Organized labor in the United States has been divided in the types of economic solutions it has sought for the working class and in the type of support it has given education. In terms of education, rightwing unionism has tended to accept the basic structure of American education and the general ideology of equality of opportunity. Leftwing…

THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL FACTORS WHICH AFFECT THE EDUCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL PLANS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO DO NOT EXPECT TO OBTAIN A COLLEGE DEGREE, WERE IDENTIFIED. DATA WERE COLLECTED FROM JUNIORS AND SENIORS OF 28 HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. THIS DATA CONSISTED OF (1) INFORMATION DRAWN FROM SCHOOL RECORDS,…

Career education must be better in order to produce students who can bring to their work the ability to communicate and to reason, not just perform specific work processes. A strong mind is more important than a strong back in our sophisticated technological society. (MF)

Traces the anti-intellectual tendency of American religious revivals throughout our history and suggests that educators note the effects of the present surge on the goals and processes of schooling. (Editor)

Americans appear to have lost faith in education as a central and even critical factor in our lives, states John Hope Franklin, professor of American history at the University of Chicago. He urges the revival of "faith, courage, and foresight" which went into the foundation of our educational system and enumerates three major problems faced by…

Cary Potter was President of the National Association of Independent Schools from 1964-1978. As he leaves NAIS he gives his views on education, on independence, on the independent school, on public responsibility, on choice in a free society, on educational change, and on the need for collective action by independent schools. (Author/RK)

The present president of the NAEA and 13 past presidents examine the development of the NAEA, what it has contributed to art education and what it has meant to each president. (RK)

Faculty teaching in prison educational programs often find the students to be genuinely interested, creative thinkers, and colleges sometimes help in the prisoners' transition between prison and the outside world after release. (MSE)

Current educational reports have presented "excellence" as a central goal of education. A discussion of this term and what it means to the teaching profession is offered. (DF)

Results of this study were that (1) the majority of 1983 vocational agriculture graduates in Florida were involved in agriculture-related occupations; (2) graduates had not accurately predicted their post-high school plans; and (3) overall, program completers had very positive attitudes about vocational agriculture. (SK)

Suggests ways that community services/continuing education programs can maintain their visibility, integrity, currentness, and flexibility. Sees proper marketing both within and without the institution as important means of ensuring the continued expansion of credibility. (DMM)

Attempts to explain why, despite its importance and expensiveness, education is generally neglected in the American press. Suggests that a major reason might be a lack of reliable outcome measures in education, which limits the amount of "hard" educational news. (KH)

Author criticizes the privileged position of religion in schools, and described some proposals for reform. (Editor/RK)

Author focused on the current and recurrent debate regarding the relationship of cinema to literature with the intent of clearing the air of useless distinctions. He suggested that film people make peace with literature people for both theoretical and practical reasons. (Author/RK)

In the previous issue the author took an overall look at what has been happening to education in local authority budget-making. Here he begins a more detailed examination of two authorities: Oxfordshire and Liverpool. (Editor/RK)