Remarks are made on the matter of who should be held accountable for students learning to read and write. It is stated that ways are needed to restructure schools so that teachers may reasonably be held responsible for seeing that all clinically normal students are able to read and write with at least minimal competence. It is believed that this…

The burden on education today is to put people of all ages to work and to insure that the quality of life for persons of all ages is improved and made more productive in the years ahead. Discusses the community college role in reaching those objectives. (Author/RK)

Education is a derived right of Americans. An organized process which aims to impart specified knowledge and skills, education is the only way in which learning opportunities, which are the right of Americans, can be ensured. (CJB)

Reviews literature relating to postsecondary education for learning disabled students. Attributes the scarcity of programs to cost, attitudes, unawareness, and lack of data on incidence and characteristics. To comply with legislation, colleges must do more to accommodate special students. (Author/JAC)

Discusses the needs of the technology industry and the role of vocational education in meeting those needs. (JOW)

Reviews the importance of reading and several aspects of the present situation in reading instruction. Emphasizes the role of the individual and the need for leadership as the field of reading moves into the future. (MB)

Discusses 20 questions commonly asked when educators express a need for a global approach in education. Questions focus on defining the term, relating it to the schools, its place in the curriculum, and implementation procedures. (KC)

Reviews educational responses to accelerating world change. Educators must be concerned not only with students' knowledge about major world events but also with their ability to see from a global perspective and to cope with the uncertainties and frustrations of the future. (KC)

Universities and colleges should develop law-related studies for their preservice teachers. (LH)

Refutes arguments against the teaching of technical writing by English teachers. Shows how the training of English teachers prepares them for technical writing instruction. (JT)

The document presents remarks from a speech given by Russell W. Peterson, Governor of Delaware and National Chairman of the Education Commission of the States (ECS), at the 1970 meetings of the American Vocational Association. In his speech, he asserts that vocational education can be a powerful tool in curing some of our major social problems of…

For more than 55 years Ralph Tyler's energy and intelligence have gone into helping educators do a better job. His accomplishments and outlook for the future are described. (LBH)

Discusses the general findings of the Carnegie Commission Report on major educational issues of the last decade, and the HEW Report (by Paul Newman) on funding for postsecondary education as they apply to higher education for business. The concept of systems accountability, and suggested methods for dealing with it and the changing educational…

Engineering students who have been taught to question, to challenge, and to see the whole situation in a problem will optimize the solution with due regard to the environmental effects. (MU)

Keynote speech by the Vice-President, University of Saskatchewan, at the first annual meeting of the Saskatchewan Educational Research Association. (MB)