Describes how Milton Academy (Massachusetts) purchased its PDP 11/40 minicomputer and used it for all facets of the school's operations, including classwork, administration, and extracurricular activities. (Author/RW)

Describes the introduction of an Apple II microcomputer into Miami Lakes (Florida) Junior High School and its success in generating enthusiasm among teachers, students, parents, and the community. (Author/RW)

In Broomfield (Colorado) the Mountain View Elementary School's use of an Apple II microcomputer as its library's card catalog saves time and money, reduces recordkeeping burdens, and helps children learn to use computers. (RW)

In a fictional story, an educator in 2001 looks back on 20 years of changes in education and society brought about by the computer revolution. (RW)

Discusses the uses of literacy as a process that enables people to perceive, discover, and communicate through the humanities and the arts. (RW)

Evaluates the performance of federal block grants in health, law enforcement, peoplepower training, community development, and Social Security programs, to help forecast the effects of such grants in education. Finds that block grants did not improve local control, accountability, citizen participation, efficiency, targeting of funds, or program…

Traces the history of federal goals and policies in education from the expansion of federal aid under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to the reduction of federal support and regulation currently envisaged in the Education Improvement and Consolidation Act of 1981. (RW)

Five major issues will affect higher education faculty members in the 1980s, including faculty participation in academic decisions, the definition of faculty role (as employees or supervisors), job security, career mobility, and faculty skills development. (Author/RW)

Traces the changes from multilingual to monolingual educational programs in the U.S., describes current bilingual programs and students, and notes the benefits for all children of treating bilingual education as a normal instructional program. (RW)

The New Haven (Connecticut) public school system has 18 programs to involve parents in students' reading programs, including community tutors, a recipe booklet to teach reading at home, a parent-teacher reading advisory board, reading courses for parents, classroom visits, and letters to parents detailing their children's reading progress.…

Describes how Wayland (Massachusetts) High School implemented the Trump Plan for team teaching in the early 1960s and how the school gradually abandoned the program because of staff turnover, teacher dissatisfaction, lack of administrative support, and loss of funds. (RW)

In a modest, tongue-in-cheek proposal, the author suggests solving the busing crisis by converting abandoned gas stations into one-room neighborhood schoolhouses, complete with restroom facilities and outside drinking fountains. (Author/RW)

Discusses the Adopt-a-School program, in which businesses donate services and volunteers to particular schools. Lists some of the companies involved, describes programs in eight cities, and warns of too much business influence on school philosophies and curricula. (RW)

As a result of his study, "Public and Private Schools," James Coleman concludes that Catholic schools appear to be characterized by both higher quality, on the average, and greater equality than the public schools. Coleman discusses the reasons that may explain this finding. (Author/WD)

The author disagrees with James Coleman's contentions (expressed in the preceding article) that we no longer have a rationale for preserving our commitment to public schools and that we should use public funds for a pluralistic conception of education. He offers reasons for renewing our commitment to public education. (Author/WD)