The regional universities in Russia are an important resource for the development of Russian society, but more needs to be done to increase their effectiveness, including tackling corruption and leveraging local competitive advantages.

Author suggests drastic overhaul of the public school system to eliminate the various levels of repression to be found within it. (AN)

Describes the educational ferment that threatens to disrupt the French educational system and some of the changes brought about to maintain French educational tradition. (RK)

Speech given at the Consultation for Educational Justice in New York City by the coordinator of Milwaukee's Federation of Independent Community Schools. Discusses the community schools of Milwaukee and, in particular, their financing problems. (JM)

Revised version of a speech made at the Consultation for Educational Justice in New York City. Proposes that the issue in black education is control of the educational process, and that the quality of education is determined by who runs the schools--ideally, the black communities themselves. (JM)

This paper explores the concepts of "community" and "community education," traces the growth of different models of community education in the United Kingdom, and highlights some of the issues, weaknesses, and problems arising from its development. Two separate movements, evolutionary and revolutionary, are…

The goal of this position paper is to present considerations and alternatives for healthy life directions which can be made available through education to the Native American to enable him to go beyond the present narrow choices of either total assimilation within the white value system or remaining isolated on the reservation. The 3 purposes of…

The Coalition of Indian Controlled School Boards was organized in 1971, forming an alliance of Indian schools who shared common educational concerns. The Coalition stand has proved that the most effective way to successfully improve education for American Indians is to place the control and decision making power in the hands of Indian people. (KM)

The current directions of elementary school programs for American Indian children are varied, dynamic, demanding and, often, experimental. This booklet presents the trends and expectations of programs offered both in federal and provincial schools attended by Indian and Inuit children in Canada. A brief look at the educational experiences of…

This essay seeks to emphasize the relationship in Kenya between primary education and politics, in the context of local control through elected County Councils over primary education. It looks at the costs of primary education, including political and social costs, in terms of their effects on local government and on the relationship between local…

Chinese "people-managed schools" began in the 1940s as popular voluntary village schools providing flexible relevant education to rural peasants, but are regarded today as low status and low quality. This change reflects the Chinese Communist Party's incremental move away from both decentralized decision making and populist education to…

Five decades of international assistance for economic and educational development failed because of top-down management and the questionable premise that defined development problems, interventions, and human factors solely in economic terms. In contrast, the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) supported communities' capacity to formulate their…

The authors first present their views on directions for change. They see the desirable direction for change involving a significant expansion of the Federal financing of education; decentralization of the administration and control of schools; and the creation of centers for education research, training, innovation, and information on a regional…