Ideas into Action.

The article presents information on the publication of communicating ideas, plans, proposals, and recommendations for the improvement of education in the U.S. ideas. The publications program of Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) is a significant part of the total program of the organization. The success of ASCD as a professional organization is highly dependent on the character and quality of the publications produced. The success of the publications program of ASCD depends to a considerable extent on the willingness of such persons to prepare materials for publication that state their views, conclusions, and appraisals, and describe their undertakings. Teachers, administrators, and specialists who can describe experiments, analyze trends, summarize practice, and forecast developments act as contributors to all types of ASCD publications. A good reporter, an insightful essayist, an interesting narrator rates high among members most sought as authors for our publications. The supporters of sound educational policy and practices need to be as argumentative for our point of view and as fluent in defending it as are the critics of our educational practices.