The author states that our economic and political environment leads us to think in terms of classes, aggregates, and submerged membership in them. He says that it is not just the quantity of our education that is at fault; it is its quality, its spirit, method, and aim. (CT)

This article reviews the history of Maryland's controversial requirement that school buses use single-piece wheel rims. The author suggests precautions for using explosion-prone multipiece rims. (MCG)

The paper reviews three conceptual issues pertinent to understanding of current outcome data on effects of early intervention for disabled children: (1) intervention and assessment assumptions in early intervention research, (2) political and ethical concerns regarding cost-effectiveness of early intervention, and (3) the weight of evidence…

Discusses the need for U.S. resettlement workers to (1) consider how political dynamics--such as own-group political coercion, exploitation, or intimidation and political differences between the sending and host countries--affect those they are assisting and (2) incorporate techniques responsive to these factors. (CMG)

Discusses development of creative performance routines by Black university marching bands in the 1950s and 1960s and the negative impact of desegregation on these bands. Deplores new emphasis on entertainment rather than musical education and creativity and calls for reexamination of Black university band programs. (CJM)

Forecasts the effects of electronic voting on voting behavior and on campaign strategy in school finance elections, inferring these from Oregon's vote-by-mail experiments and from direct-mail campaigning and fundraising. Relates computerization to community education's role in raising school support. (MCG)

Lists "do's" and "don'ts" that can help trustees be effective in working with state and federal legislators. (DC)

This paper provides two perspectives, one written by a planner, the other by a researcher, of how the planning and research functions can be made integral to decision-making in public service organizations. (Author)

Superintendents and board members have political power that they can use to coerce, manipulate, negotiate, co-opt, and reach consensus. The variety and amount of power used will depend on personal value systems and the way in which one analyzes people and situations. (Author/IRT)

Examines teacher organization involvement in politics at the state and federal level, particularly in collective bargaining issues. (IRT)

This paper reviews the background of West Germany's planning effort, assesses the implementation of educational reform as of mid-1975, and seeks to draw some general conclusions about educational planning and the initiation of structural change. (Author/IRT)

This paper explores the service function in U.S. institutions of higher education, focusing on a comparison of the social function of the university as discussed in two classics about the U.S. university: Robert Maynard Hutchins'"The Higher Learning in America" and Clark Kerr's "The Uses of the University." In conclusion, the…

The case studies in this collection show the changes in higher education in South Africa that are taking place in response to the revolutionary political changes that have come with the end of apartheid. The chapters are: (1) "Transformation through Negotiation: The University of Port Elizabeth's Experiences, Challenges, and Progress"…

This statement responds to the need for all higher education leaders to consider the perspectives of external voices while resisting purely political or ideological agendas. Long-standing and recent external challenges to the traditions of citizen governing boards of colleges and universities make it necessary to distinguish between broad, often…

The Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation presents 28 standards for assessing evaluation practices in elementary and secondary classrooms. Reviewed and approved by the American National StandardsInstitute, these standards are broken down into four essential attributes of sound evaluation, each providing definitions, guidelines,…