George A. Wingate High School in Brooklyn, NY, is considered a model of urban education. The principal believes good teaching is being able to make learning relevant to the lives of the students, and he communicates this belief to the faculty, staff, and students. (Author/MLF)

Minimum competency testing is not so much an educational movement as it is a power struggle. State legislatures will be the winners; teachers and poor students the losers. (Author)

Competency testing can provide helpful information to educators and the public. (Author)

The minimum competency testing issue raises basic questions--who controls public education and what should be taught? (Author)

Current calls for a return to basic education may seem like a rerun from the 1950s and early 1960s, but there are important differences. (Author)

If the basics are used as vehicles for teaching students to think, for developing their intellectual powers, and hence for preparing them effectively for their futures, they merit their central position in the schools. (Author)

A new series of instructional television programs designed for fifth and sixth grades, will reinforce basic skills while helping students learn to solve real-world problems. (Author/MLF)

A study of 1127 classes of 7-, 9-, and 11-year-old children in English schools was conducted to obtain information about the organization of schools, the range of work done by children, their performance on certain tests, and the degree to which children's work is matched to their abilities. (Author/MLF)

Explores the implications for California schools from new legislation calling for school improvement and, at the same time, Proposition 13 that reduced the property taxes. (Author/MLF)

The most dramatic impact of Proposition 13 on California school districts was that the state, in follow-up actions, reduced the number of matters that could be decided locally. (Author/MLF)

There are new requirements and opportunities for educating the handicapped. The ultimate success of mainstreaming depends on the leadership of school prinicpals. (Author/MLF)

Seventy-six department heads were asked what responsibilities they believed were most important in their jobs and what responsibilities they considered themselves most competent to fill. (Author/MLF)

Implications of the National Science Foundation Report on the status of science, mathematics, and social studies education. (Author)

An examination of the roles and responsibilities of instructional supervisors reveals that there are--or should be--two distinct positions: the administrative instructional supervisor, and the consultative instructional supervisor. (Author/MLF)

Students and teachers tell how educators have helped solve human problems. (Author)