Outlines the eight National Education Goals of the Goals 2000 Educate America Act and activities designed to help meet them, such as the Public Broadcasting Service's "Ready to Learn" outreach program; the America 2000 Coalition's interactive computer network; the United Way's Mobilization for America's Children initiative; and the U.S.…

Presents preliminary findings of the Scottish National Evaluation of the Early Intervention Programme (EIP), which aims to improve literacy and numeracy skills in grades 1-2. Examines stakeholders' perceptions of EIP's main purpose and teachers' views of its impact on practice. Explores how "early intervention" is interpreted at the…

Since the United States has National Goals for Education, National Assessment of Educational Progress, a National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, a "National Initiative" in reading and the language arts, a National Commission on Excellence in Education, why not have a National Curriculum? Two questions arise: (1) does the…

The report is a clarification of issues--delineating the distinctions between career education and vocational education and recommending changes in Federal policy to spur further advances in making schools relevant to the real needs of students. (Author/EA)

Recommends the establishment of a national, federally funded and directed program modeled on the successful Physical Science Study Committee to provide curriculum materials, provide appropriate tests, evaluate current tests, and begin soon. (Author/IRT)

The president of the National Education Association evaluates the Holmes Group Report, praising some proposals and expressing reservations about others. She proposes a national teacher certification board to certify all entering teachers in cooperation with state boards. (Author/MT)

This article describes the development of education in Nepal from its beginnings in indigenous education associated with Hindu and Buddhist religions to the present democratic period, which began in 1971 and entails a reform in curriculum and school organization. (JH)

Includes "National Education Goals/America 2000: The Budget"; "Current Status of Proposed Solutions"; "America 2000: An Education Strategy"; "America 2000 Questions and Answers; "Bottom-up Reform from the Top Down" (Chubb); and "The Federal Role Comes of Age" (Doyle). (SK)

Discusses the development of content and student performance standards in 8 core curriculum areas (math, science, civics, history, geography, the arts, English, and foreign languages) to help meet goal 3 of the national education goals, which states that by the year 2000 students will leave grades 4, 8, and 12 having mastered challenging subject…

The National Service Scheme provides work experience based on social services as an integral part of education. The results of such a national service project in India to build a school is described by a former student. (Author/PG)

Ethiopia's Education Sector Review and a subsequent symposium set up a framework and guidelines for Incorporating, integrating and financing a nonformal component in a comprehensive educational system for Ethiopia. Most of the governmentally sponsored educational activities now classified as NFE are conducted by organizations other than the…

The chairman of the National Commission on Allied Health Education, an independent body, discusses a study to be made by the Commission of the growth in the allied health field and changes in allied health education that will be necessary in the next decade. He notes the issues to be addressed, task forces to work on the problems, and the…

Intense opposition from colleges has severely weakened a plan that would radically alter institutional accreditation. The proposal would have created a national group to make accreditation a more uniform process with greater public involvement. A new proposal suggests a national body with much less power and fewer public members, much like a group…

The direction quality assurance and its ancillary practices is taking in the transformation process in South Africa is discussed in this article. The article argues that it is incorrect to suggest that the higher education system has been captured by managerialism. While efficiency is an important driver of the system, the imperatives of redress…

America is faced with making systemic changes in education that will insure continuance of her leadership role in the 21st century. In an effort to make changes toward the aforementioned reforms, the federal government has charged 16 participating Federal agencies with achieving goals that will ensure that all students learn to use their minds…