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598 THE IMPORTANCE OF PEOPLE / The Importance of Robert R. Leeper. Fred T. Wilhelms .... JOHN B. CHASE, JR., Dean, College of Human Development &.
JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR SUPERVISION AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

May 1978

The Importance of Robert R. Leeper

Eisncr on the Unbalanced Curriculum Riindolph •— "Maximizing Human Potential'

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MAY 1978 / VOLUME 35 / NUMBER 8 ON THE COVER: This May issue of Educational Leadership is dedicated by the staff to our editor. Robert R. Leeper, who will be retiring on Sep tember 30, 1978. After 28 years of gently guid ing, directing, and teach ing the ASCD publica tions staff, we can think of no better way to say, 'Thank you, Dr. Leeper, and good luck." Cover artwork: George Rebh. Robert R. Leeper, Editor Patricia M. Connors, Editorial Assistant Nancy Olson, Production Manager Anita Fitzpatrick, Advertising Manager Charlene Rothkopf, Staff Photographer Peter A. Nisbet, Contributing Artist The Association for Su pervision and Curriculum Development seeks to provide an open forum for the free expression of competent opinion relat ing to its area of interest. The materials herein printed, including adver tising copy, are the ex pressions of the writers and are not necessarily a statement of policy of the Association. Copy right © 1978 by the As sociation for Supervision and Curriculum Develop ment. All rights reserved.

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EDITORIAL / The Accepting and the Leaving

Robert R. Leeper

Of Special Interest 598 601 609 615 624 630

THE IMPORTANCE OF PEOPLE / The Importance of Robert R. Leeper Fred T. Wilhelms Elizabeth S . Randolph Maximizing Human Potential Symbol of a Shift from Status to Function: Formation of the Association for O. L. Davis, Jr. Supervision and Curriculum Development Elliot W. Eisner The Impoverished Mind Robert C. Morris The Right Wing Critics of Education: Yesterday and Today Systemic Disaffection and American Youth: Antecedence and Consequences Samuel Long

635 640

Roosevelt Ratliff Schools, Courts, and Students' Freedom of Expression Claude Mayberry Teacher Competence in the Urban Schools

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667 670 673

A Look at Bilingual Programs in Dade County: "Gateway to the Latin World" Marta M. Bequer Ethnic Identity in Early Adolescence: Some Implications for Instructional Reform Geneva Gay A Neuroscience Basis for Reorganizing Middle Grades Education Herman T. Epstein and Conrad F. Toepfer, Jr. What Do Early Childhood Principles Imply for the Middle School? Steven Silvern and Jon Wiles John A. Zahorik Supervision as Value Development EDUCATION FOR PLURALISM / Max Rosenberg REVIEWS / Willard L. Hogeboom, Lowell Horton

677 683 685 688

NEWS NOTES / Bob L. Taylor and Robert C. McKean, Coordinators INDEX TO BOOKS REVIEWED, Volume 35 TITLE and AUTHOR INDEX TO ARTICLES, Volume 35 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

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