THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION AND THE PERSISTENT AND EMERGING PROBLEMS AND PRESSURES IMPINGING ON SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS LED THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS TO AUTHORIZE PREPARATION OF THE NINE ESSAYS IN THIS VOLUME. EACH ESSAY IS CONCERNED WITH THE GENERAL TOPIC "FEDERAL POLICY AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL" AND FOCUSES ON QUESTIONS AND ISSUES AROUND WHICH NATIONAL POLICY EVOLVES. THE SERIES IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A THOUGHTFUL BASIS FOR STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEMS AND ISSUES INHERENT IN THE CHANGING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT--(1) ERICK L. LINDMAN, "THE SEARCH FOR A NEW ROLE FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN EDUCATION," (2) LUVERN L. CUNNINGHAM, "EDUCATION AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR REALIZING NATIONAL GOALS," (3) WILLIAM G. CARR, "WHO MAKES EDUCATIONAL POLICY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL," (4) RICHARD WYNN, "CENTRALIZING TENDENCIES IN EDUCATION," (5) H. THOMAS JAMES, "EMERGING PATTERNS OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTROL OF EDUCATION," (6) WILLIAM P. MCLURE, "FINANCING EDUCATION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL," (7) WENDELL H. PIERCE, "THE IMPACT OF FEDERAL INVOLVEMENT IN EDUCATION ON SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL ISSUES," (8) RICHARD A. DERSHIMER, "GIVING DIRECTIONS TO EDUCATION THROUGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT," AND (9) GEORGE B. BRAIN AND ERICK L. LINDMAN, "TIME TO EVALUATE FEDERAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS." THESE ESSAYS APPEARED IN "THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR," SCHOOL YEAR, 1966-1967, AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR $2.00 AS ONE DOCUMENT, STOCK NO. 021-00670, FROM THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, 1201 SIXTEENTH STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036. (HW)