Many considerations are involved in obtaining and using federal funds for language arts programs. Before attempting to explore funding, educators should know the basic language arts programs available in their district and what kinds of programs are fundable by particular sources. They should then develop a written program statement that includes…

The first lecture of this series focuses on the role of today's professor, caught in the middle of two campus revolutions, one of which he is the beneficiary and the other, the target. The second lecture considers the importance of understanding the future in preparing youth for it, and the extent to which the future is knowable. Current…

The underlying assumption of this collection of papers written by professors of educational psychology in universities or colleges in Canada, the United States, and Britain is that "teachers are receiving an entirely inadequate preparation in psychology" and that educational psychology as it is now taught in teacher-preparation programs ought to…

This paper reviews analyses undertaken by four separate persons to examine the problems and goals of education and to suggest program priorities for the initial years of the National Institute of Education. The document describes the consensus concerning goals and the manner in which the different analyses move from goals to a list of programs.…

Current reports and recommendations on needed improvements in American secondary education, part of a long history of criticisms of the high school and of proposals for its reform, were discussed. (Author/RK)

This paper was written to explore the role that art can assume in the education of exceptional children, to distinguish between art education and other uses of art, to review some of the existing literature on art for exceptional children, and to make suggestions for the implementation of art programs for exceptional children. (Author/RK)

Some notes on what we have found out about how, when and why we are teaching French. (Editor)

Outlines a student developed volunteer program, which encourages decision making and roles that are meaningful--a community experience in which youths and adults work as partners. (RK)

The State University of Nebraska is a multi-media, open university project whose primary purpose is the delivery of a post high school educational opportunity to the inhabitants on their terms. (Author/RK)

Reviews two reports, the Russell Report that investigated the provision on non-vocational adult education in England and Wales and the Alexander Report that considered the aims appropriate to voluntary leisure time courses for adults in Scotland. Considers how far they reflect the differences of the educational systems within which each operates.…

The Goal 1 Technical Planning Subgroup proposed an early childhood assessment system that involved assessment of children before they entered kindergarten, at the time of entrance into kindergarten, and during the kindergarten year. The report that contained the proposal, and requests for feedback, were disseminated to nearly 1,000 individuals and…

Authors looked at ways in which children's interest in and knowledge of 'media culture' provided a basis for classroom learning. (Editor/RK)

IN TESTIMONY BEFORE THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ON ESTABLISHMENT OF DOMESTIC NONCOMMON CARRIER COMMUNICATION SATELLITE FACILITIES BY NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS URGED CREATION OF A NATIONWIDE, NONPROFIT "SECOND SERVICE" SERVING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE MAJOR COMMERCIAL…

Argues that a common core should be concerned with teaching objectives rather than subject curricula. (Editor/RK)

This paper examines, briefly, the basis and outline of career education in public schools, presents data showing the extent of college graduate job experimentation and provides a possible classroom approach to career education in colleges. (Author)