The problem with privacy and computers is not technology but lack of systematic value education in those who use, teach, and learn about computers. A deeper issue than updating the law to the age of computers is integrating computers and the right to privacy into the world of education. (MSE)

Explores the opinions of Justice Rehnquist in issues concerning religion and public education; observes that the Supreme Court appears just one vote away from shifting church/state issues to the local level; and urges those concerned with constitutional values and public education to reexamine the Bill of Rights. (MLF)

Describes judicial attitudes toward the needs of linguistic minorities in the 1960s and 1970s and the shift during the last decade from mandating national standards to emphasizing local community discretion. Explores the implications for the national-value/community-value distinction for bilingual education and for current controversies concerning…

The author explains the importance to the field and to exceptional children of the Code of Ethics, Standards for Professional Practice, and Standards for the preparation of Special Education Personnel, recently adopted by The Council for Exception Children. (MC)

Discusses the issue of gender equity in the schools from the perspective of a national values/community values distinction. An overview of the major U.S. Supreme Court decisions on sex discrimination issues is presented followed by a detailed analysis of the implementation of legal mandates regarding sex equity in program access, athletics, and…

Demonstrates how the legal, educational, and technical determination of adequacy is a process of social construction. Identifies the social values of accountability, responsibility, and community as underpinning the societal consensus building around the concept of a "minimally adequate education." At present, educational reform does not…

Recent court decisions concerning school board actions regarding the use of instructional materials indicate substantial deference to the judgment of the school administrators and board members. As long as boards act for a valid educational purpose, they have increasing freedom to decide the inculcation of values is more important than…

Examines and criticizes the Supreme Court's aid to parochial school cases and outlines a satisfactory rationale that resolves the paradox of simultaneous court adherence to the value of neutrality and approval of programs to church-related schools. Available from Brigham Young University Law Review, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Provo, Utah 84602;…

Due process hearings should not threaten principals who have performed their teacher evaluation duties well and can demonstrate (1) the persistent nature of the teacher's difficulties; (2) repeated warnings; (3) frequent assistance; (4) adequate time and opportunity to improve; (5) close supervision; and (6) the teacher's involvement in a normal…

Document prepared at the Circumpolar Conference on Sustainable Development calls for governments, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector to collaborate on integrating concepts of sustainable development into all aspects of formal and nonformal education, developing a sustainable development public-awareness communication program,…

Focuses First Amendment claims within the public schools: (1) claims of students to free expression; (2) right of students to receive information; (3) right of teachers to use materials and teaching methods of choice; and (4) right of parents to have their children exempted from assertedly objectionable materials. (MLF)

Contends that if the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA) provision of special services in parochial schools is struck down, the value system implicit in EHA that gives cognizance to parental placement of children in private schools will have been eviscerated. (MLF)

Briefly notes the June 1979 conference in Memphis, Tennessee, of the Council on the Continuing Education Unit (CEU) and reports an interview with Paul J. Grogan, who was primarily responsible for developing the CEU concept. Dr. Grogan explains the purpose of CEU and its value for the training director. (MF)

A recent United States Supreme Court Case, County of Washington v. Gunther, examined issues related to sex-based wage discrimination, as defined by federal statutes. The positions of the respondent and petitioner and majority and minority views of the court are presented. (PP)

In "Mozert," fundamentalist parents claim that the reading curriculum interfered with their right to transmit religious values to their children. The district court fashioned an excusal scheme; however, the Sixth Circuit reversed this decision. Reviews the facts, analyzes points of law left unresolved, and discusses the broader…