Based on the premise that ambivalence and footdragging are hallmarks of educational attempts to end discriminatory practices, the article reviews civil rights and educational development highlights since 1964, focuses on federally supported educational programs, and suggests steps which would produce women's educational equity. (DB)

Suggests ways in which teachers of economics and English on the college level can cooperate to improve student understanding of economic concepts and performance in economic courses. (DB)

Presents a teaching simulation which was designed to stimulate the interest of students in a college level political science course (American government). The simulation transforms a class into the Confederal Congress and is designed to increase the students' information retention and bargaining abilities. Pre- and posttesting is discussed.…

Focuses on two educational innovations which have been becoming increasingly popular in various European nations as a means of modernizing traditional educational environments. The approaches, team teaching and nongraded school, are discussed with regard to their objectives, organizational structures, problems, and successes. (DB)

Questions the extent to which knowledge and the study of the good relate to and influence the performance of the good within the framework of Jewish education in the United States. Six Jewish educational programs are examined. Findings from this examination are presented and alternative responses to the relationship between study and moral action…

Discusses problems which currently beset many college history departments (declining enrollments, cost-conscious administrators, curriculum problems) and explains how college-level history instructors can implement innovative curriculum changes. In addition, a course on historical processes is described. Journal available from Loren E. Pennington,…

Evaluates the mission of schools in industrialized nations to transmit literacy and numeracy skills to persons generally considered disadvantaged. Data are analyzed for the United Kingdom, the United States, and France. (Author/DB)

Stipulates that many of the problems besetting American education today are part of a more general national malaise that afflicts most public institutions. Identifies outside forces which are particularly influential currently in education, including legal intervention, collective bargaining within the educational profession, parental involvement,…

Briefly reviews some of the major theories about the conceptualization of the research policy interplay and identifies assumptions on which existing research is based. Introduces an original theory which assumes the concepts, ideas, and knowledge have no meaning independent of their use and the task of inquiry is to identify and criticize the…

Focuses on graduation competencies in the area of social studies on the high school level. Reports questionnaire findings concerning possible reduction of the breadth and scope of social studies programs to allow for more instructional time in basic content areas contained on standard competency tests. Results and recommendations are presented.…

A cost-utility framework is used as a basis for evaluating the relationship between the costs of developing alternative systems of information needed to support teacher certification and program accreditation, and the social value or utility of particular approaches. (RL)

Focuses on why some children succeed in school while others fail. Suggests five principles to guide educators in improving achievement levels--providing schooling and facilities for all students, involving parents in education, instilling good working habits in pupils at an early age, developing curriculum materials systematically, and providing…

Describes how North Island College, British Columbia, has developed an educational program which combines the North Americna community-college concept with the British open-learning system. (DB)

Characterizes schools as institutions with more antieducational effects than educational ones. Sustains the case that the upshot of schooling for many people is a lifelong alienation from the knowledge and, more generally, the culture which schools transmit. (DB)

Suggests ways in which popular songs from the world war eras can be used effectively to evoke the emotional character of the period. Successful uses are as a subject for pupil-based research, as the basis of a music folio containing additional information about the subject, and as a means of creating an authentic war period atmosphere. (DB)