Teachers in Dade County, Florida, voted to eliminate tenure in favor of a negotiated labor contract emphasizing a diagnostic-prescriptive approach to improving teacher performance and due process safeguards. (Author/IRT)

The author gives a brief account of the American Federation of Teachers annual convention. (IRT)

Leaders of the National Education Association give their views on a cabinet-level department of education, a national collective bargaining law for education, teacher centers, public day care, vouchers, the Carter administration, and the "Proposition 13 syndrome." (IRT)

Argues for the role of good nutrition in reducing student behavior problems and offers suggestions on what educators can do to improve the eating habits of students. (IRT)

The author provides a profile of a successful elementary teacher who has multiple sclerosis. (IRT)

Reports on the United Kingdom's experience with comprehensive secondary education as a method of providing equal educational opportunity. Concludes that the trend toward compulsory equality, as represented by the comprehensive secondary school seems irreversible. (Author/IRT)

An English elementary-level administrator discusses what his county system does in the way of teaching basic skills, implementing accountability, teaching the gifted, organizing grades, and providing for staff development in in-service programs for teachers. (IRT)

In deciding that a person with a serious hearing handicap could be denied entry into a nursing program, the Supreme Court held that Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 does not require affirmative action but imposes the lesser obligation that institutions avoid discrimination against handicapped persons. (Author/IRT)

Examines the research methods used in creating the National Association of Secondary School Principals volume "Guidelines for Improving SAT Scores." (IRT)

Defends the National Association of Secondary School Principals volume "Guidelines for Improving SAT Scores" against criticism offered in the immediately preceding article. (IRT)

Discusses the results of a meta-analysis of the research that has been conducted on the effects of class size on achievement and then outlines a program that is going to field test hypotheses on the subject. (IRT)

Among the conclusions is that the plateau of school achievement today is at a level that compares favorably with available history. (Author/IRT)

Argues for a merit pay system to increase teacher motivation. (IRT)

Presents the negative effects the classroom, as a way of structuring education, has on teachers and students, and suggests reorganizing the schools along the lines of research hospitals. (IRT)

Argues that the teacher's role is that of a servant--doing for others without the expectation of worldly recognition--and that happiness and effectiveness come from accepting that role. (Author/IRT)