College and university officials would be wise to observe attentively the outcome of public hearing and subsequent actions by the Federal Trade Commission concerning advertising, disclosure, cooling off, and refund requirements related to proprietary vocational and homestudy schools. Nonprofit schools may become subject to the same scrutiny.…

One person's experiences and views of substitute teaching at the elementary level. (IRT)

Humorous recounting of criticism of the schools through the ages. (IRT)

Reexamines Coleman's research findings that support the theory of white flight. (IRT)

Reports the results of a survey of teacher education institutions affiliated with the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education to determine the extent to which each was involved in competency-based programs. (Author/IRT)

Reviews some of the studies, both empirical and theoretical, that seem to illuminate the changes affecting the teaching of reading and writing in this decade. (Author/IRT)

Tomorrow's school math program will continue emphasis on sequential, systematic, and structured teaching using a variety of programs, working in settings of individualizing through small-group instruction in a socio-emotional climate reflecting the new humanism. (Author)

Provides brief descriptions of programs in Western Europe to furnish fresh perspectives from which to view American education. (Author/IRT)

Overall, the research to date indicates that such innovations, when properly interpreted and implemented, may be a step toward educational improvement and are, in any case, valid alternatives to the traditional mode of teaching. (Author)

That television has a tremendous influence on children is clear. Whether that impact is more positive than negative depends, to some extent, on the determination with which concerned adults help to tilt the balance in favor of children. (Author)

Discusses effective work-study programs in elementary and secondary schools and colleges in this country and abroad. (IRT)