The president of the New York Fashion Institute of Technology says that vocational education should prepare people for always-abundant work, either on their own or in organizations, and not for jobs that will always be scarce. He suggests some approaches for linking vocational education and work. (MF)

With leadership provided by the educational community, a coalition of business, labor, industry, and government can work with the general public and interested students in integrating career education opportunities into the regular school curriculum. (MJB)

Underscores the need for educators to address the needs of minorities and at-risk students. Discusses studies of at-risk students undertaken by the Education Commission of the States. Considers the obligations of the schools toward at-risk teens. (DMM)

Although the mission of public education to achieve the goals of a democratic society has not been accomplished, currently-proposed drastic changes in the funding for public schools could bring about private education for the wealthy and welfare schooling for the rest. This would further stratify American society and emphasize socioeconomic and…

The history of American education's efforts to fulfill responsibilities for the moral and spiritual development of students is described. Views of Kohlberg and Fowler concerning stages of development are discussed. Recent research findings are presented, and implications for educational approaches are suggested. (Author/PP)

Urges parental guidance and control of children, as well as support for the students and schools during present-day period of transition in social roles and values. Discusses four different types of parents and their typical expectations of schools. (JD)

This document, one of a series of public opinion surveys conducted for Project Outreach of the Michigan Board of Education, reports the results of a telephone survey of adult citizens in Michigan on their opinions about the public schools in the state. The survey was conducted in April, 1985 and a total of 801 interviews was completed. Survey…

As student college placement and achievement scores continue to evidence a decline in reading, verbal ability, and mathematics competency, it becomes necessary for public educational institutions to recognize the need to re-establish the mission to teach in the area of academic competencies and scholarship, and to diminish the role of surrogate…

Urges educators to make education transformative as well as transmissive by suggesting education should work toward making man have the faith and power to direct his future. Asks educators to prophecy urgently, magnetically, and then fulfill those prophecies. (Author/DN)

A statement of USOE's intent to emphasize vocational education and a proposal to completely change the high school curriculum structure so that every young person completing Grade 12 will be ready to enter higher education or rewarding employment. Address given by Dr. Marland to the National Association of Secondary School Principals, January 23,…

School health education programs and health services can directly help meet 34 objectives of the national disease prevention and health promotion strategy and can contribute to the attainment of 33 others. Objectives of the disease prevention strategy are discussed, and evolution of the project is recounted. (PP)

Three approaches to philosophical inquiry (analysis, articulation, antimony) are explored in a commentary on "Philosophy and Education: Eightieth Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education." A discussion of the sometimes-contradictory school role in providing both educational excellence and socialization illustrates how…

Explores the relationship between education and knowledge, with emphasis on knowledge as a commodity. Raises the question of whether intellectuals are workers in the academic form of a capitalist mode of production. Comments on the role of universities in the modern world. (DB)

This counterpoint to a comment (EC 601 662) about the authors' original paper (EC 600 431) argues that some educators' lack of tolerance for pupils who are socially maladjusted is not a valid reason for excluding those students from public schools and that change should be accomplished through system improvement more than through system…

The analogy of theatrical drama is used to explore the directions schools should take in the formation of educational communities. The roles of elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher learning are considered in light of the upcoming National Congress on Catholic Schools for the Twenty-First Century. (SLD)