A study was done on the responsibility of schools for providing smoking education programs consistent with current information. Results indicate an omission of planned experiences in high school curricula concerning the effects of smoking on health. (JN)

Changes in approaches to, and the study of, English literary history are chronicled, from a period in which the historical approach was prevalent through a transition to greater specialization. The trend toward creative writing and comparative literature in the curriculum is also discussed. (MSE)

Presents an historical overview of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act; examines the spirit and intent of that law; analyzes the critical issue of educational malpractice; and suggests ways educators can minimize the risk of being involved in educational malpractice suits. (Author/MLF)

Discusses the legal ramifications of informed consent for medical treatment of schoolchildren, including the problems posed by parents unwilling to give adequate medical protection to their children because of religious or other reasons. Covers the types of medical care that minors can receive without parental consent. (WD)

Schools and courts must act together to provide students with, at least, partial control over their lives and their educational destinies. The status of the students as children and the court's position on the child are discussed in terms of student rights. (CJ)

School personnel are a very important group influencing the hemophiliac's early life and should be trained to observe and treat bleeding episodes. (JD)

Teachers should prepare vocational-technical students to assume the transition from workers to supervisors. Training of supervisory skills as part of career education must begin at the community college level or at any postsecondary level the students seek for technician-training. (CT)

The barriers that prevent faculty from considering and testing career alternatives must be removed. The profession should provide a full program in career counseling, life planning, and preretirement assistance. The challenge is to redefine faculty careers for both the faculty interest and institutional welfare. (MSE)

Criticizes attrition reduction programs that focus on overcoming what students lack. Suggests shifting this focus to the problems of the institution. Looks at the influences of nonpunitive grading, student financial aid, probation, the "cooling out function," and institutional commitment to student retention. (AYC)

Analyzes the court's opinion in the "Donohue" case and suggests that there was sufficient basis for the court to adopt an "educational malpractice" cause of action because the school district did not make means for remediation available to the plaintiff. Available from Albany Law School of Union University, 80 New Scotland…

Presented is the viewpoint that school, home, society, and the individual child are all accountable for the quality of education being received by today's students, that teachers alone cannot accept the full responsibility for students who will not learn, and for circumstances over which they have no control. (KC)

Sixteen educators and noneducators comment on John Henry Martin's proposal to narrow the goals of schooling and involve others more fully in the education of adolescents. (Author/MLF)

The behavior of children with alcoholic parents is frequently seriously affected, but such children receive little or no attention. The article looks at this problem and suggests ways in which school personnel can assist. (YG)

The goals of education are commonly and easily agreed upon. The author points out that steps can and should be taken to determine how well school goals are, in fact, achieved. (Editor)

Accountability in education is a no-nonsense, bottom-line look at school responsibilities, school promises, school programs, school costs and school results. (Author)