This report presents estimates of the private rates of return for students studying for vocational education and training (VET) qualifications in Australia. Estimates of rates of return are commonly used by governments, businesses and others to compare the merits of different forms of investment where costs or benefits or both are distributed over…

Is the Elementary Teacher the exploited minority? Unloved, over-worked, and underpaid? The author suggests turning rewards and working conditions right-side-up! (Editor)

This examination of education in late antiquity looks at the variable definitions of literacy, the function of elite literacy as a scarce and highly valued commodity, and the nature of the relationship between the cultural elite and Christianity. A basic definition of a literate person is one who can read and write in his or her society's standard…

How do members of these two professions view their roles? Do they collaborate effectively? How can their relations be improved? The study gives some answers comparing the education requirements, programs, characteristics, and responsibilities of each. (Author/MW)

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENCES IN THE EDUCATIONAL STATUS OF RURAL AND URBAN YOUTH ARE EXPLORED. TOPICS DISCUSSED INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, ENROLLMENT RATES, PATTERNS OF SCHOOL RETARDATION, FACTORS RELATED TO SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, AND RETARDATION AND FUTURE EDUCATIONAL PROSPECTS OF RURAL YOUTH. THE RELATIVE EFFECTS OF REGION, AGE, SEX,…

Discusses new approaches called for in recent amendments to ESEA Title I that seek to enable educators to respond to their critics with proof of progress. (Editor)

Current reading standards in British infant schools are considerably below those of the 1930's. (CK)

Analysis of educational levels and earnings associated with specific occupations supported seemingly conflicting explanations of inequality: (1) the job competition theory that education has no effect on equalization of earnings; and (2) the free market theory suggesting an effect of educational level on earnings and of unequal education on…

Examines released metric items from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the 3rd and 4th grade results. Recommends refocusing instruction on the metric system to improve student performance in measurement. (KHR)

The National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council Twin Offspring data support the proposition that for those with low levels of education, earnings may be an adequate proxy for compensation, whereas the opposite holds for highly educated people. (Author/JOW)

A survey of industrial technology graduates from Bemidji State (n=30) and Purdue (n=100) compared job titles. The majority were either engineers or managers/supervisors. Graduates of both a more structured program and one with more liberal education requirements had similar jobs. (SK)