Contents: On the theory-practice interface int he measurements of intellectual abilities. Words for Schools: the applications in education of the vocabulary researches of Edward L. Thorndike. The Contributions of B.F. Skinner to Education and some counterinfluences. The theoretical ideas of piaget and educational practice. Psychoanalysis and American elementary education. The impact of Language Sciences on Second-Language Education. Paradign and Practice: on the impact of Basic Research in Education. Educational Research and Educational Reform. A case study of Sweden. Education, Social Science and the Law: The Rodriguez case and school finance reform.