Presents perspective of the executive director of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) on information networking, covering developments in the last 15 years, NCLIS activities, economic and political problems of networking, ownership and governance of networks and databases, and other difficult and challenging…

The relationship between developing a national identity and schooling is explored in the Canadian historical context. Emphases is placed on the constitutional difficulties faced by the federal government in evolving a national educational policy. (CJB)

Describes the development and content of a guide for developing and implementing a district policy for school counseling service in British Columbia. Discusses the composition and sponsorship of the committee, the process rather than prescriptive nature of the guide itself, and its utility for professionals. (Author/JAC)

Proposes groundwork for a coalition to address environmental education (EE) policies and practices in America for the next decade. Aims, priorities, and needs for the coalition are listed. They include upgrading competence of environmental educators, improving student experiences in EE, increasing EE literacy of citizens, and identifying key…

Adult educators and associations must know how public policy is made, be familiar with policy issues in the field, and organize and work together to effect policy developments at the state and Federal levels. (SK)

Each educational policy should be justified in terms of a comprehensive view of the school and its implementation should be collaborative with educators. In addition, policymakers must state what will count as policy success and how much time they are willing to commit to its implementation. (MLF)

Using internal documents of the Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson Administrations, the policymaking roles of six White House commissions and task forces on higher education are discussed. Incremental policy changes proposed by these groups were more likely to be adopted by the White House than major policy changes. (Author/MLW)

Assesses major findings and recommendations of the education commission reports and discusses issues and topics that they avoid. Argues that the inadequacies of the reports derive from the defective nature of the commission process itself. Also argues that even if the commission reports had never been issued, American schools would be on the mend.…

Criticizes the movement to link the outcomes of education solely to the needs of the business community and argues that this philosophy of education undermines efforts to equip students with the skills necessary to analyze sociopolitical processes at work. (JOW)

Examines the state of educational policy analysis, discussing the field's history, conceptual approaches to policy, areas of policy that have been studied, and methodological issues. Concludes with speculation on the future of policy research. (MCG)

Addresses the need for inclusion of minority perspectives in public school educational policy and decision making process. Describes a utility based discrepancy analysis model designed to facilitate the inclusion and management of multiple perspectives. Examples from school settings illustrate school administrator response to minority concerns in…

"The critical researcher's dilemma is that, while the topics, theories, and methods we have studied now seem to be in favor, the moral views and general analysis that prompted our studies are not." (Author)

Concludes that after Rhodesia hired a public relations firm to advise it, negative comment about that country declined sharply in the "New York Times," although news of violence there remained virtually the same. (FL)

This review of Ernest Boyer's "High School: A Report on Secondary Education in America" criticizes isolated aspects of the study but praises its overall usefulness. (JBM)

Practical policy issues concerning extended year programs for severely handicapped students include aspects of eligibility criteria as stipulated by the courts and aspects of program development (continuity of quality programming, generalization and maintenance, and nonhandicapped peer involvement). (CL)