Strict dress codes have been virtually eliminated in the public schools, particularly those regulations for hair length and style. The existing grooming policies are general and deal mainly with cleanliness, neatness, appropriateness, safety, health, and nondisruption of the learning environment. (Author)

Reports on a survey of Missouri teachers' knowledge about, practices with, and attitudes toward the use of calculators in mathematics instruction. Teachers were unaware of many uses for calculators and were unfamiliar with research on their use. (IRT)

On several measures--reading and mathematics achievement, self-concept, immaturity, withdrawal, and peer relations--there were no significant differences between children from divorced and from intact families. (Author/IRT)

Terrel H. Bell, Albert Shanker, Terry Herndon, Thomas A. Shannon, and J. W. Peltason offer advice to the first secretary of the Department of Education. The department's organizational structure is briefly outlined. (IRT)

The author briefly discusses ten of the important events in education during the last decade. (IRT)

Sketches some educational, social, political, and economic trends that are likely to take place in the 1980s. (IRT)

The second in a series of four articles on "A Study of Schooling," this article focuses on the curricular aspects of the study. (Author/IRT)

Outlines four areas in which parents, teachers, and communities can work together to improve teacher performance: teacher recruitment, the quality of principals, assistance to classroom teachers, and a shift to a philosophy of shared responsibility for education. (Author/IRT)

A former teacher recounts her reasons for leaving the profession. (IRT)

In response to an article on teacher burnout, the author explains why she remains in teaching. (IRT)

Criticizes a federally funded Rand Corporation study ("Organized Teachers in American Schools") for being naive and biased and for not being true research. (IRT)

Two researchers defend themselves against a criticism of their work--"Organized Teachers in American School." The researchers found that neither the arguments for nor the arguments against collective bargaining for teachers are entirely supportable. (IRT)

Criticizes the methodology used by the American Institute for Research in its evaluation of Title VII bilingual education programs. (IRT)

Two researchers defend the methodology they used in their evaluation of Title VII bilingual education programs. (IRT)

Describes the requirements of the new Florida legislation concerning teacher certification. The legislation shifts the focus of recertification from colleges to local districts while removing state funding incentives for teachers to earn advanced degrees. (Author/IRT)