Analyzes the recent role of the Federal Government in public education in view of the reported rural bias of the Congress and the urban bias of the Executive. (JM)

The Head Start program has survived two decades of fiscal and policy challenges because of its multi-faceted character. Head Start sits astride an intellectual divide, contradicting both liberal and conservative social policy dogma. (Author/GC)

A congressman discusses adverse effects of Federal policy and budget cuts on social programs for children, holds that children's lack of political visibility means that their interests are not always protected, and examines the role of psychologists and the Congressional Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families in promoting child welfare.…

A study of the sustained effects of Title I compensatory education programs used local test data to demonstrate that student achievement gains made during the school year were largely lost over the summer. The study also shows that students gaining the most during the school year registered the largest losses during the summer. (Authors/PP)

Examines racial conflict concerning the allocation of public resources and services. Explores White attitudes as a source of the conflict, shows how the conflict is reflected in government policy, analyzes how resource reduction affects minority populations, and discusses political and policy implications of the competition for resources.…

Part of a special issue on organizational research utilization, this article analyzes two National Institute of Education programs--the Research and Development Utilization Program and the Experimental Schools Program--and finds that a key reason for nonutilization of research is the "policy vacuum" in which research is conducted.…

Assesses the quality of a Head Start program and compares it to a nursery school via a survey of 30 parents from each school/program. Reveals that this one rural South Dakota Head Start program is meeting its goals. (AH)

An overview and evaluation is provided of an environmental management workshop conducted by the Department of Environment in India for top level managers including goals, participants, reasons for attending, themes, types of presentations, faculty, and participants' reactions. (DC)

Reviews the background, intent, and provisions of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA), a law designed to simplify and consolidate 30 Federal elementary and secondary education assistance programs. Asserts that significant deregulation will not occur under ECIA, and that the Act will create as many problems as it solves. (GC)

Legislation proposing the establishment of a new federal academy for peace education and research is now pending before the United States Congress. The academy would provide training in conflict-resolution through nonmilitary methods. (PP)

An intergovernment program implementation framework is shown to be strongly affected by the way federal expectations and administrative actions interact with the state and local education agency programs. They can influence the components of categories of implementation factors, process variables, and the agency role orientations. (CM)

The author states that the National Institute of Education should not be the sole provider of educational research. He argues that educators can gain important knowledge from business and industry as well as from research generated at the federal and state levels. (Author/CT)

A policy of lowered standards and expectations for minorities, it is suggested, is reflected in the evolution of government-sponsored programs intended to change the pattern of poverty by helping the disadvantaged through educational opportunity. Such programs include Head Start and Cornell University's special education program. (MLW)

Research on new administrative campus positions (e.g., affirmative action officers) created by extensive federal involvement in higher education is reported. It is suggested that these positions have not contributed significantly to the expansion of administrative access for women and minorities. (Author/MLW)

Addresses the role of government in the application of information technology, availability, access, and management, and discusses regulatory reform in the information and communications industries, the role of the United States information policy in international relations, and the current budget outlook for federal information programs. (RBF)