Fourteen special five-week summer programs for 1,300 migrant children are helping them develop self-sufficiency and self-esteem as well as gain basic skills in language development. (Editor)

The problems of decreasing enrollment in Catholic schools can not be solved by public aid; church leaders must close inefficient schools and consolidate the system to preserve the option of Catholic education". (Author/SP)

Author, Associate Commissioner for Federal-State Relations, U. S. Office of Education, discusses government's role in fulfilling society's need for an educated citizenry. (MB)

Legislative and education groups in New Mexico should develop approaches for kindergarten programs. (MF)

Suggests avenues of support for professional development in addition to a strong legislative role. (Editor/SB)

Career education is not a major OE priority in name only, a paper goal; career education is the major objective of the Office of Education at this moment in time and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Excerpts from prepared text of the Commissioner's address at the 1971 annual meeting of American Vocational Association. (Author/MU)

Through statistical analysis the brief attempts to add to discussion of complex issues involved in the closing by the federal/state/vocational rehabilitation system of over 31,000 cases of persons with legal blindness and other visual impairments during 1980. (MC)

Examines content and authorship patterns of articles published in major educational journals from 1973 through 1978. Analyzes data on articles published about women and education and articles authored by women in education. Explains use of computer searching for information and computer analysis of statistical data. (PR)

Justifies continued categorical funding for home economics and consumer education by noting the improvement in programs and the number of persons served. (JOW)

A study of the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants program in the 1980-81 award period revealed that the state allotment formula produces a distribution of funds that undermines, rather than supports, the SEOG program's statutory purpose of delivering funds to needy students. (MLW)

Flaws in the New Communities program that are discussed in this essay include: (1) defective financial arrangements; (2) a lack of strategic aims and/or a special constituency; (3) inadequate backing by State and local governments; (4) poor leadership; (5) insufficient provisions for dealing with a poor national economy; and (6) private developer…