This paper considers those factors that have been at work shaping educational policy at the state level in New Jersey. For simplicity and to permit a degree of comparison among the states, five questions are addressed: (1) What have been the effects of court intervention, (2) Are "new" political coalitions being formed and how effective…

An effective means of teaching parliamentary procedure to high school students is the Student Congress. Advance planning and imagination are necessary to the success of the Congress. Included in the advance planning are discussions of the types of legislation permitted and the governing body to which each resolution is directed. The point system…

The question considered in this essay is: Given what we know about research and development in education, what might reasonably be expected from a National Institute of Education (NIE)? Two suggestions are made. One way to figure out what an NIE might be good for is to make up a list of what's wrong with American education and dream up some…

The relationships among mass media, interpersonal communication, and voting behavior were explored in a two-stage panel study of 141 respondents during a 1974 Illinois congressional election. Analyses of perceived exposures to mass media and to interpersonal communication were interpreted as supporting Rogers and Shoemakers' (1971)…

Identifies a strong indirect relationship between the amount of exposure to radio and television and citizen participation in Yugoslavia. (MH)

Teachers strike for economic and political reasons. (Author/IRT)

Outlines the history and essential features of Marr's linguistic theory. (AM)

Aspects of "liberalism" incorporating notions of balance, fairness, objectivity, and common sense are discussed in relation to the teaching of media studies. The British TV series "Looking at Television" is examined to clarify the way which the liberal ethos pervades the series to its detriment. Liberalism is shown as allowing…

Discusses Rokeach's conceptualization of values and specifically examines Rokeach's model of political orientation based on the importance of Freedom and Equality. Contends that content analysis of four American political books using Rokeach's model underscores these two values as those most important for differentiating ideological positions. (MH)

The coordinator of a successful legislative effort by Oregon psychologists and chairman of the first Board of Examiners comments on some potential conflicts between professional idealism and political realities. (Author)

This paper assesses the current influence of administrator associations on state policy-makers, concludes that their impact is much reduced, and directs administrators toward improving their resources, leadership, and strategy if they would compete for a more persuasive voice. (Author/IRT)

As a result of efforts to reform New Jersey's method of financing education, education has become enmeshed in state-level politics while, critics assert, little is being done to improve urban education. (Author/IRT)

Pressures from the state and federal governments and the courts to the contrary, since the individual school building is the largest unit in which significant and successful curriculum change can occur, those who can make the real difference are the people in the school. (Author/IRT)

Examines a film entitled "Whose Choice?" which chronicles the struggle to protect and extend existing abortion rights through the campaigns set in motion by the James White Abortion (Amendment) Bill (1975). (MH)