The point you made about museum -schools was great. I think there needs to be more of these. The Smithsonian is now in the process of opening such a school. It promises to be of a high cailber as are the ones in N.Y. and Minnesota. One difficulty I think these schools might have is measurement of performance. Schools, particularly public, need to rise to the challenge of educating children in such a way that doesn't merely focus on making a grade or going on to the next level. Schools must educate children to be lifelong learners(scholars). The Smithsonian school seems like a wonderful attempt at this. Mainstream educators need to drop lose their unwillingess to examine new, innovative styles of teaching and learning. Kind of off the subject, but I feel very pasionately about the quality of eduacation in American particualry for inner-city and otherwise disadvantged children. The current education system has no regard for them ,in my opinion. My vision, and that of many museum educaotrs, is that museums will be able to fill in the missing pieces. Shana Chambers George Washington University