Only two states have enacted statutes of privileged communications that prevent workers from being compelled to testify in court concerning matters revealed in confidence by clients. The author considers the need for further extension of this privilege and explains how workers and clients can protect themselves. (Author)

Described is the involvement of the North Carolina General Assembly as facilitators in establishing a more comprehensive educational package designed to meet the needs of deaf children and their families. (Author/SBH)

Analysis of the distribution of authority between state and local levels of schooling shows that local battles over change will accomplish, at the very best, local or marginal gains. Significant change comes at the state and federal levels. (Author/IRT)

Discusses the extent and use of corporal punishment in public schools, the results of research on the effectiveness of corporal punishment as a deterrent to misbehavior, and the use and effect of alternative measures of classroom management. (BF)

The supervisor of consumer education for the Ohio State Department of Education lists guidelines developed for the consumer education coordinators placed in 16 of Ohio's 102 vocational education planning districts. He notes that the State provides funds for two services operated by the coordinators, resource libraries, and inservice programs. (MF)

Consideration is given to determining strategies that are most effective, deciding which people from the university are most effective in influencing which government officials using what methods, and presenting a united front to state governments. (Author/LBH)

State sunshine laws, which call for openness in public meetings, are discussed with special reference to Florida, and to their applicability to publicly-funded postsecondary educational institutions. Administrators' perceptions of the law were surveyed confidentially within the state and nation. (LBH)

Describes a career compensation program in Dundee, Illinois, that offers teachers two career path options: extended contracts through project proposals designed to improve leadership and teaching performance and a teacher academy providing a framework for recognizing, encouraging, and rewarding teacher ability and expertise. All preliminary data…

A new Massachusetts law requiring foreign students to pay the true cost of their education is felt to be the first of its kind. The law's constitutionality and its implications for international education are being examined. (MSE)

Attributes past and present education reform movements to four major factors tied to American business ideology and an emergent military defense consciousness. Deplores recent trend toward curriculum standardization, close teacher supervision, compulsory and standardized testing, and the drive for cost-effectiveness and efficiency in education.…

Describes the results of a December 1986 telephone survey disclosing 19 states with mandated or recommended minimum high school course requirements for admission to public colleges and universities. An additional eight states are reported by the Educational Testing Service as having such requirements. Included are a table of mandated requirements…

This article provides an overview of the "Golden Rule" issue, including a summary of legislative and judicial activity aimed at extending the "Golden Rule" idea, the opposition of professional associations to such proposals, and activity at the Educational Testing Service to take differential item functioning into account in…

This article uses a specific program evaluation (assessment of the Utah ladder reform report) to explore the role of evaluation information on the legislative decision-making process. Features of the report, responses to it, and its effects on Utah politics are described. Findings are broadly interpreted, and implications are discussed. (JL)

Appropriations requests made by state coordinating boards or individual systems for 1988-89 and the political outlook for higher-education-related legislation are outlined for each of the 50 states. (MSE)

Traces the development of day care from the early 1800's to the present. Focuses on California, a national leader in publicly supported childcare, preschool, parenting education, and afterschool care programs. Describes 1985 legislation, including a welfare reform act and a latchkey program providing significant funding for school age childcare.…