Elementary school teachers and their supervisors were surveyed to determine their perceptions of supervisory tasks. (GW)

Supreme Court decisions are reviewed to determine the status of a constitutional right to education. (GW)

Examined are the legal rights of school counselors in relation to confidential communications from student clients. (GW)

The function of dialogue among educators in creating a humanistic curriculum is analyzed and related to three humanistic organizational theories. (GW)

Review of several definitions of population education leads to the conclusion that the definition must be relevant to specific social and cultural goals. (GW)

Described is a method of humanizing evaluation procedures by applying both traditional grading procedures and standards of performance based teacher education programs. (GW)

The organizational structure of a multiunit school is examined for implications regarding instructional leadership in that setting. (GW)

An associate superintendent looks at recent shifts in power at the local district level and suggests political trends that may influence the future of education. (Author)

A school board member describes how the actions of legislators, judges, and lay groups are draining control from the local level. (Author)

Congressman Quie of Minnesota addresses various educational issues, including the relationship between educational research and practice, curriculum development and national censorship, staff development, collective bargaining, and school integration legislation. (Author/JG)

The publisher of "Scientific American" argues the importance of objective knowledge and self-government to the realm of science education. Militating against these principles, he states, are forces intervening in curriculum development--the federal government and reactionaries to the reform movement. (Author)

A West Virginia educator reviews the MACOS controversy and the 1974 textbook feud in his state. Such curriculum struggles result in part, he says, from growing federal influence on education, dating to the cold war and the civil rights movement. (Author)

Two curriculum specialists recount the growth of special education programs in Illinois. They note that strong professional advocacy and political know-how help to promote such programs, but warn that problems of implementation can arise. (Author)

Discusses the political aspects of educational policy formation and describes the governance of public education in the state of New York. (JG)

Discusses four possible approaches for teaching political science in the classroom, including analyzing the classroom as a political arena, employing case studies, using simulation games, and orchestrating encounters with political figures. (Author/JG)