The author outlines five major problem areas in declining secondary enrollments: space accommodation, curriculum, administration, staff employment, and school reorganizations. He suggests ways to turn these problems into opportunities for educational improvement. (SJL)

Noting that the change to comprehensive secondary schools in Britain has not been accompanied by a rethinking of the former divided curriculum, the author presents a model for a compulsory core curriculum for all secondary students through the fifth year. (SJL)

The Head of Upper Nidderdale High School in North Yorkshire shows how a small 11-16 comprehensive can provide a common core curriculum and a choice of options that keeps career doors open. (Editor)

This article describes a system of classroom management which is geared to the needs and abilities of individual pupils, primarily in mixed-ability classes. It involves the effective use of resource materials developed at a local center. (Author/SJL)

Presented are findings from numerous studies in terms of a theory which integrates the theoretical position of Piagetian developmental psychology with the concept of the learning set proposed by Harlow. This integrated theory, called the metaset, is offered as a new approach to explaining the efforts of childhood bilingualism. (NQ)

A test measuring the teachers' Spanish proficiency was developed as part of a battery of tests for teachers in bilingual education programs--the CERAS Teacher Tests for Spanish/English Bilingual Education. Two independent studies indicated that the relationship between pupils' achievement in Spanish and English and their teachers' Spanish…

The article offers a theoretical framework including a brief review of the literature on the importance of attitudes and second language learning, bilingualism and cognition, and bilingualism and language acquisition. Based on this theoretical framework, an integrated bilingual kindergarten curriculum model is presented. (NQ)

The characteristics of 42,000 teachers who reported that they were teaching through a non-English language in 1976-77 were examined. Findings showed that teachers using a non-English language appeared to have been assigned on the basis of language skills alone. Fewer than half had had even one course in bilingual education. (NQ)

The article presents a brief overview of the state of the art of bilingual education, provides a background on how the government system responds to the opinions of its many publics, and deals with the political implications for bilingual education, and the need to develop political efficacy through Political Action Committee(s). (Author/NQ)

The study determined that parents from bilingual and culturally diverse environments could be trained by bilingual educators to enhance attitudes toward reading and reading-related behaviors of their primary level children. (Author/NQ)

Bilingual parents can help the teacher in developing culture-related reading activities and with students' emotional adjustments. They can help the librarian in reading and language arts related activities. At home, they can give children the confidence and reassurance needed to learn successfully in a different language environment. (NQ)

A generalized procedure for interrelating possible research activities and decisions over the life of a course is proposed. The main levels at which research can contribute to the evaluation are discussed, and data are presented in relation to one particular program: the Social Science foundation course at the Open University. (Author/LBH)

The situation of "collective aging" of the academic staff in universities and research institutes caused by the skew age distribution and the zero-growth budgets in nearly all European countries is discussed. Possible policies to palliate the negative effects are considered along with support for junior staff with temporary contracts or limited…

The Delphi technique's short history in higher education is reported together with a brief introduction to the origins and principal characteristics of the method. The extent of recent attention to Delphi and its recent use in higher education in the U.S. is discussed. (Author/LBH)

The European Centre for Higher Education (CEPES) in Bucharest is described, beginning with the role of higher education in national development and also considering regional cooperation, CEPES' functions, support to decision-makers, and ongoing and special activities related to information, documentation, and liaison. (Author/LBH)