Reviews the findings of "A Nation at Risk" and evaluates how reform areas will affect collective bargaining. Presents ways to carry out educational reform and preserve collective bargaining. (MD)

Explains discipline problems inherent in close rural environments and describes norm-setting, a successful classroom management plan that accentuates student discipline and minimizes teacher domination. Explains how to develop behavior norms for the classroom based on six categories of student and teacher goals. Notes the advantages of…

Reviews the 1984 annual conference of the American Federal of Teachers (AFT). Some issues members discussed are teacher evaluations (in relation to merit pay), teacher training, and education reform. Includes an interview with the AFT president. (MD)

Issues in the definition of peace research are discussed, the origins and founding institutions of peace research in Europe are chronicled, and the status of peace research projects and programs in universities in the European countries and related conferences, organizations, and publications are outlined. Nordic and socialist countries are…

A discussion on who should teach computer literacy in academe is presented. Computer science can be described as an experimental science with the computer as the laboratory but computer science is an interdisciplinary area. Defining a computer scientist is difficult. (MLW)

Systematic contracting which involves students, parents, and teachers negotiating common issues is a time-limited cognitive-behavioral intervention that has the potential to maximize psychologists' impact upon schools. (BW)

A junior high school's experience with a team teaching experiment is described. Benefits cited include decreased disciplinary problems, high achievement on standardized tests, and teacher and student satisfaction with team teaching. (MJL)

A high school philosophy curriculum would prepare students to cope with social issues and would develop their integrative skills, understanding, and critical judgment. Complaints about student immaturity, uncertified instructors, overcrowded social studies curricula, and the impractical nature of philosophy are refuted. (AV)

It was hypothesized that children brought up under coercive power would be more likely to exhibit immediate gratification, whereas children brought up under noncoercive power would be more likely to delay gratification. The hypothesis was confirmed. (Author)

Vandalism is a major problem in the schools today, and the first step in combatting it is to develop clear, specific, and enforced rules for your school. (Editor)

A teacher describes his personal experience in working with black students in a community college classroom and how he responded to and dealt with his own uncomfortable feelings about a learning mode which differed from any he had previously encountered. (Editor/RK)

School systems anticipating their first year of bussing should marshal their resources for service programs such as desegregation workshops and therapy groups for teachers. (Author/IRT)

The state of higher education today, with various alternative, innovative, and career-oriented offerings, is examined and a plea is made for a return to fundamental intellectual seriousness in the undergraduate curriculum. (LBH)

Traces anthropology as a discipline from its origins in the 19th century to the present, defines the areas of interest of physical and cultural anthropologists, reviews major anthropological works, and identifies contributions made to American anthropology by sociology, psychology, and economics. (Author/DB)