School has achieved success in meeting special needs of hearing impaired students with low language skills. Services offered by the school; Development of a testing program to monitor success of students.

Reports on the establishment of a mobile, portable teacher center for elementary school program by Northampton, Massachusetts-based schools. Facilitation of teacher-made instructional materials and references; Features of mobile teacher center; Overview of the mobile teacher center.

Reports on establishment of a Technical Assitance Centers by the Center for Learning Technology. Objective of the technical assistance center; Operational working of the technical assistance centers.

Argues that U.S. education curricula are unrealistic in terms of the actual thinking capacity of the majority of American students. Programming of built-in failure experiences through methods, curricula, instructional materials and expectations; Need for educational programs that emphasize the improved learning of facts and information by consolidating existing levels during plateau periods.