The lab school of the future should emphasize the following functions: research and experimentation; bridging theory and practice; dissemination through media; clinical leadership, and improvement of relations with education and other university departments. (JH)

Selected quotes from the Department of Education position paper on the integration of vocational and secondary general schools. (RT)

Maintains that the school itself has a significant effect on the educational attainment of its pupils. Cites evidence to this effect, as well as ways of conceptualizing factors producing variations in the effectiveness of schools. (DM)

The influences surrounding the decision-making process in educational institutions are examined. (CK)

Describes research study comparing expressed interests of upper middle and upper lower class fourth grade children and the implications of results for school program planning. (DR)

The efforts of the League of Women Voters to improve educational opportunities for minority groups have produced far better results than the organization's size would seem to justify. (CK)

Educators in Vermont are making a determined effort to relate the education of their students to their needs and desires. Courses in photography, special programs, and relaxed restrictions are some of the techniques employed to achieve this goal. (CK)

This article examined the thinking behind educational priority areas and other measures of positive discrimination, the impact of present policies, and, also, future options. (Author)

Written in 1934, develops the notion of a scientifically constructed secondary school curriculum based on the study of social trends. (GC)

A historical overview of American literary and political writings shows the concept of equality of opportunity to have been equivocal, serving the interests of the powerful while placating the powerless, regardless of noble educational objectives. Education can be equitable and equalizing in offering beginnings to diverse individuals only if just…

Examines how the current disarray in American schools and in other social institutions affects students, the schools, and society in general. Offers suggestions for aligning the schools and other institutions on a path aimed at socializing youth. (FL)

The formal curriculum has a counterpart "hidden curriculum" of values and behavior, which is taught implicitly by the social systems of the school. Recent ecological studies have revealed the operations of school social systems in sufficient detail to suggest implications for the socialization of students and academic learning.…

Part-time employment, drug use, and remoteness of the political process make young people increasingly listless and cynical. (Author)

The author cites three studies which indicate that today's worker is searching for personal significance in his/her job. The author also considers this problem: what is the role of vocational education in helping our society to build and maintain a reasonable work ethic? (CT)