Legal issues relating to field-based experiences in teacher education are discussed, and results of a survey of state statutes pertaining to field experience programs are given. State legislatures, institutions, and administrative agencies have not sufficiently addressed the need for providing high-quality field experiences for student teachers.…

Oklahoma teachers, asked their opinions about aspects of a new state law to upgrade teacher preparation, supported raising college admission requirements, requiring an entry-year internship for beginning teachers, and participation in staff development activities. The teachers questioned the value of minimum competency testing. (PP)

Examines the conditions under which students and/or their parents can be required to make restitution for damages by the students to public school property. (Author/MLF)

School districts are advised to take the necessary steps to bring job classification and compensation schedules into line with comparable worth criteria. (Author/MLF)

Presents marketing as a form of comprehensive planning and considers its value. Stresses the difficulty of obtaining data about the external environment and the probability that external group demands will conflict among themselves and with legislative preferences. Questions the ability of colleges to expand in the face of fiscal restraints. (DD)

Examines recent litigation based on disputes over science and technology, the burdens on the adjudicatory process, and proposed reforms. Argues that such proposals frequently misconceive the problems faced by the courts because they concentrate on the question of technical uncertainty rather than conceptual and policy issues at stake. (Author/SK)

Florida legislation has mandated an upgrading in student academic proficiency through functional literacy testing as a prerequisite to the high school diploma and through testing of other minimum competencies. Emphasis on educational assessment has resulted in a recent focus on teacher competence and more vigorous entrance requirements for…

Arguments for and against disclosure of standardized test contents and answers, addressing issues of humanizing the testing process, equalizing educational opportunity, ensuring accountability, minimizing costs, ensuring fairness, and protecting test validity, are presented. (MSE)

Presented in its entirety is Judge Overton's decision in favor of the plaintiffs (including the National Association of Biology Teachers) who sued the Arkansas Board of Education, et al., on the grounds that the "Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act" was unconstitutional. (DC)

The legal provisions of each Canadian province for funding and regulating private schools are outlined. (SJL)

The National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) polled all state and diocese-level Catholic school officials in the nation on their knowledge of and attitudes toward the competency-based education movement and its application to Catholic schools. Results, plus specific comments from Spokane, Charleston, Cleveland, and Baltimore…

State or local governments are seen as helping hands for independent schools. In the state or local governments funding programs are available and issues of government regulation, tax exemptions, and civil rights are extensively debated. Some suggestions for developing good government relations are provided. (MLW)

In a review of the court decision and opinions in the Allan Bakke medical school admissions case, reasons are found for further proceedings on the issue and to dispute counsel's claim of having produced all available information. Available from Southern University School of Law, Southern Branch Post Office, Baton Rouge, LA 70813. (MSE)

In order to work within the legislative framework, it is suggested, administrators and trustees must concern themselves with five essentials: key calendar dates, specific committee structures, the chairman's power, the party in control, and the flow of legislation. Administrators must also know the legislators, the issues, and the governor. (MLW)

Based on interviews with teacher's union representatives, teachers, school board officials, and school administrators, this article considers what tenure actually is, how it developed, how much job security it provides, key points in the tenure debate, the role of unions and contract tenure, and the need for tenure laws today. (Author/SJL)