Current issues and future directions in music education / Gerard L. Knieter -- Politics and the school curriculum supervisor / Ronald H. Tali -- On resource allocation in school music / Estelle R. Jorgensen -- Implications of experimental research in music performance for school music programs / Joel Wapnick -- Competency-based conducting / Cornelia Yarbrough -- Clinical supervision / Edward L. Koch -- Early music in the schools / Mary Cyr -- The choral conductor and the score / Gwyn Richards -- The school music orchestra / David J. Nelson.