The author calls attention to our mixed concepts and our blurred focus in improving educational strategies. Is "open" closed to "accountability"? Can "accountability" be achieved in the "open"? (Editor)

Outlines some methods schools are using to screen for and take action against child abuse. (IRT)

Discussed the advantages of concurrent enrollment for students in high school. (RK)

Somehow ways had to be found to assimilate the millions of immigrants, and the schools were assigned to take the lead. (Editor)

Discusses the need for comprehensive early childhood development programs and the issue of whether the public school system should have primary responsibility for such programs. (JG)

States the need for a comprehensive sex education program at all levels of public schooling and suggests that implementation may be easier now than ever before. (DW)

TO PROVIDE A THEORETICAL ORIENTATION FOR PROGRAMS DEALING WITH CULTURALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN, FOUR QUESTIONS ARE EXPLORED--(1) WHAT IS THE SITUATION. (2) WHAT ARE THE SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS WHICH ACCOUNT FOR IT. (3) WHAT IS THE EDUCATIONAL PROBLEM. (4) WHAT IS THE TASK OF THE SCHOOL. SEVERAL FACTORS ACCOUNT FOR A PROBLEM WITH CULTURALLY…

Accountability is an old idea that has to do with responsibility for which there are consequences. When dealing with accountability, teachers should not be held solely accountable for results. In fact, the teacher is probably the unit that ought to be addressed last. The primary unit of an accountability program is the school and the school…

This document reports the National Education Association (NEA) investigation of the student protests at Southern University, Baton Rouge in 1971. Sections I and II indicate the chronology of the conflict and the initiation, procedures, and scope of the NEA hearings and follow-up interviews on the University campus. In section V the NEA…

The basic importance of English in schools is the basis for this book. Following an introduction to George Sampson by the editor Denys Thompson, a preliminary by the author discusses the half-century that has passed since the enactment of the Education Act of 1870 in England. The place of the English language and literature in the early stages of…

This document comprises 16 papers that were presented at the Pacific Northwest Conference on Higher Education in the fall of 1970. The primary focus of the conference was on accountability in all areas of higher education, from administration to student achievement. The papers are organized into four major categories. Beginning with (1)…

Presented is the text of H.R. 998, an ammendment to the Education of the Handicapped Act. The bill focuses on provision of appropriate educational services to handicapped children and civil action for withholding of federal financial assistance. (SBH)

The Laurel Ridge Elementary School has achieved a sense of community and it has done so against distinct odds. Why is Laurel Ridge working? How is it achieving a sense of community? What aspects of community living are evident at Laurel Ridge? Seven criteria demonstrate how it has achieved a good community life. (Author/RK)

The author, a member of the NAIS Board of Directors and a trustee of Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Massachusetts, spoke at the 1975 NAIS Annual Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on the problems of financing independent schools and carrying out their philosophies. This article was adapted from that speech. (Editor/RK)