This publication contains journal essays and book chapters (from publications of the National Council of Teachers of English) which address trends and issues in elementary language arts education. The following articles appear in the publication's first section, "Writing and a Move to New Literacies": (1) "Sacred Cows: Questioning…

Discusses the conduct of a civil engineering program at both graduate and undergraduate levels with emphases placed on complex environmental and social problems of contemporary society. Indicates that students are provided with the ability to understand goals, formulate problems, pose alternative solutions, and test the results in the real world.…

Article is a statement by Senator Walter F. Mondale, a Democrat from Minnesota, on the evaluation of social programs and a serious appraisal of social policy for the nation's children and their families. (Author/RK)

Discusses the problems school boards face in determining whether declared homosexuality adversely affects teaching effectiveness in the classroom. Several recent appeals to the courts have been based on an individual's right to privacy. (WM)

Uses a timeline approach, beginning with the arrival of blacks in America, to explain geographic location of blacks within the city, housing patterns, economic and social conditions, and how all of these affected educational arrangements for blacks in urban America. (Author/JM)

The author gives specific illustrations of how the four basic lessons" of economics described by Rothenberg (EJ 938 586) can be incorporated in high school courses in American History, World History, Problems of Democracy, and Business. (IM)

The agony of today's young people trying to find a place in a society with which they are at odds is described. (CK)

Discusses ills of society and consequent role of schools. To be effective, counselor must use a model adaptable to wide apectrum of behavior. His tasks and strategies are: (1) climate maker; (2) consultant; (3) change agent. (Author/KJ)

Undergraduate urban studies programs will fail unless they are part of a program that integrates the development a of the total personality in one comprehensive educational experience. (Editor/IR)

The author concludes that school social work has a place in continuing education as it does in any other school setting. It is best supplied on a coordinated level, but wherever possible, it should provide direct service to the client by the school social worker. (Author)