Analysts frequently credit prominent politicians with the avant-garde direction taken by the state government, though a powerful force in Wisconsin was the often overlooked Legislative Reference Library, brain child of the historian-librarian Charles McCarthy. (JB)

This article presents discussions of the terms accountability'' and autonomy,'' particularly as they are affected by the present politics and logic of California Teacher Education. (JA)

RESA (Regional Education Service Agency), a confederation of several school districts, has been adopted by the Appalachian Regional Commission as a method of pooling resources. (NQ)

This article suggests that simulation models would serve as useful tools for developing and using social indicators in the policymaking process. One such model -- STAPOL-- is described, and current and future applications for this type of simulation are discussed. (Author/JH)

Questions whether the interests of children are served by the active intervention of collective bargaining in program development and the educational processes. (Author/JF)

Discusses Nebraska's approach to public employee relations, the Nebraska Court of Industrial Relations. Suggests that the pattern developed in Nebraska, although it may appear somewhat more accidental than intentional, may offer a model to other States for strengthening impasse resoltuion machinery. (Author/JF)

As unequal as state aid to black land-grant colleges tends to be, federal assistance is far more unequal, and the gap continues to widen; the U.S. Department of Agriculture is primarily to blame. (Author/SP)

Argues the necessity of excluding supervisory personnel from coverage under legislation enacted for the public sector and examines supportive reasons for the exclusion in connection with the recent New York PERB decision in the Beacon Enlarged School District case. (Author)

This report presents the history of the State of South Carolina's kindergarten program which began in September, 1969. (MF)

The plan undermines tenure and collective bargaining. Tenure law already provides for the identification of incompetents while higher certification standards would ensure master teachers. Administraters of merit pay systems discriminate against minorities and women. The proposed evaluation process is not clear. Teachers were excluded from…

After a preliminary survey showed that special education teachers often confront emergency medical situations, an analysis of state laws protecting those who deliver emergency medical treatment without reimbursement was performed. Twenty-five of 28 states responding have "good samaritan" laws that share four common elements. (CL)