The Doe case is unique in that it demands judicial recognition of minimum standards for an "effective" education. The author suggests that the enforcement of standards reflecting those skills necessary for a useful existence is necessary. (LBH)

Author considered a proper role for the university and methods for financing educational programs that fulfill the universities' primary goals. (Author/RK)

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)

While public schools recognize a responsibility for educating the pupil for a citizenship role, they fail to participate in the second most usual role--that of being a parent. Pros and cons in the case for including parenting education in school curriculums are presented. (DS)

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)

Reports results of a Phi Delta Kappa survey on moral education, showing that educators have concern for rising crime and declining family life and expect family and church to conduct moral education. (DW)

Technological change places increased responsibility on the educational system of a democratic society to prepare citizens for intelligent participation in government. This conference was held to analyze the nature of the technological society and the role of education in preparing the individual for membership in that society. The papers…

Advocates focusing on the student as the center of educational efforts and as well relating programs to parents, employers, and communities. Ultimately the value of education lies in how well it helps the student to attain a sense of meaning. (DTT)

The severity of classroom discipline problems, including insolence, disobedience, and the refusal of students to apply themselves, has been well documented. One thing that schools can do to check the present moral decay of youth is to see that God and man's dependence on Him are acknowledged openly in classrooms. (RM)

The social role of schooling is to equip students with the tools that will enable them to control their own destiny. How this role can be attained is explored through discussion of the current social role of schooling, our conception of democracy, and recent criticism of public schooling. (DF)

Education is a lifetime process--formal, organized, and school-based in the early years of life, and less formal and non-school-based in later years. (MM)

Proposes school evaluation in terms of the learning environment a school provides rather than the achievement of its students. (HD)

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)

This comment on EC 600 431 addresses the debate about whether public schools are obligated to serve socially maladjusted children/youth. The paper conceptualizes the debate from a "system restructuring" perspective, which takes into account cultural and social forces and organizational structures, and concludes that antisocial individuals should…