Minimum competency testing will help restore concern for cognitive development to the highest priority, and motivate teachers to teach more purposefully and students to work harder. A discussion of the kinds of tests to be used is included. (Author/IRT)

Replies to the immediately preceding article. The author contends that the cause of incompetence resides more in the overall ambience of disaffection in the nation than in the schools. (Author/IRT)

The author gives a tongue-in-cheek account of the results of the next five years' research on competency-based teacher education. (IRT)

Based on the Florida experience, one should expect, among other things, new problems for minority students, lawsuits against the tests, calls for tests of teachers, and scapegoating and blaming. (Author/IRT)

Although the denial of accrued sick leave for pregnancy is not per se illegal, school districts could make a very positive step toward equal opportunity by treating pregnancy the same as all other temporary disabilities. (Author/IRT)

The Peer Leadership Program decreased student absences, the dropout rate, physical attacks, and vandalism costs, and increased student involvement. (Author/IRT)

Reports on the results of a survey of the occurrence of ethnic studies courses in the schools of Pennsylvania. (IRT)

The preferred scenario would lead to a "professionalization" of the family in which, at least for early childhood, the functions of the family and the school would merge. (Author/IRT)

This brief urges the Supreme Court to reverse the judgment of the California Supreme Court. (IRT)

This brief urges the Supreme Court to affirm the California Supreme Court decision. (IRT)

In this illustrative dialog, a student tells his counselor what he thinks about such topics as the ambiguity and meaninglessness of academic credit, the schools as holding tanks for adolescents, and the ills of accreditation. (Author/IRT)

Argues for statewide collective bargaining on teacher salaries as a way of promoting equity among teachers. The factors opposing such a program are discussed. (IRT)

Norway has demonstrated the value of rigorously screening candidates for teacher education programs and has also shown the importance of exposing teacher candidates to a variety of work experiences before formal college training. (Author/IRT)

After providing examples of how different reward systems impact on institutional and individual productivity, the authors present four strategies for changing the way promotion and tenure decisions are made in school of education. (IRT)

Outlines some of the findings and recommendations included in two recent reports on art education programs. Negative reactions to the reports are included. (IRT)