This book contends that in the United States, manner of speech and educational background reflect cultural status, and it attempts to prove through interviews with six American women that what is described as illiteracy is in fact shutting down in response to those in positions of power. After an introduction, "Language, Literacy, and…

Presents and tests a theory which specifies the conditions under which adolescents shift their valuations between three sets of reference sources--fathers, mothers, and peers; the thesis incorporates components from four interpretations of parent--adolescent cleavage, summarily entitle Push, Pull, Selective Attachment, and Drift. (Author/JM)

The article reviews the history of American Indian education, discussing the Indian perspective of educational self-determination. (FF)

Students selected by teachers as possessing leadership qualities are most likely to be first born; findings suggest that social class appears to be a factor in the relationship between ordinal position and leadership although generalizations could not be made from one society to another on the basis of this study. (Author/KM)

Studies the relationship between social class and intelligence age five among 400 children of mature birthweight and without significant prenatal complications, in order to identify variables which would statistically account for the influence of social class upon I.Q. (Author/JM)

A critique arguing: (1) that the assumptions underlying the use of intelligence tests are invalid; (2) that findings regarding individual differences can not be generalized to differences between populations; and, (3) that the studies cited as evidence were both incorrectly designed and improperly executed. (JM)

Suggests that school arrangements have ironical, ill-understood consequences and frequently meet with failure. (DM)

Results support the hypothesis that the differences between the test results of the middle and lower classes in the individual countries are greater than the differences between the same classes in the three different countries. (Author)

The investigators recommended that in view of the similarity in the results across ethnic and SES backgrounds, that the high-frequency words identified in the investigation be among the first words students learn to spell and write. (Authors)

Describes the difficult choice Americans are facing-whether to adapt to necessary changes, to retreat from progress and development or to degenerate into a battleground of protest and conflict. Analyzes the reasons that precipitated this situation and possible solutions. (RK)