This paper on quality and distance education argues that if the goal of education is to produce an independent learner, distance education is ideally suited to encourage effective independent learning when the instruction and programming is of a high quality. The paper first notes the Australian government's interest in promoting distance…

This document explains the recognition of accrediting institutions in the United States by the Secretary of Education. Preliminary information on accreditation in the United States covers the functions of accreditation, the overall accrediting procedure, types of accreditation, and nongovernmental coordinating agencies. A section on national…

These papers concern the efforts of the U.S. Office of Education to eradicate "degree mills", that is, organizations that award degrees without requiring their students to meet educational standards for such degrees, standards that have been established and traditionally followed by reputable educational institutions. The rapid growth in…

This article attempts to synthesize the most recent developments in the field of early childhood education and provides a framework for understanding the key issues and trends that will be likely to dominate the attention of educators during the coming decade. (CT)

Reports findings of a questionnaire sent to state superintendents of instruction to determine their curriculum and teaching standards. Concludes that the major reason for the poor quality of American education complained about in the report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education lies in the lack of leadership demonstrated by most…

Discusses various elements of past and future education: the phenomenon of American schooling oscillating between quality and equality, the boundary between schooling and education, out-of-school education, the power of advertising and the media, family influence, government influence, and the responsibility of adults toward youth. (CT)

An examination of the Australian Educational systems as a political institution. The author also outlines the growing participation of the commonwealth government in education, and tests two hypotheses concerning the relationship between centralization and educational policy making. (JF)

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Southern Agricultural Workers, Jacksonville, Fla., February 2, 1971. Basic types of resegregation are identified, and the private school movement is analyzed. Private schools lack the facilities and services of public schools, and their future looks doubtful for many reasons. (DM)

Issues discussed include the federal role in industrial arts education, the meaning of craftsmanship, quality in work and teaching, and solutions to the problems of teacher shortage and inadequate financial resources. (SK)

Discusses a book by James E. Levine on "Day Care and the Public Schools, Profiles of Five Communities." Criticizes Levine's approach as emphasizing quantity and low cost and giving little attention to quality. (GC)

Describes recent policies and curriculum guidelines for early childhood education in Portugal, including a new role for the state in encouraging and harmonizing public and private initiatives, intervening directly in deprived areas, and providing unified pedagogical supervision. Presents a new, collaborative way of envisioning administrative…

Considers the impact of recent legislation on local inspectorates' role in monitoring educational quality and fostering school improvement in Britain. Compares and contrasts approaches of successive Labour and Conservative governments, explores inconsistent demands on inspectors, analyzes accountability/improvement tensions, and suggests a…

It has been said that the best way to predict the future is to invent it. Here, the authors offer four views of the state of technology today and the challenges that lie ahead for education and the nation. According to Sudhir Halbhavi, if innovators truly care about making kids competitive in one's country and in the world, they will invest their…