With the elimination of myths about the effects of aging on teachers, the somewhat older instructional staff projected for the schools for the next decade ought to prove to be an asset to the education of American youth. (Author/IRT)

Ohme's Law is that the success of a plan does not necessarily depend upon its merit, but rather upon the right combination of leadership, plus client and practitioner involvement. (Author/IRT)

The Detroit decision may encourage federal courts to avoid costly and unpopular student reassignment plans in favor of compensatory education to remedy the effects of past discrimination. (Author/IRT)

Describes programs that have arisen since the Pennsylvania state board authorized local school districts and intermediate units to organize inservice programs that can provide the coursework necessary for permanent certification and for Master's Equivalency Certificates. (Author/IRT)

Describes the goals, objectives, expected benefits, and phases of a program to develop a model of energy/environmental education for adults. It is imperative that energy education programs be extended to include adults because of the serious decisions that must be made in the next five years. (Author/IRT)

One study indicates that learning loss occurs when substitute teachers are in classrooms, and the data gathered here indicate not only that virtually nothing is being done to prevent such loss but that the amount of time lost is increasing. (Author/IRT)

This study of 162 educators was initiated to assist superintendents and those who train them in improving the administration of vocational education programs. Of the 48 tasks examined, 24 were found to be "vital." (Author/IRT)

Cumulative grade-point average is an effective predictor of student teaching performance as judged by supervising teachers. (Author/IRT)

Half the principals studied were unaware of the criteria used in evaluating them; half did not know what information was used in their evaluations. (Author/IRT)

Presents three scenarios--a somewhat pessimistic, a somewhat optimistic, and a most likely--describing what education might be like in the year 2000. (Author/IRT)

Describes the financial plight of the Toledo schools, which have closed twice in two years, and the factors that contribute to that plight. (IRT)

Outlines objectives and models of continuous learning programs while acknowledging obstacles to such programs. (IRT)

A teacher of teachers who is alos the mother of teen-agers publicly renounces all theories of adolescent psychology learned from the literature and offers empirically based principles of her own. (Author)

The Proster Theory of the way the brain works and of the factors that favor or inhibit learning should be useful in designing educational programs that reliably provide huge gains in learning. (Author/IRT)