Much that schools have attempted to perform could be better accomplished by community-based education that would link older adults and youth. Intellectual development and citizenship are uniquely the responsibility of the schools. (Author/MLF)

Sixteen educators and noneducators comment on John Henry Martin's proposal to narrow the goals of schooling and involve others more fully in the education of adolescents. (Author/MLF)

Before jumping on another corporate bandwagon, educators should recall the primary difference between business and education. Workers produce consumer goods, whereas students should be concerned with constructing meaning. The marketplace model, even correctly applied, does not belong in the classroom. Total Quality Management is a content-free,…