Emphasizes the need for unity among Black Americans, and for concerted and constructive action by them in the years ahead. (RJ)

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

This speech before the annual meeting of the National Association of Human Rights Workers describes objectives and current work of the National Project on Violence and Bigotry. Four factfinding meetings are described; the histories of five state level task forces are given; and suggestions for improvement in task forces are made. (GPM)

The article summarizes the differences in the role of the federal government in education in Canada and the United States. It describes how the Canadian government participates indirectly in education and how the provinces react to federal participation, and calls for the establishment of a federal office of education. (SB)

New youth strategies are outlined with an emphasis on matching the policy to the problem. The author says federal policy can hardly do more than provide countercyclical public employment. He recommends a more ambitious partnership between federal, state, local, and private agencies. (CT)

The Secretary of Education discusses the changes in federal education assistance in the roles federal, state, and local governments play in the control of education. (SK)

Discusses the original provisions of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the changes made in the 1978 amendments. Suggests resolutions for issues left unresolved by Congress and raised by the courts. Available from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Law, Law Building, Champaign, IL 61820 (Author/IRT)

Outlines the legal basis of dominion-provincial relations and of provincial-local relations in education, and compares these with relations between governments in the United States in five separate areas. (Author/IRT)

Analyzes the significance of the "Krispy Kreme" decision which provides tens of millions of employees with a federal remedy against retailiatory discharge. The case raises a fundamental question of federalism for it may collide with state remedies. (Author/IRT)

The Texas statute denying undocumented aliens a free public school education does not pass muster under strict scrutiny and is, therefore, unconstitutional. Available from the Texas International Law Journal, 2500 Red River, Austin, TX 78705; sc $4.00. (Author/IRT)

The American Vocational Association (AVA) Legislative Study Team offers recommendations for increasing the flexibility and effectiveness of federal policies through the 1981 legislation. (JOW)

Among the many questions raised by minimum competency testing is the question of responsibility for the initiation and financing of these tests and any necessary remediation. The federal role is, and should remain, merely one of providing financial assistance to states who insist on pursuing their own efforts in this area. (Author/RLV)

The recently retired head of the Education Commission of the States talks about accomplishments, disappointments, and some puzzlers for his successor. (Editor)

The Job Opportunities and Basic Skills program (JOBS) is an ambitious federal effort at welfare reform but the federal government has given local operators little direction on how to run it. JOBS can be improved using existing evaluations and analyses of administrative data. Reform depends mostly on capable local administration. (JOW)

Discusses Bush administration's plan for education, building on/adding to Reagan emphases: maintenance of high visibility on federal agenda; preference for unrestricted federal grants-in-aid; parental choice for school selection; excellence versus equity; state versus federal authority; view of education as instrumental to achievement of other…