The increasingly wide-spread controversy surrounding the subject of Black English is the subject of this document. This presentation consists of two parts. The first part reports an experimental study undertaken to determine attitudes of some educators toward Black English. Caucasian and Negro teachers were administered a Language Attitude Scale…

Adult students at NYU, age 28-57, were asked why they re-entered school to earn a B.A., and how they experience school now, after several years of employment. They said they enjoyed the learning experience a lot more, and felt less anxiety than during adolescence. (Author)

Author states the case for developing young American artists and performers and for making colleges arts centers in the full sense of the word, that is, places where the arts are practiced in the middle of the curriculum as a central part of the education of young people. (Author/RK)

The primary objective of this study was to develop an instrument to measure adults' attitudes toward continuing education. Secondary objectives consisted of various statistical analyses designed to provide preliminary evidence of the instruments' criterion-related and construct validity. (JOW)

Using the 1980 High School and Beyond (HSB) data set, the educational aspirations of Hispanic parents for their children in high school were examined. Hispanic parents had high aspirations for their children and wanted them to receive education beyond high school. Aspiration levels were comparable to those of American parents in general. (SLD)

How society views teachers and teacher education is important because how a phenomenon is seen often influences the reality of that phenomenon. Professional status is important because of its effect on the quality and character of teaching and learning in schools. (MT)

While supporting the analysis offered by Gerardi and Benedict of the cycles of criticism afflicting North American education, considers the authors' call for a public relations campaign by teachers and administrators timid and ineffectual. Suggests a national commission to propose the kind of educational system needed in the future. (DMM)

Few significant differences in the beliefs of first-year education students (n=48), first-year arts students (n=36), and first-year science students (n=37) toward education, teaching, and students were found on an attitude scale constructed by interviewing 10 freshman education students. Education students tended to enter their program with…

Discusses an inquiry to determine whether television network news alerted the public to the crisis in education reported in "A Nation at Risk" by the National Commission on Excellence in Education. (JOW)

This paper attempts to find the true nature of John Dewey's work in education. His views on educational reform, equality, and standards are presented. (SB)

Professor Harlan C. Koch of the University of Michigan served as managing editor of the Quarterly for a number of years, and contributed short columns of comment on current issues. The final article of this fifty-years overview of the Quarterly is such a comment of his, written in 1946. (Editor/RK)

An analysis of questionnaire responses portrays trustees as busy persons, engaged extensively in formal group meetings with less time devoted to individual consultations, and having little familiarity with relevant literature. Most board members regard their actions as "pro forma" and would prefer functioning within a more hierarchical…

Paulo Freire's framework pursues social justice, or liberation. Students and teachers critically think about the conditions of their realities, for the purpose of constructing and attempting solutions, referred to as "action" by Freire. Reflection-action is possible through collaboration, or dialogue--interdependent and concurrent…

Article considers three basic perspectives or approaches educators can utilize in their relationships with the community. (Author/RK)