Summary of report on study entitled PLANNING FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN A PLANNING, PROGRAMMING AND BUDGETING STSTEM," by Selma Mushkin (Education Commission of the States Steering Committee meeting, December, 1968).

Faced with a December deadline imposed by the State's highest court, New Jersey's legislature will soon convene in an extraordinary special session to consider a controversial proposal for changing the State's system of financing public education. Discusses that proposal and the current system for school finance. (Author/JF)

The Rodriguez decision simply points up the fact that the answer to unequal educational opportunity is not to be found in the federal constitution but in the reform of property assessment and property taxation. (Author/JN)

Although constitutions of 50 percent of the States either stipulate or imply the obligation of State governments to ensure equality of educational opportunity, without a significant tax increase the obligation cannot be met. To be able to fulfill their obligations, States should be relieved of the rest of the welfare and medicaid burden through…

Describes arguments for and against federal involvement in early childhood development. Proposed federal legislation on childhood development is discussed. (JF)

Student Unrest Dialogue from the proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Education Commission of the States (3rd, Denver, Colorado, July 7-9, 1969).

Already allocated educational funds will continue and, given the slim amount of flexible federal resources, only programs high on the administration's list of priorities will be initiated. (Author/MLF)

Reports the expected impact on education of the revenue sharing act due to expire at the end of the year, and what solutions educators and legislators are attempting to find. (Author/MLF)

Public demands to know if and how much children are learning will have to be satisfied. (Author/JN)

Describes Hawaii's experience in negotiating a Statewide contract under its new collective bargaining law. (JF)

Stresses interrelationship among doctors, local prosecutors, law enforcement agencies, superintendents of schools, school nurses, and members of the school faculty in dealing effectively with drug abuse. (KJ)

Teacher Militancy Dialogue from the proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Education Commission of the States (3rd, Denver, Colorado, July 7-9, 1969).

Identifies the groups contributing to the writing and thinking on scientific creationism and the five-step strategy used to influence local boards of education and state legislatures on the subject. (Author/MLF)

Report from Washington covers proposed reorganization of the federal education establishment, a study of the basic skills needed by adults, and the inverse relationship between tuition increase and state college enrollment. (MLF)

A report from Washington on federal appropriation, legislation, and court litigation. (MLF)