The ascendancy of Jimmy Carter may herald a new direction in American education, suggests a former secretary of HEW, who explains what that direction should be. (Editor/LBH)

General background on the competency-based movement with special reference to New York State and information on both the political and educational dimensions of the movement in its present stage of development are presented. (MM)

This study assessed the effect of attendance at state kindergartens of a group of 181 five- and six-year-olds from low socioeconomic backgrounds. The effects of a supplemental nutritional program as well as the children's attitudes toward attendance were considered. (MS)

Describes the Soviet Union's attempt to devise a national educational system which will both develop the 130 languages spoken by the peoples of the USSR and increase the use of the Russian language as the language of international communication. (Author/DB)

Notes that to one degree or another, every city in America faces an exodus by middle-class, largely white citizens, but there is a black middle class flight also. (Author/AM)

An interview by Irving Louis Horowitz conducted at Princeton University, Horowitz seminar on Social Science and Public Policy, February 11, 1976. Eli Ginzberg is a Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics at Columbia University and director of the Conservation of Human Resources Project, Chairman of the National Commission for Manpower Policy. (JM)

Chairman of the U.S. Senate subcommittee on education discusses three trends-growth, modernization, and a continued interaction with other disciplines-unfolding in vocational education. (HD)

Jimmy Carter's conception of the role of education, his approach to the process of reform, and his method of policy formation are discussed in the light of the status of education in Georgia. (LBH)

The second part of this series on the history of PBS examines the early 1970s-- a period of growth, development, and conflict for PBS and CPB. (Author)

Discussed are the interrelated roles of the Aid to States Branch of the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped in implementing P.L. 94-142, which calls for education of all handicapped children. (SBH)

The purpose of this hearing was to examine the federal role in improving the effectiveness and coordination of sixty-nine Federal programs that are designed to help parents help their young children with child care and early education. Opening statements were delivered by Subcommittee Chairman Senator Lamar Alexander, Tennessee; Ranking Member…

The 1,259-mile Columbia River flows out of Canada and across eastern Washington state, forming the border between Washington and Oregon. In 1941 the federal government dammed the Columbia River at the north end of Grand Coulee, creating a man-made reservoir named Lake Roosevelt that inundated homes, farms, and businesses, and disrupted the lives…

The concept of social exclusion has been widely debated in Europe, though there has been little discussion of its application to children. This paper examines what is meant by exclusion of children, considering the choice of reference group, the geographical dimensions of exclusion, and the issue of who is responsible for any exclusion of…

As soon as World War II ended, the United States and the Soviet Union began a struggle for supremacy. It was against the backdrop of the Cold War that the threat of internal subversion and external attack began to preoccupy Congress. On February 9, 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy gave a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, where he claimed to have in…