An open letter by the senior past president of the National Council of Teachers of English; appears also in English Journal," vol. 60, no. 5 (May 1971), pp. 641-44. (RD)

Inquiring into controversial issues in the classroom is increasingly important. Teachers meeting opposition might assess representation of the total community in the opposition, determine specific points of disagreement and de facto official support. Remedial and preventive course of action should be explored. (VW)

An open letter by the senior past president of the National Council of Teachers of English. (RD)

Discusses issues raised by irrational extreme groups, and suggests need for the schools to work with concerned parents to meet the developmental needs of young people. Presented at American School Health Association, November, 1969. (CJ)

There is a vast discrepancy between scientific findings as to the magnitude and permanence of Mexican migration to the United States, on the one hand, and the public's perceptions, on the other. The reason for this is a process of ideological formation which responds to diverse economic and political interests. (Author/GC)

McGuire, president of the National Education Association (NEA) since 1979, discusses NEA's involvement in political and social issues; the benefits of the organization's advocacy activities; union and collective bargaining issues; NEA's involvement in higher education; education for the handicapped; teacher education; and the role of psychology in…

A case study of the Flood Recovery Task Force (FRTF) in northeastern Pennsylvania reinforces the importance of preexisting, integrative structures to group mobilization and documents the routine political nature of FRTF activity. The study also establishes the role of well-organized status and economic influentials in disaster recovery. (Author/KC)

When the Texas legislature proposed a 100 percent increase in college tuition, the Texas Student Association mobilized its members to fight the issue. The students' activities are discussed, along with reasons for the bill's failure and its prospects for future passage. (PP)

The findings in Volume I of the Committee on Ability Testing's report (see ED 213 770 and ED 213 771) are shown to be ambiguous regarding the meaning of ability, vague regarding test validity, and ingenuous regarding test uses and misuse. The neglect of the basic question of what tests measure is noted. (CM)

Argues that, while vouchers and tax credits differ in important ways, together they raise profound questions about the role of the government in supporting, encouraging, and, perhaps, controlling private values and private organizational forms. (Author/SJL)

Holds that Federal deregulation and the return of educational finance and decision making to the local level will exacerbate, rather than begin to solve, the nation's educational problems. (GC)