Many Carnegie Commission publications and Christopher Jencks' book "Inequality" concern themselves with the relationship between educational opportunity and socioeconomic status. Though they draw different conclusions, both urge higher education to confront the question of whether academic degrees should certify competence or simply…

Described the Indian Education Act, designed to improve the quality of Indian education while offering programs not usually available in schools Indians attend. (Author/RK)

A few of the interactive effects between schooling and patterns of options in life before and after experience in schooling are singled out for comment in their relation to education in economic terms. (Author/KM)

Author surveyed how far comprehensive reorganisation has progressed in Wales. (Editor/RK)

Alternative education programs have existed in Washington for several years, providing new ways to meet students' needs by increasing system capacities for flexibility and choice. This directory of the 125 schools that are currently providing this type of education details the following information about each: staffing, purpose of the program,…

Author suggested that solutions to social problems will only be found in a restructuring of society that offers the realistic possiblity that the conditions of oppression will not be sustained and recreated in new forms for tomorrow's children. (Author/RK)

On August 5, 1971, the Governor of Massachusetts signed a measure which outlawed discrimination on the basis of sex in the public schools of the State. Attempts to answer the questions asked most often about this law, such as why this form of legislation was chosen and how the law is working in practice. (Author/JF)

Another rebellion called for in 1776 is still being waged - by women fighting for treatment equal to that afforded men. (Editor)

In August and September, 1972, the Office of American Indian Affairs (U.S. Office of Education) compiled names for the National Advisory Council on Indian Education. (KM)

Ways in which gifted children may be handicapped are discussed, as are provisions for educating gifted children according to their ability. (GW)

Describes hospital-based programs in the San Francisco area designed to meet the academic, medical, and social needs of pregnant adolescents. (PB)

Article based on speech to the annual conference of the National Council for Social Studies (Washington, D. C., November 1968). Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Program Description.