This publication is the complete transcript of a weekly radio program devoted to contemporary issues in American education. This particular program focuses on the topic of violence and vandalism in schools. In separate segments of the program, Willard McGuire, vice-president of the National Education Association, comments on the seriousness of violence and vandalism in schools throughout the nation, students and teachers from Cardozo High School in Washington, D.C. discuss their experience with school violence and vandalism, and participants in a national conference on school violence and vandalism present a variety of perspectives on the problem. Included in this final segment are remarks by the following individuals: Cornelius Golightly, president of the Detroit Board of Education; Robert Scanlon, spokesman for Research for Better Schools, Inc.; Richard Rossmiller, from the University of Wisconsin; William Lucas, assistant superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District; Carol Kimmel, president of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers; and James Q. Wilson, from Harvard University. (JG)