Describes the Amarillo Independent School District's (TX) "Festival of Learning," a public relations event that promoted the schools during the city's centennial celebration. (MD)

Traces the main trends in the evolution of resources spent worldwide on education from 1975 to 1983. Discusses expenditure in terms of relation to gross national product, school enrollment level, secondary education development, and priorities from a regional viewpoint. (TRS)

In his response to a previously published article, Martin contends that support for educational and social programs, to help minority and disadvantaged groups, will continue to decline until acted upon by some external force perceived as a crisis by middle class white America. (AG)

Some have proposed funding of library services through user fees, but their assumptions are anachronistic and wrong. Rather, drastic changes need to be in the direction of more public support. (CH)

Colleges and universities must regain public support if they are to survive. (HS)

Educational underdevelopment in the South resulted from lack of interest and/or commitment to public education by those who exercised political power. (Author)

Briefly reviews significant moments in the history of early childhood education and urges that child advocates (1) raise consciousness about the importance of the early years, (2) generate new information to demonstrate program effectiveness, (3) build coalitions of support with other groups working with children, and (4) work to gain public…

Takes a look at some public relations ideas that work well, especially for those institutions operating with a voluntary program. The public relations efforts are aimed at administrators, faculty, students, employers, staff, community, local high schools, and other colleges. (CT)

The author suggests that we view the arts as facilitators for learning in all disciplines, as well as an individual expression for the artist or performer, thereby generating the belief that art is basic to education, translatable to all of life. (KC)

Four problems affecting the growth of public radio are discussed: the inability to pay the salaries to attract the talent required to produce quality programing; programing directed to limited audiences; the use of block programing; and poor promotional campaigns. (JMF)

Despite the lean times on which the study of traditional and contemporary literature has fallen, it not only will survive but at some future date it will again flourish. (Author/JM)

In exploring continued public support for standardized testing, the author finds that testing responds to the desire to make the most efficient use of human resources, to objectively measure ability regardless of social position, and to establish national standards that moderate the autonomy of local institutions. (Author/WD)

Comparison of a contemporary public finance textbook with one written in the 1940s indicates the following major changes in the field: microeconomic theory is now the framework for analyzing positive and normative issues; research is dominated by econometrics; and topical coverage has changed along with changes in public policy. (JOW)