A mobile computer-assisted laboratory is providing inservice education cheaply and effectively for special education teachers of rural Pennsylvania at the rate of 1,000 a year. (Editors)

The shift to alterable variables (those that can be changed before or during the teaching and learning processes) enables researchers to move from an emphasis on prediction and classification to a concern for causality and the relations between means and ends in teaching and learning. (Author/IRT)

Argues that the attempt to develop schools in which students do not fail has had the unintended side effect of decreasing learning progress and increasing tolerance for this lack of progress. Asserts that students who interfere with the learning of other students should not be kept in the schools. (Author/IRT)

Describes the introduction of the Prescriptive Reading Inventory in an elementary school, outlines its use, and presents several mastery learning theories that support and clarify its use. Concludes by recounting the benefits of the program. (Author/IRT)

The motivation for founding and maintaining nonpublic schools appears to be more than racial prejudice. Many evangelical Protestants have come to believe that the public schools now espouse a philosophy that is completely secular, perhaps even antireligious. (Author/IRT)

Familiarizes readers with the part of "A Study of Schooling" pertaining to the adult (primarily teachers in this report) experience in schools, describes the data collected, and offers some preliminary interpretations. (Author/IRT)

Describes a school discipline system modeled after the adult legal system. It serves two critical purposes. It establishes "discipline," allowing teachers to continue class instruction unimpeded, and it constitutes an important part of the curriculum. (Author/IRT)

Offers reasons to cherish eccentric teachers. (IRT)

Summarizes relevant statutes, court cases, and guidelines in an effort to provide interviewers with information to make them confident that they are not violating the rights of those being interviewed. (Author/IRT)

Emphasizes the development of an effective planning capability in the state. Describes the policy challenges posed by enrollment decline, then analyzes the content and process of Minnesota's response, focusing on legislative enactments aimed at improving school district planning. (IRT)

Presents eight assumptions to help people understand quantification not only as it is traditionally approached--as a method of measuring reality--but also as a method of shaping reality. The categories we use in creating statistics change the way we perceive the world. (Author/IRT)

Presents a self-assessment quiz to use in determining if your school's program for gifted students is adequate. (IRT)

Recounts stories of schooling contained on Sumerian tablets to show that the more fundamental features of school interaction endure basically unaltered through the years. (Author/IRT)

Describes how the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) lost its authority to assert Title IX jurisdiction over all the employment practices of schools and colleges. Outlines the arguments HEW used in its losing effort to gain control. (Author/IRT)

Outlines the state of foreign language instruction in Europe and the forces affecting it. (IRT)