Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Editor’s Preface 5
3. Contents 9
4. I. The Issues in Education
5. American Education in a World of Confusion 13
6. Quality of Opportunity 22
7. Mew Confidence in Education 34
8. Who Is Educated? 43
9. The Quest for Quality—Challenge of the 1960’s 52
10. II. Factors Affecting Education
11. Social and Technological Change As Affecting Education 61
12. Church and State in Relation to Education 74
13. Trends in National and State Legislation 85
14. Cultural Pressures on Parenthood 100
15. III. Comparative Education
16. Emerging Basic Problems—Dependence to Independence in Africa 117
17. Potential for Leadership in Africa Today 131
18. Social Influences Affecting Education in Chile 145
19. Educational Reorganization in Greece 160
20. IV. Elementary Education
21. Effective Practices in the Kindergarten 175
22. Current Emphases in the Teaching of Reading 183
23. New Books for Children 194
24. Foreign Languages on Television 203
25. V. Secondary Education
26. Developmental Reading in Grades Seven and Eight: The State Mandated Program After One Tear 211
27. Conformity Through Diversity 221
28. The Secondary School Curriculum—Its Prospects 228
29. Teaching Secondary Courses 236
30. Self-Correcting Homework in English 258
31. Selective Service—Current Policies and Practices 272
32. VI. The Teacher
33. The Teacher’s “Spirit” 283
34. VII. Schoolmen’s Week Committees 1960
35. Appendix 291
36. Index 295