Describes the financial situation commonly faced by inner city school systems; interprets the racial, economic, and political dimensions of policy making for the public schools; and discusses alternatives which offer some prospects for providing an adequate financial base for inner city school systems. (Author/JM)

This future-oriented position paper provides a wide-ranging discussion of nine crucial issues identified by Phi Delta Kappa chapters and some guideposts for educators who must deal with these issues in coming decades. (Author/JH)

The revision of the standard accounts of the development of education in this country casts grave doubts on the benign motives of our educational leaders and reformers. This article is an example of such revisions. (Editor)

Explores the impact of the Central Office Staff (COS) on educational decisionmaking in a medium-sized city from an insider's'' perspective and sets forth several testable hypotheses. (Author)

In a variety of unnoticed ways, the hidden curriculum pervades teacher/student relationships and frustrates the goal of humanistic education. (Author)

What appears to be new conceptions in education may really be a new package with a new name, containing the same old product. (Author/MB)

A theory of occupational socialization was developed and tested with a sample of teachers and school administrators. Socialization within and organizational setting is presented as a power process in which the 'significant other' is the person having the greatest ability to control organizational sanctions." (Author/SE)

Focus is the measurement of power at the community level considering the social organizational context. (SE)

Suggests several research needs related to conflict management in universities, which could be met by students of public administration. (JH)