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The article discusses the U.S. government's efforts to give a laptop, tablet, or smartphone to every U.S. student and it's effect on the U.S. educational system. Topics include details on students' tendencies to prefer using computers in the classroom, details on the physiological effects of students' exposure to screens, and details on the economic aspects of computer use in classrooms.

The article discusses how the backlash against standardized tests in American schools has left many U.S. lawmakers searching for other ways to hold students and schools accountable while also keeping the parents of students happy. A Virginia law which eliminated several mandatory standardized educational tests is mentioned. "Alternative assessments" and performance-based projects are examined in relation to the monitoring of students' progress. The U.S. No Child Left Behind law is assessed.

The article focuses on the controversial employment of examination ringers and ghostwriters for college term papers, degree papers, and doctoral theses in the U.S. Eight Manhattan, New York City-based agencies engaged in the business were raided by the state's district attorney. Alex M. Benson, a reporter of the New York World-Telegram & Sun, revealed that he is one of those ghostwriters.

The article discusses the issues concerning the American education in the 70's, particularly the quality of secondary public education. It emphasizes that average scores on the College Entrance Examination Board's Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is declining since 1962. The students' absenteeism and violence towards their teachers and school, school shutdowns, teacher pay demands, and parent and teacher guidance are among the major concerns, passing the blame to one another, stressed Grace Baisinger, president of the national Parent-Teacher Association. Meanwhile, "TIME" correspondents visit three U.S. high schools namely: Medford High, Marshfield High, and West High, to take a look at the real issues inside both school and classroom.

The article discusses the growing problem of busing students from schools due to conflicts between White students and the Blacks in the U.S. It mentions that the Supreme Court has unanimously ruled the desegregation of public schools, which makes busing students the only feasible way to integrate many urban schools in the region. It affirms that the rift between White and Black students over busing has caused parents to raise questions over the effictiveness of busing and how it can help provide better schooling to their children.

The article provides information on the crisis being faced by public schools in U.S. It informs that problems include violence and falling test scores. A poll by the surveying organization Gallup has found that teacher's laziness and lack of interest is a problem for parents as students get less homework. It also informs about compulsory competency test for teachers.

The article focuses on the implications of students' revolt against the administration of French government under Charles de Gaulle. It states that rebellion of students and France's workers has caused France Prime Minister Georges Pompidou to declare that the rebels intend to destroy the nation and the foundations of free society. It indicates that the revolt has turned out to be one of the most humiliating moments and greatest challenge of de Gaulle's career.

The article focuses on the education in the U.S. It notes that a Master of Arts degree carries little more prestige compared to the bachelor's degree. It further states that the burden of quenching this thirst for learning is being borne primarily by the nation's huge public systems of higher education which are expanding facilities, establishing branches and blanketing their states with campuses in an unprecedented explosion of growth.

The article discusses the significant role of teachers and their teachings on the education of students in the U.S. It cites the terminology from Secretary John Gardner about teaching and features the teaching principles of some professors including Associate Professor of Business Administration Anthony Athos of the University of Southern California and Art Historian Vincent Scully Jr. at Yale University. Moreover, the issue on the shortage of teachers and classrooms are tackled.

The article features the appointment of Nathan Marsh Pusey as the president of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The article focuses on the dilemma facing teachers on educating and dealing with swarming children of the poor and ignorant in New York City. The personality of the so called school-age hoodlums is described, including their attitude toward education. The prevalence of school-age hoodlums in the city is considered, along with their social implications. The author emphasizes that educating swarming children of the poor and ignorant is not simple.

The article explores the educational, personal and work life of philosopher Mortimer Jerome Adler. While studying at Columbia University, Adler harassed Professor John Dewey, saying that Dewey's lectures contradicted his earlier lectures. Aside from being a professor of philosophy of law at the University of Chicago, Adler is also a consultant to Paul Hoffman and his Ford Foundation. Adler's major achievement is the move of Encyclopaedia Britannica to publish the "Great Books of the Western World," which he edited along with Robert Maynard Hutchins.

The article offers an overview on the experiences of Thelma Catherine "Pat" Nixon, the wife of Vice President Richard Nixon in the U.S. It mentions that Pat along with her husband undergone a marathon of receptions, press conferences and ceremonial meals in one day. The critics of Pat describes her as a serene, tightly controlled woman that she represses her personality with a fixed smile and a disguise of dignity.

