This issue of "Basic Education" presents articles that discuss, respectively, defining the language arts, an agenda for English, the benefits of two languages, a new teacher (presently teaching English in a foreign country) looking ahead, and the Shaker Fellowships awarded by the school district in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Articles in the…

This brochure argues for consistency in how disabilities are named in national data collection programs. It notes that currently many students with disabilities are excluded from national data collection programs and, when they are included, there is extreme variability in the disability classification assigned to them. Nineteen different national…

Developmental research, as opposed to simple instructional development, has been defined as the systematic study of designing, developing, and evaluating instructional programs, processes, and products that must meet criteria of internal consistency and effectiveness. Developmental research is particularly important in the field of instructional…

This packet contains an instructor's guide, student task sheets, and an illustrated vocabulary list for a program in automotive technology for handicapped students (special vocational education). The instructor's guide consists of a matrix of modules with vocabulary divided into 30 units of study for Auto Mechanics I and 17 units for Auto…

The role of the top human resources executive in major corporations has changed during the past decade into a directly involved business advisor, strategist, and implementer of business objectives. Intense competition has overridden previous human resources concerns and forced priorities toward internal, business-driven issues. Since cost-cutting…

Definitions of proprietary institutions by various states, the degree-granting powers of these institutions, and the authority of state agencies to approve degree programs and to license them were investigated. Forty-three states and Puerto Rico responded to the survey (nonresponding states were Delaware, Maryland, New Hampshire, North Dakota,…

A brief policy paper on multicultural education and a bulletin from the State Superintendent on its implementation in schools in Washington State are included in this report. The first paper lists 31 competencies that should be demonstrated by teachers who teach in multicultural settings. It also discusses the "change roles" that both…

Substantial numbers of Hispanic Americans cannot complete school or compete effectively for jobs because of less than adequate literacy in English. Before anything can be done about this, our definitions of literacy and illiteracy need to be reworked. The conventional definition of literacy as the completion of fifth grade ignores the changing…

Analyzes competing definitions of equal educational opportunity and determines that some state courts are required to give affirmative content to the term, but the Fourteenth Amendment is interpreted only as a limitation on state action. Relates this discussion to the inconclusive history of Defunis v. Odegaard regarding racially conditioned law…

The difficulties of defining academic freedom are noted in an exploration of recent judicial attempts to define the scope of teachers' First Amendment rights in the area of intramural speech. The exhaustion of administrative remedies in cases brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 (a basic statute in such cases) is also discussed. (JT)

The authors of "Differential Validity: Ethnic Group as a Moderator in Predicting Job Performance" (EJ 100 533) replied to criticism of their article by Wayne K. Kirchner (AA 521 804). (RK)

The profession of English needs desperately to define its terms, in order to end the present state of conceptual chaos in professional discussions.

The authors offer a sample of CBTE in action. They have worked through some of the problems and point to an optimistic future. (Editor)