This collection of conference papers addresses selected philosophical and social questions being faced by contemporary educators. Papers and presenters are: "The Computer Revolution, the Technological Fallacy, and Education" (Keith L. Raitz); "Some Bits and Bytes: A Response to Raitz" (Robert J. Skovira); "The Public School's Search for a Public" (Harry S. Broudy); "The Theory and Practice of Just Community in Schools" (Patrick Socoski); "Moral Principles in Education: A Reevaluation" (Jo Ann Freiberg); "Competition and Moral Development" (Barbara S. Stengel); "Competing Cultural Ideals for the School: Liberal Education and Multicultural Education" (Timothy Reagan); "Dewey's Theory of Inquiry: Problems of Foundations" (Gabriele Lakomski); and "The Premises of Four Moral Conceptions: Classical, Modern, Totalitarian, and Utopian" (Raymond Wilkie). Minutes of the business meeting, the financial statement, and the 1982-83 membership list of the Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society are also included. (RM)