This study is one of a series conducted by the Central Midwestern Regional Educational Laboratory, (St. Ann), Mo. (SW)

The author notes that technology may have improved the efficiency of schools but it doesn't tell teachers what to teach. (AK)

Primary goals are to advance children's ability to use language functionally and master conceptual-cognitive processes, and to develop positive self-concepts. (Developed from a paper for a meeting of Head Start Regional Training Officers.) (JF)

Many Americans are losing faith in the Education Establishment. Their reliance on the school as a doorway to success for their children has increased greatly in recent years. With this increasing reliance come the frustrations that result from unfulfilled expectations. (CK)

Provides a systematic account of Canadian activities on the federal, provincial, and individual levels with respect to international education. (LN)

Labour's outgoing education minister reflects on his administration's mistakes and sets guidelines for future educational planning in Great Britain. (BH)

Twenty- five recommendations for curriculum and instructional materials development. (RA)

Describes a process model for the development of technical instructional materials, primarily textual materials. (GR)

Outlines options available to schools, offers suggestions to teachers of sex education, and concludes that schools must work with parents to face up to the challenge of accurate and adequate sex education for all grades. (CJ)

The Quechuas and the Aymaras have suffered because of the Spanish definition of illiteracy. (MF)

Education of art teachers should be geared to our conceptions of the functions that art education performs, and must take into account the socialization of those who assume roles within the educational structure. (AN)