September 16, 1987

Education Rare Joint Session Held on Report

The chief education committees of the House and Senate convened in a rare joint session last week to hear testimony on issues raised by a new study that calls for a far more intensive national effort to improve the educational environment of disadvantaged children.

Education Family 'Well-Being' To Be New Criterion In Federal Policies

President Reagan, acting on a recommendation advanced by former Undersecretary of Education Gary L. Bauer, has ordered that all federal policies be assessed for their impact on family "well being."

Education Opinion Preparing Teachers: A Tale of 2 Nations

Once upon a time, not so long ago, there was a nation that believed that sound schooling was crucial to its economic growth and the strength of its culture. As the nation's economy generated more and more well-paying jobs for the brightest college graduates, the number and quality of people entering the teaching profession began to decline.

Education Letter to the Editor Letters to the Editor

To the Editor:

I would like to comment on the ideas in the Commentary of the Aug. 5, 1987, issue ("Who Should Be Schools' Instructional Leaders?") and on two letters on the subject of teachers running in the same issue (''Let Teachers Run a School? Two Administrators Disagree On Minnesota Experiment").