Various methods which can be used to teach the Spanish accent mark are suggested. These methods reinforce the rules of accents given by the Real Academia. (NQ)

The media, like nearly all other White institutions, has merely found a convenient rationale for abandoning the cities now that the Blacks have moved in. The educational, democratizing functions of the news media are no longer to be carried out among the inner-city Blacks. (Author)

According to Department of Labor statistics, there is little relationship between workers' educational attainment and job success. The group with the highest remuneration (White males) uses the least amount of specialized training. The group with the lowest economic remuneration uses the highest amount. (Author/WI)

The proposed rewrite of the broadcast section of the Communications Act of 1934 fails to assure minority access to and service from the broadcast industry despite demonstrated need and compelling logic. The proposed bill must be revised or opposed as a serious threat to the development of minority voices in America. (Author/WI)

Public education must take the lead in establishing alternative paths to effective and successful participation in our society and its governance, tailored to the values and demands of the many specific cultures that exist in our nation. (Author)

Women who were selected for the Congressional Fellowship Program from 1961 through 1975 were studied in order to determine the characteristics of female federal bureaucrats. Successful female bureaucrats were found to closely resemble their male counterparts, an exception being that the former are more likely to support unionization. (GC)

This article charts the relationship between politics, racial struggle, and the Black press. The decline of interest in Black news among the White media is cited as evidence of the need for Blacks to hold more decision making positions. (GC)

This paper describes some of the myths on training lecturers in mathematics, discusses briefly the nature of teaching and learning, and suggests some ways of analyzing the tasks in teaching and learning. (Author/MK)

An elementary computer programing language designed to help the student resolve very basic and specific conceptual difficulties is described. The introduction and implementation of this language in an actual didactic situation is included. (Author/MK)

Two definitions of numeracy are considered. A process for developing numeracy is outlined. (MK)

This is a critique of a study investigating the reliability and validity of objective measures of students' reactions to courses. (MK)

This article deals with the problems of modeling the population densities of cities. Two types of models, the quadratic gamma and the equilibrium, are discussed and compared. (Author/MK)

This paper attempts to assess the validity of employers' complaints about the mathematical shortcomings of school leavers and discusses implications of the findings. (MK)

The authors suggest a few games for which programmable pocket calculators are used to create an environment in which mathematical concepts can be experienced more easily by students. (Author/MK)

The role of optimization in mathematical, physical, biological, social, and management sciences is examined. A plea is made for giving optimization a central place in the mathematics education of scientists and technologists. (Author/MK)