Twenty-five years after the seminal report "A Nation at Risk," American education remains in a state of crisis. Millions of students continue to pass through the public schools without mastering basic skills and knowledge. Policymakers and the public must recognize both this persistent failure and the attendant need for systemic reform…

This chapter describes the relationship between federal student privacy laws and state privacy laws, and identifies the changes in the federal law over the last ten years affecting disclosure to parents of college students. Recent litigation on health emergencies is outlined and the limited rights of college students not yet eighteen years of age…

Local school boards must wrestle sucessfully with State and federal fuel allocation agencies to achieve top school priorities. (Author)

Reports on the results of qualitative research to determine the current status of states' efforts to implement the No Child Left Behind Act. Conducted open-ended, structured interviews with key policy makers in three high-readiness states (Florida, New York, Texas), two mid-readiness states (California and South Carolina), and three…

Against a shifting set of assessment preferences in the US regarding whether educational assessment should continue to be a states rights game or become a federally dominated undertaking, the publication of five first-rate analyses about England's national curriculum assessment (NCA) is particularly propitious. Taken together, these five papers…

Discusses the administration of child welfare services and the status of public social services. Suggests that structural changes by the federal government have caused significant changes (often, disorganization) in state welfare agencies. (DP)

Ten points have caused concern in connection with the federal involvement in educational matters in the states: (1) the imposition of federal programs directly to school districts without input from the states; (2) the attitude that states have no business inquiring about programs initiated between the school district and the federal government;…

Today the National School Lunch Program is serving nutritious meals to nearly 24 million children in about 90,000 schools. Among the measures taken to improve the program are food procurement workshops, recipe card testing, and improvement in commodity purchase selections for schools. (MLF)

Examines the concept of federalism in terms of its past history and its encouraging future. Calls for a revival of concern for federalism not simply as a convenient administrative arrangement but as a fundamental constitutional value. (BSR)

Contends that if any clear pattern is discernible in American education today, it is a growing shift of responsibility back to the States. Argues that such a shift is profound and provides evidence to support the argument. (Author/JF)

From the proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Education Commission of the States (3rd, Denver, Colorado, July 7-9, 1969).

The text of a presidential radio address outlines several Administration proposals for improving the educational system. (SK)