Problems and prospects of full funding for education by the States. (RA)

The first goal of education should be to return it to parents and other taxpayers by taking it away from government control and monopoly. (Author)

Pressure is mounting in California to abolish state approval of school textbooks and grant full autonomy to local districts. (Author/MLF)

The many small steps that States seem willing to take now to reduce inequity in school spending may, a decade hence, look remarkably similar to the big jump no State dares to make. Full State funding may then have happened after all. (Author)

Discussion of how three major trends in American education today -- growing politicization; increasing erosion of lay control in local school districts, and the growing lieklihood of more centralized systems of school finance -- are combining to escalate States' involvement in educational policy decisions. (Author)

Describes how Massachusetts is overhauling its approach to the education of handicapped children. Discusses how things used to be, the push for change, and a new Massachusetts law that assigns to local school districts the responsibility for special education. Explains how to get education legislation drafted and enacted. (Author/DN)

Passage of federal legislation on collective bargaining for teachers could be a major shift in the power structure of public education, giving teachers and federal agencies control over local decision-making for the schools. (Author/MLF)

Although the Serrano decision is not binding on Michigan, the state has adopted the fourth alternative listed by the California court--school district power equalizing. (Author/MLF)