Pre-kindergarten programs enhance the lives of children and have widespread benefits for society. By improving educational performance, expanding career opportunities, and raising wage-earning potential among participating children, high-quality pre-k reduces crime, increases tax revenues, decreases dependency on public assistance programs, and…

Author described and supported the development of career education programs. (RK)

Considered the debilitating influence that inflation is having upon the arts and the condition of public attitudes and support as a result of such economic policy. (RK)

Discusses the recent parochial school aid case Pearl vs Nyquist and compares it with other recent United States Supreme Court rulings on parochiad. (JF)

Discusses recent United States Supreme Court rulings on aid to parochial schools. (JF)

A review of the shift from local to state financing and a description of various kinds of tax support structures. (Editor)

In response to a critique of their earlier article (EC 052 338), the authors reiterate their belief that Section 4407 of New York State Law might be inviting the use of an extreme treatment alternative (placement in private residential schools) with an unnecessarily large number of children. (GW)

Argues that press coverage has been misleading regarding the Rodriguez and the Serrano vs. Priest cases, thus creating confusion over the basic issues of school finance. (Author/JN)

Presents a prototype econometric model of current expenditure. Aims at helping legislatures realize how the amount expended by local school districts would respond to different forms of State aid. The model is specified to permit simulation of alternative formulas for distributing general-purpose State aid. The author examines block grants,…

A discussion of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on equal education. (JF)

This article summarizes the Supreme Court decision upholding a New York State Statute that required local public school authorities to loan textbooks free of charge to all children residing in the district who were enrolled in public or private schools. (JH)

Describes development of the Education Commission of the States. (MK)

A case is made for the end of local property taxation and a complete takeover of financing public schools by the state. (NI)

A study determined the extent to which the states and territories used their handicapped and disadvantaged set-aside funds under the Education Amendments of 1976 to support program improvement projects. The population of 57 research coordinating unit directors was surveyed. (Author)