The Federal Government's current attitude toward public education is not conducive to adequate funding for education or to efficient expenditure of those monies which it provides. More important, it is a barrier to the orderly delivery of educational services and shortchanges both school children and taxpayers. (Author/JN)

Describes a Department of Defense program in which, each year since 1968, the Federal Government has taken an increasingly large number of impressionable ghetto children, and attempted to mold them into right-thinking individuals"--as defined by the Department of Defense. (RJ)

Describes the state of present national legislation that could affect early childhood development and discusses the implications of proposed legislation and programs for a national child development policy. (JH)

Author, Associate Commissioner for Federal-State Relations, U. S. Office of Education, discusses government's role in fulfilling society's need for an educated citizenry. (MB)

Describes resources available to local school districts for establishing early childhood education programs and suggests that these various federal, State and local resources -- money, people, and tested practices -- be pooled for maximum effectiveness. (Author/JH)

Discusses what State education agencies can do to achieve their own objectives with federally funded programs. (JF)

Examines the distribution formula for ESEA Title I funds, focusing on target population, target expenditure level, and grant specification. (JF)