Gintis rejects Illich's thesis which says the present character of schooling stems from the economy's need to shape capitalistic consumer wants. According to Gintis, educational change must embrace a transformation mechanism of power and privilege in the economic sphere. (Editor/AF)

The author discusses the 31-year history of the Adult Education Association of the U.S.A. (AEA) and examines several of its features: the influence of group dynamics, role of the volunteer, and the AEA's redefinition of the role of knowledge-based agencies as agencies of adult education. (CT)

Career education cannot ensure successful career development growth without appropriate policies and action. Finding solutions to problems confronting career education in Canada is one approach to improving the quality of life. Educators and policy makers must go beyond present commitments to create initiatives for the improvement of Canadian…

Among the purposes for schools and roles which they perform better than other educational institutions in society are the following: they teach literacy, and they develop and encourage rational enquiry and critical intelligence. (Author/AM)

Describes a study of four Year 10 students' writing produced over a five-week period. Finds the need for (1) more time for teaching English, and (2) a whole-school approach to literacy. Points out that education policymakers should provide funding, resources, professional development, and guidance in the area of literacy. (NH)

Article considered the authority of the school to grade students and examined statues from several states. (RK)

This report consists of papers presented during the 6th annual conference of the Southwest Council for Bilingual Education. Seven papers are included in the report: (1) Community Involvement in Bilingual Programs of Las Cruces Public Schools; (2) Bilingual Education--A Commitment to Community Development; (3) The Commitment of a State Department…

The author addresses the trends that characterize the interrelationship of Congress, the Administration, and the nation's education interest groups, and suggests that the system of policy-making for education is in transition, and its outcome will have much to do with the quality of Washington's response to the nation's educational needs.…

Considers the transformed societal environment within which educational policy making occurs, the selection to and composition of the school board, and the school-board administrator relationship. (Author/RK)

Tanzania is experiencing an effort to make education relevant that is, in many ways, unique. Its policies in education are revolutionary in terms of the system it inherited at independence as well as in terms of the purposes of schooling as they have been implemented throughout history. (Author)

Compares and contrasts the American and West German constitutions regarding questions of educational innovation, reviewing three strategies of educational innovation and pointing to the need to look at the political process itself in terms of educational innovation. (Author/JM)

Contains text of a speech presented at one of eight 2-day regional forums, which discusses the contribution industrial arts should make to a total program of education. (Editor/SB)

Asserts that self-discipline, the outgrowth of structure in schools, is a much more important factor in effective education than is often argued. Reconstruction of American schools will require awareness and analysis of schools as a set of experiences, a system of rewards and punishment, and as a structure. (JOW)

Author states that enactment of the All Handicapped Children Act "...will bring schools closer to the principles of democracy on which the nation was founded...", in that the practice of treating handicapped persons as second-class citizens will be abolished. Provisions of the bill are discussed in detail. (Author/RW)