The proposed "reschooling" would commit talent and money to the elementary level and to teachers. (IRT)

Taking as his starting point the 1918 publication on "Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education: A Report of the Commission on the Reorganization of Secondary Education," the author provides his updated seven cardinal principles. (IRT)

Describes the stages that students go through when they are first introduced to self-directed learning and lists specific strategies teachers can use to help students through the crises. (IRT)

Describes a program in which a medical school and several school districts are working together to develop self-instructional materials on cardiovascular disease. (IRT)

The superintendent of the Dallas school district describes the action the court ordered the district to take to eliminate institutional racism and the progress that has been made in four years. (IRT)

A university teacher discusses the films he uses in teaching teachers about education and urges others to make better use of the media. (IRT)

Six sets of emerging issues that could involve specific students and classroom situations are discussed here: class suspensions and due process, class rules and teacher inconsistency, classroom equality of opportunity, competency testing, classification of students, and classroom management in alternative schools. (Author)

In the Manhart case, the Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional for women to be required to make higher payments into a retirement fund than do men to receive the same benefits. A district judge ruled elsewhere that a plan calling for equal payments but reduced monthly benefits for women is constitutional. (IRT)

Gives brief overviews of such programs as New Brunswick's Criterion-Referenced Testing Program, Alberta's Education North project to develop educational programs better attuned to the needs of students in isolated communities, and a study of how and why parents choose between public and independent schools. (IRT)

Guided Design, as created and used in the engineering school of West Virginia University, is a procedure in which the teacher models professional reasoning, and shows students how the subject matter they study can be used to make better decisions. (IRT)

An Ohio study showed that, while the special class generally provided a more positive classroom climate for the handicapped, special classes and regular classes were more alike than they were different. (Author/IRT)

Describes a program in which, once a student is identified as a chronic truant, the skill deficiencies that cause his problems are diagnosed and corrective lessons are begun. (IRT)

To compensate for the inherent advantages of public employment, public employees should have representational rights that are different from, and significantly less than, private sector bargaining rights. (Author/IRT)

The copy of a "Reader's Digest" article critical of the political activities of the National Education Association (NEA) is run with marginal comments written by Terry Herndon, NEA executive director. (IRT)