The addresses and discussions of the 1970 Maryland Reading Institute focused on the theme of "accountability"--defined as the responsibilities of teachers to their students, community, and society. In Part 1, highlights of the keynote address are followed by summaries of a five-member panel discussion, five reactors' statements, and a concluding…

The thesis here is that the process whereby parents lost control of education began well before the current dispute over bussing. Views the process of parental political disenfranchisement in four phases: the period of "maximum feasible participation" (1835-1900); the period of "reform" and "efficiency" (1900-54); the school as change agent…

Vocational education should now enter the area of job creation. The author discusses urban renewal, economic decentralization, the "bootstrap" school, and part-time job creation. (MF)

This article's review of recent educational materials dealing with mental health and the classroom includes research into school setting and organization, early detection and remediation, curriculum, and teaching and counseling. The authors also describe a model program in Memphis, Tennessee, and offer various steps for teaching social skills.…

The growing debate on nuclear weapons in recent years has begun to make inroads into school curricula. Elementary and secondary school teachers now face the important task of educating their students on issues relating to nuclear war without indoctrinating them to a particular point of view. (JBM)

The fifth of eight related documents, this booklet is part of a series of papers presented at the 1978 National Right to Read Conference examining issues and problems in literacy. In examining the issue of student accountability, this booklet first sets forth the prototypical case of pupil illiteracy and surveys the arguments that can be made for…

In countries other than Canada, schools are used to accomplish four goals: manpower development (to develop skills needed to implement national policies); cultural survival (to prevent the loss of indigenous culture or language); social priorities (to accomplish social goals); and political purposes (to disseminate propaganda). In Canada, the…

The relationship between ethnic heritage and citizenship is explored in this paper. The author develops his analysis in four chapters. Chapter I examines levels of identity through which all individuals progress as they mature. These include identification with oneself, one's family, the extended family and ethnic group, the nation, and the world…

The White House Conference on Rural Education (1944) called together 230 of the country's best known rural educators to lay plans for the peacetime establishment of our educational system on a better basis than we have ever known before (with Federal aid when necessary). One of the dynamic outcomes of the four conference sessions was compilation…

This booklet is the second in a three part series dealing with individual and societal expectations of education in Canada and the relationship between basic goals and the principles of financing. The main body of the document examines the current state of public expenditures of the school as an institution serving the needs of the individual. The…

Written while the author was a high school senior, this piece discusses the value of the combination of emotional lessons, those in patience, appreciation and reflection, along with traditional school lessons in order to make an unbelievably educational and worthwhile adventure. (BF)

The anticipated "graying" of the American work force may result not only in the intensification of the severe economic and personal problems of members of society but also in eventual shortages of workers in critical areas. A growing demand for workers in the coming decades may lead to the need for incentives to encourage older people to…

A professional educator discusses the roles that schools of education have played in modern American society, and considers ways in which those roles must change to meet needs in the future. Objectives are set for professional preservice teacher education institutions, and responses are made to criticisms of present institutional and educational…

THIS PAPER EXAMINES THE KINDS OF CHANGE IN EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, THAT WESTERN SOCIETIES ARE PRESENTLY UNDERGOING AND CAN EXPECT TO CONTINUE TO UNDERGO IN THE NEAR FUTURE. CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS IN THE CONCEPTION OF SCHOOLING WHICH THESE CHANGES REQUIRE ARE SUGGESTED. THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES INNOVATIONS BY WHICH CHILDREN LEARN…

Despite a growing role for vocational education as technological change causes skill requirements to rise, society continues to treat vocational education as inferior to academic education. In a broad sense, all education is career education, providing the skills necessary to live. Until all forms of education can be integrated in a comprehensive…