This issue is dedicated to vocational and adult education. "Our Children's Future: Programs for Success" (John Folks) presents the goals for public education in Oklahoma. "Vocational Education in Oklahoma: Responding to Change" (Roy Peters) provides background information on vocational education in Oklahoma and enumerates the…

"Preparedness for the future as an educational objective" is the title of a current research and development project at the Malmo (Sweden) School of Education. Some of the important tasks of the project are: (1) to inventory previous research and other activities relating to the subject; (2) to study pupils' ideas about the future; (3) to collect…

This issue of a journal designed to present works in progress by students and professors of linguistics contains the following papers: "In Praise of My Language" (Joshua A. Fishman); "How Does Social Status Affect the Sequencing Rules of Other-Introductions?" (Fred J. Chen); "The Role of Ethno-Lingual Relativity in Second…

This brief discusses findings from the first year of a 3-year study of expectations, planning, and outcomes for high school students (N=181) in Massachusetts school districts who are receiving special education services and their families. Students and parents will complete a survey once a year for 3 years. Students are from various racial/ethnic…

This report contains a condensation and highlights of public hearings held by the Illinois State Advisory Council on Adult, Vocational and Technical Education (SACVE) and the Illinois Employment and Training Council (IETC) on the subject of improving education to prepare youth for employment. During the hearings on this topic, 100 witnesses…