An open letter by the President of the National Council of Teachers of English. (SW)

Examines the concept of community development and its implications for various sectors of the education service. (DM)

Speech given before the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (22nd, Chicago, Ill., Feb. 1969)

The purpose of this paper is to review the social and philosophical setting for illiteracy programs and examine program considerations. (Author/RK)

Metaphors generate insights about how things are and could be in reality. Beliefs about what education is or should be can be found through analyzing metaphors used during the educational process. (CJ)

Investigation into research on diagnosis of learning disability indicates that the existence of this "disorder" is questionable. Diagnosing a child as learning disabled benefits mainly the school and the child's teachers. The educational system is thus given a mythical scapegoat for its failure to educate a segment of the school population.…

The Educational Testing Service must take on more responsibility for preparing students to take tests and to better understand the legal and social aspects of testing. (Author/AL)

Expresses belief that schools are being asked to perform a herculean task in making multiculturalism an educational reality. Alternatives such as fully ethnicizing the curriculum or restructuring the educational system to allow compensation for ethnic differences with the goal of attaining equal scholastic achievement among all groups are not…

Evidence from broadcast news copy (examples of improper language usage and faulty journalistic practices) suggests that journalism educators should stop trying to imitate local stations and start trying to improve the profession. (RL)

An exploration of the concept and the process of programs for gifted students. (Author/MLF)

Descries professional overspecialization and education's overemphasis on the acquisition of formalized information. Discusses the capabilities of the hemispheres of the brain and the problems caused by focusing on only the left hemisphere. Illustrates intuition and abstract patterns. Suggests that recognition of laterality will advance education…

Discussed are three intellectual rights of children which need protecting: (1) freedom from exploitation via propaganda; (2) freedom to encounter alternative points of view regarding religion and ideologies; and (3) freedom to participate in the creation and justification of human values and social groups that directly affect their lives.…

States the purposes of vocational education: to provide individuals with the skills they need to attain economic freedom and to enhance the productivity of local, state, and and the local, state and federal responsibilities. (JOW)