Based on responses to opinionnaires, questionnaires, and public forums, the final report of the People's Forum on Education lists 15 specific areas that are primary concerns of the people of New Mexico. (Author/IRT)

According to the respondents (state department of education personnel), mainstreaming activities have progressed significantly since 1971, with only a relative minority, roughly one-fifth, of the districts lagging behind the others. (Author)

To the extent to which Connecticut is representative of other states, it can be concluded that the discrepancy between legislative enactment of Public Law 94-142 and organizational implementation may not be of extended duration. (Author/IRT)

Examines the effect of the judgments the school makes about a child on the child's self-concept. (IRT)

Presents an interview with W. Willard Wirtz, chairman of the College Entrance Examination Board panel investigating the decline in Scholastic Aptitude Test scores. (IRT)

Analyzes why the public has lost faith in the schools and offers two ways to restore that faith--identify educational leaders with high credibility to form a national academy or policies commission and build faith in the functional rationality of the educational system. (Author/IRT)

Homosexual teachers do not influence children toward homosexuality nor do they proselytize. Teachers should be judged on their effectiveness in the classroom, not by their sexual preference. (Author/IRT)

Outlines three approaches to instruction about human sexuality. The approach emphasized recognizes that sexuality is an integral part of the human condition and envisions a human relations instructional core that incorporates materials at various grade levels. (Author/IRT)

Reviews recent court cases concerning teacher "immorality," which appear to be on the increase, and offers guidelines that have emerged from such cases. (IRT)

The president of the Educational Testing Service gives a history and an overview of the organization. (IRT)

Outlines the way decisions are made in the Carnegie Corporation, notes the flaws in this approach, and suggests ways to regulate such philanthropic foundations. (IRT)

Central High School has regained its reputation of being among the best schools in the nation. The factors contributing to that excellence are outlined. (Author/IRT)

It must be remembered that the principles of integration are not violated when diversity in higher education is encouraged and both black and white institutions are maintained. What these institutions have yet to accomplish is the important issue. (Author)

Presents 13 social frontiers that create a map for cultural renewal. They embrace a matrix of goals for humankind that could and should rapidly supersede in policy and action the obsolete curricula, teaching-learning methods, and administrative rules that tend to suffocate much of established education. (Author/IRT)