As its name implies, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 was full of promise for handicapped students and their parents. The authors examine the gap between the philosophy and the reality of six promises made in P.L. 94-142. (Part of a theme issue on mainstreaming.) (Editor/SJL)

Presents a progress report on Project SPAN (Social Studies/Social Science Education: Priorities, Practices, and Needs). The purpose of the project is to examine the current status of the social studies, desired states of the social studies, and recommendations for achieving those desired states. (KC)

Describes the public education system implemented in Siberia and Eastern Kazakhstan from 1917 to 1931. Discussed are curricula, teaching methods, and extracurricular work. All students were required to make practical applications of the knowledge acquired at school. (AM)

Uses a sociological perspective to examine the factors that produce conflict between researchers and practitioners in art education. The factors have resulted from the ways that the disciplines and professions are organized. They produce conflict about research and practice components and conflict about professional education. (AM)

Studied student, school, and staff characteristics to determine factors related to the disproportionate numbers of male and Black students suspended or expelled from school. School practices and conditions said to mediate the problem are identified. (Author/MW)

Presents a translation from a Russian language pamphlet on ecology education in the Soviet Union. Written by the director of the Laboratory for Nature Conservation Education in Moscow, the article discusses the emerging interest in ecology in Soviet schools, the relationship between human society and the environment, and the need to imbue students…

Reviews the historical background of multicultural education, reexamines the concept of cultural pluralism as it is usually applied to multicultural education, and presents a conceptual framework consisting of (1) a delineation of the underlying premises, (2) a definition of multicultural education, and (3) a discussion of guidelines for…

Describes an educational model based on needs of developing nations, particularly those in Latin America. The model stresses lifelong education, broader educational access, and encouragement of students and teachers who wish to be creative and forward-looking rather than preservers of the established order. (DB)

Suggests how to incorporate ethnic history into the American history curriculum so that it will strike a balance between unity and diversity. Stresses that ethnic history should encourage realistic examination of a particular ethnic group's contribution to and status in American society. (Author/DB)

This article discusses educational policies and practices as they relate to a typology of intergroup relations. Its purpose is to provide a framework which will enable a more careful analysis of the interaction of cultural difference and social stratification and their impact on educational policy. (Author/SJL)

The authors define "cloning" as an integral feature of all educational systems, citing teaching practices which reward students for closely reproducing the teacher's thoughts and/or behaviors and administrative systems which tend to promote like-minded subordinates. They insist, however, that "academic cloning" is not a totally…

Six articles discuss various aspects of educational policy and practices in the Soviet Union with regard to expected future developments. Topics discussed include declining enrollments due to declining national birthrate, socioeconomic factors, lifestyle, improving the ten-year general educational plan, and meshing educational reforms with the…

Analyzes the decline in the quality of education in the United States, based on indicators such as the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Concludes that the core of the knowledge acquisition. Concluded that the end result of current educational practices will be people who are sensitive and earnest communicators without anything of interest or relevance to…

Describes the theories of Karl Popper regarding scientific knowledge and scientific methodology; tells how the Popper-Darwinian theory of growth of knowledge offers an alternative nonauthoritarian conception of the educational process, and thus an alternative conception of the functions of the teacher and the school. (GT)

Favors community college recognition of the diversity of potential college students. Argues for research into the major areas and stages of adult development through analysis of individual ego, moral, and intellectual differences in relation to individual orientations toward knowledge, educational practices, and programmatic alternatives. (CM)