An examination of debilitating conflicts among researchers, reformers, and practitioners and the ethnics with which they deal in the school decentralization/community control arena. (Author)

Third in a series of polls of professional opinion on key issues. This one assesses attitudes on such disparate questions as individually prescribed instruction and the treatment of pregnant students. (Author)

Since both having the teacher visit the students' homes and having the parents visit the schools for conferences poses problems, the telephone is suggested as a relatively unexploited resource for solving the parent/teacher conference dilemma. (Author/JN)

The six community countries that compose the European Coal and Steel Community schools offer several unique features among which is the teaching of history and geography without a regional emphasis, while the curriculum is built around a European rather than a national point of view. (Author/JN)

Describes uses and advantages of minicourses -- short-term courses offered for less than one semester. (Author)

Explains and defends the Riles Law'' which calls for the downward extension of formal schooling in California and points to certain dangers that research identifies in Early Childhood Education. (Author/JN)

Reducing potential issues and potential tax resistance where budget and bond elections are concerned should be done through monitoring the media, citizen complaints, and community opinion in order to reduce other controversial issues which will have an adverse effect on these elections. (Author/JN)

There are no easy answers in the area of the right of free speech. The academic rights of teachers cannot be affirmed without also recognizing the rights of parents and the responsibilities of administrators. The First Amendment represents a national commitment to risk on the side of freedom. (Author/JN)

Suggests that the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on educational finance has only shifted the major battles for finance reforms from the courts to the State legislatures and the U. S. Congress. (JF)

Summarizes the reasoning of a group of legal experts and reform-minded educators who discussed a recently filed suit against the San Francisco Schools. The 18-year-old plaintiff in this case is suing for one million dollars because he can't read. (JF)

Project 18 is a course developed to encourage student involvement in the political system. It attempts to teach the importance of an active, concerned citizenry for the democratic process. (Author)

Discusses the recent Supreme Court decision on desegregation of Denver schools. Suggests that by broadening the concept of de jure segregation, the Supreme Court has dealt a crippling, if not fatal, blow to defacto segregation. (Author/JF)

Argues that the natural, logical outcome of the struggle for personal freedom in education is for the teacher to improve his control of the student rather than abandon it. Suggests that the free school is no school at all. (Author)

Describes a program at the Juvenile Achievement Center in Waco, Texas, that serves students rejected in regular school programs because of overt behavior problems, social maladjustment, academic deficiencies, and poor self-concepts. (Author/JF)

Summarizes Piaget's research and theory and takes a critical look at its implications for education. (Author)