This anthology contains 50 outstanding articles published in the "Phi Delta Kappa" journal over the past 25 years. Topics by which the articles are organized include controversial topics in education, educational change, criticism, leadership, the education profession, British imports (the open classroom and teachers' centers), urban education, discipline, testing, desegregation and Black leadership, solutions to educational problems, and the future. Some example of titles of articles follow: The Battle for New York City's Teachers; Should the Teacher Always Be Neutral?; What Are Schools For?; Spreading the Benefits of Accountability; Teacher Evaluation; Letter from an Angry Teacher; Educational Leadership for the Seventies; Educational Change: Its Origins and Characteristics; Teaching Skill Under Scrutiny; Teachers' Centers: A British First; Concepts of Bureaucracy in Urban School Reform; Teaching Sequential Thought: The Cognitive-Skills Approach; How Do the Young Become Adults?; The First Decade of Public School Alternatives; On Clarifying History: A Response to Nathan and Kohl; Future Shock and the Curriculum; and Education for Survival. (Author/RM)