The author critiques parts of the report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education. He argues that the goals of national supremacy and individual gain ignore the role school could play in altering significant objective conditions of society and the ideology which justified those conditions. (MT)

Discussed the movement of educators to develop career education programs which stressed preparation for life roles, career preparation and career development. (Author/RK)

Discussed the Research Coordinating Unit, designed to bring about change in the vocational-technical education system. Utilizing strategies suggested by Rogers and Havelock, a system of consisting of data and information bases, human resources, product utilization coordinators, extension-change agents, and regional resource centers was developed.…

The author, in his motivation research, exuded the feeling that the clinical supervisor, through the correct process of motivating teachers and students, could indeed promote instructional improvement and with it, learning. Through his input-process-outcome model he proposed a better fit between the nature of human motivation and the logic of…

Measurement of change is essential for documenting the effects of social programs, for refining social-educational programs, and for guiding policy decisions about resource allocation. (CJ)

This article directed its attention to the study of actual attempts to implement innovations in the schools. Emphasis was given to a presentation of findings from one intensive study of attempts to develop major innovative programs. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this article was to describe how linkage between home, school, and community could be achieved, to show how all education should be conceived of as an exercise in adulthood. (Author/RK)

Author continued the debate with a discussion on the problems related to using evaluative data. These problems draw attention to pragmatic judgments that decision makers must keep in mind. (Editor/RK)

Discussed adult education programs, the development of adult, continuing and lifelong education, and the abilities of older adults to develop their intelligence through participation in learning programs. (RK)