The article focuses on the issue over the quality of education in Soviet Union. It states that Soviet engineer Alexander Korol featured in his book "Soviet Education for Science and Technology" the flaws of Soviet education based on various statistics and official papers. It mentions that some textbooks about science and mathematics have been considered as standard which Soviet professionals have disputed, asserting that the books does not represent modern science.

The article reports on the strike of all the teachers in Levittown, New York which is considered to be the longest strike by teachers in 1978 and presents the reason why such incident happened. It describes the situation of both the elementary and high school students during the teachers' strike. It points out that despite being an inexpensive suburban, Levittown finances its education system through property taxes. It notes the effect of tax collections for houses when the school costs soared in the 1970s. It states the other concerns of the teachers and cites as to who won the battle between the teachers' Union and the school board.

The article reports on the move of New York City schoolteachers to conduct a strike headed by United Federation of Teachers leader, Albert Shanker. It mentions that the group ignored a New York State no-strike law and shut down the region's largest public school system as they complain about the large number of students per teacher as well as the lack of finances that support the educational system given the financial crisis experienced by the nation. It affirms that the increasing teacher militance in the U.S. manifested changes that affects public school teachers.

The article focuses on U.S. novelist-anthropologist Oliver La Farge's support for private education. La Farge argues that U.S. public education fails to provide an education, which he considers the most fundamental thing of all. He also mentions that inability of U.S. students to write, spell and use punctuation. La Farge also admits that superior education costs money, but suits those who can afford better education.

The article focuses on the achievements of Chancellor-elect Harry Huntt Ransom in administering the University of Texas in Arlington. It mentions that Ransom has made the university one of the country's richest repositories of rare manuscripts. He invents the university's now-abuilding academic center, which features an open-shelf library of 250,000 books. He organizes the Junior Fellows, which is made up of each year's 25 top arts and sciences freshmen.

The article announces retirements of several professors at various colleges and universities in the U.S. including Helen Taft Manning of Bryn Mawr College, Thomas S. Barclay of Stanford University, and Edgar Furniss of Yale University.

The article reports on the dedication of the new building at Whitney School, a school that employs the progressive education developed by Italian idealist Maria Montessori, in Greenwich, Connecticut. The Montessori school was established by anti-permissive Roman Catholics, including Nancy McCormick Rambusch. Moreover, Rambusch reveals that the major problem faced by the school is the adaption of Montessori self-discipline to the children in the U.S.

The article discusses the report of Martin Prager Mayer concerning the condition of the educational system in the U.S. It emphasizes that the teachers who do not understand math, foreign languages and unequipped to carry out new methods remain the primary problem in most schools. It also notes that the over reliance on I.Q. levels contribute to the low number of educable children.

The article focuses on the abilities of journalists who covered education reporting in Portland, Oregon in 1960. Wilma Morrison, editor of the union-struck Portland Oregonian, disseminated information which relates the effects of tax increase in the public schools development. Terry Ferrer, editor of the New York Herald Tribune, supervised the achievements of 35 high school scholars. Ruth Dunbar, editor of Chicago the Sun-Times, produced effective public-education systems.

The article discusses the doctorate degree in education for graduate students in the U.S. It mentions that the humanities and liberal arts field of study is in demand for broadly trained teachers, and Yale University is announcing that it will offer a Master of Philosophy degree to graduate students. It adds that the graduate deans of the Big Ten universities and the University of Chicago has agreed in principle on the awarding of a similar all-but-dissertation degree.

The article focuses on the feasibility of calligraphy which is the art of formal writing in curing sloppy handwriting in the U.S. It notes that the nation's leading calligraphers have urged fellow Americans to instruct children about the modern italic writing technique. Comments from writing teacher Nan Jay Barchowsky concerning modern italic as the basis for handwriting reform are also presented.

The article offers information on the 228-page report published by the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley, which examines the crisis faced by the university. The report proposes 42 changes and reforms aimed to maintain the university's ranking as the nation's best public university campus. It also suggests ways how the university can generate a rich pluralism and preserve its integrity and stability while adopting changes.

The article reports on the shortage of college professors in the U.S. The cause of the shortage is the low training rate of professors before and after the World War II, and the demand for professors has gone up because of the baby boom of the late 1940s. The top professors are forced to focus in teaching postgraduate students and let the graduate students teach the freshman and sophomore, in which they are called teaching assistants (TAs).

The article reports on the move of President Lyndon Johnson related to education in the U.S. The country's educators agreed with the president about the significance of the new law that is formally titled the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The bill combines local autonomy with a great deal of federal initiative and leaves noteworthy latitude for the play of creative ideas. It is designed to help local-school-district projects which help educationally-deprived children.