AMERICAN EDUCATION MUST RECOGNIZE AND ESTEEM THE TWO-THIRDS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL POPULATION WHO ARE NOT COLLEGE BOUND. SOCIETY NEEDS AND WILL CONTINUE TO NEED SKILLED, UNSKILLED, AND SEMISKILLED CRAFTSMEN AND WORKERS. TO TRAIN THE NONACADEMIC STUDENTS FOR WORK AND TO EMPHASIZE THE DIGNITY OF LABOR, SCHOOLS SHOULD PROVIDE A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL ALTERNATIVES TO A STRICTLY ACADEMIC CURRICULUM. THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE "PHI DELTA KAPPAN," VOLUME 47, NUMBER 9, MAY 1966. (NH)