Contains three essays on civic responsibility and the two-year college's role in civic education. Includes "Warren Burger and the Power of the Constitution," an interview with Burger by Dale Parnell; "Educating for Citizenship," by Herbert M. Atherton; and "Sustaining the Nation's Commitment to Civic Responsibility,"…

School boards and other collectives have responsibilities for which they are accountable. If a collective group or school board is charged with irresponsibility, it may try to exonerate itself by offering an excuse. Acts by school boards and individual educational authorities must be considered carefully before responsibility can be determined.…

Circumstances which tend to make teacher education a lower-status role among professional education faculty are examined. Promising practices are identified, and suggestions for establishing a new, shared epicenter for teacher education are offered. (MT)

A resurgence in American higher education is coming, and that realization should shape the nation's decisions regarding the problems faced by colleges and universities. Academe must use its resources to support reindustrialization, technological enhancement, and the preservation and maintenance of the national economic structure. (MLW)

This article takes a philosophical look at judicial concepts of fiscal equality as they apply to education. Ideas discussed include (1) the concept of basic education and how equal education applies; (2) differences in requirements of equality; and (3) educational outcomes used to judge equality. Comments by Stephen Arons are included. (DF)

Teacher education curriculum should honor, balance, and promote democratic pluralism and further appreciation of minority rights. Teachers must foster the values that will be dominant in American society and affect attitudes, beliefs, and commitments of students, as well as cognitive outcomes. (PP)

The book inquires into social purposes of schools and the translation of these purposes into educational goals, the functions of schools, and the aims of education. The author advances the thesis that schools are educational institutions. Chapter 2 discusses how social purposes have emerged in light of current realities, and distinguishes between…

The author responds in detail to a column by the Executive Director of the Alabama Education Association relative to needed improvements in the preparation of teachers and administrators in the state. While agreeing with some of the concerns, the position is taken that the School of Education at UAB is moving in the right direction with…

Each school media specialist creates his or her own role. Media specialists are instructional leaders, curriculum developers, consultants, and administrators. The ability to cope with technological change while creating a future which will be personally satisfying and professionally rewarding is the key to defining the role. (PP)

Discussion of the evolution of the high school in the United States focuses on factors that have influenced its social role and functions. Points out that schools have never been passive agents in serving the needs of society; rather they have played an important part in setting standards and creating social patterns.(GC)

School should provide students with balance in the curriculum, intellectual independence, formulation of problems, cultivation of sensibilities, affection for subject matter, critical thinking, and excellence in teaching. (MLF)

The role assumed by public schools in teaching affective subjects is discussed. It is argued that public schools have become scapegoats through their incapability of teaching such subjects as sex and drug education, moral development, and values clarification--subjects which should be the responsibility of the family and church. (FG)

The American Federation of Teachers' basic concept of testing includes the idea that public education remains accountable to the public for its actions and that standardized tests are one measure of educational performance. (Author/CM)

Although the mission of public education to achieve the goals of a democratic society has not been accomplished, currently-proposed drastic changes in the funding for public schools could bring about private education for the wealthy and welfare schooling for the rest. This would further stratify American society and emphasize socioeconomic and…

A middle-road approach towards adopting the instruction of the metric system is presented. The realities of our cultural, economic, and political processes are taken into account and a 100 percent metric curriculum is viewed as unrealistic and anachronistic. (MP)