A partnership of home and school working toward common educational goals continues to be the unformulated ideal of our society. In an effort to promote serious consideration of this relationship, six home-school relationship models are examined in light of what the author considers the "mindlessness" of present day educational planning.…

Examines attitudes towards drug use and challenges many of the traditional assumptions relating to this critical area. Based on this examination, a new set of goals for drug education is suggested. An approach to drug education that is more in touch with the realities encountered by school-aged children is discussed. (Author)

The plight of unemployed black youths is examined in this article. Any significant amelioration of this plight will have to be overcome by a cooperative effort of the government, the educational system, and the community. (Author/AM)

The Intergroup Relations Specialist may be the focal point of change within the educational system as it attempts to relate to the needs of different ethnic groups, social classes, school desegregation, school community relations, and the elimination of cultural blindness. (JD)

Three areas (the physical environment of the school, the curriculum, and the school structure and staff roles) in which the early childhood program can either reinforce or discourage sex-stereotyped behavior are discussed. (CM)

In this interview, John Knowles, president of the Rockefeller Foundation and health expert, discusses national health problems and the role of health education. (DS)

Discusses the special responsibility of early childhood educators for developing language acquisition skills in the young child. (BR)

Of the four major findings of the Safe School Study, three are concerned with the relationship between teachers and pupils in classrooms. The main thrusts of the findings are that teachers should be sensitive to adult-child relationships and fair with respect to the development and enforcement of school and classroom rules. (Author/AM)

Urban universities can serve as catalysts in bringing together disparate groups to develop a measure of hope for an improved quality of urban life. (Author/AM)

How fair and effective are the ways in which adults try to settle disputes between school students? A teacher proposes a new kind of arbitration in which students themselves would play a major role. (Editor)

Analyzes the effects of quantity of schooling on achievement. The author concludes that, contrary to earlier findings, quantity of schooling is not of great practical importance for achievement. Additional research is called for. (Author/DB)

Presents information about the Juvenile Court Code of 1971, Title 24A of the Georgia Code and how it is used to deal with status offenders through community agencies. (HLM)

A suggested approach to curing our massive social ills is a curriculum division of social problems into: (1) a study of the most significant of these problems (from subject matter and basic democratic principles' approaches); and (2) a problem-solving approach toward controversial issues about which both the public and experts disagree. (MJB)

The field of curriculum is neither ready to identify social problems, nor to discuss them, nor to influence what really happens in the schools, because it has not clarified its own essential nature and functions. (Author/MJB)

The author discusses the impact of social change upon the schools and the families of students, the shifting of values, and the comparative responsibilities of schools and society as a whole in the education of children. (JD)