The paradox of the nation's teacher preparation programs is that "everything" is about diversity and social justice in the preparation of teachers and, simultaneously, "nothing" is about diversity and social justice in the preparation of teachers. Across teacher education, there is wide consensus that preparing current and prospective teachers to…

Since the days of the reform movements of the 1980s and 1990s, standardized testing has increased greatly in the public schools. The problem has become particularly acute in the wake of the testing mandated for accountability under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. States simply can not afford to jeopardize their federal funding. This article…

Reprinted from the November 1967 issue of PHI DELTA KAPPAN Magazine.

Describing the research methodology used by a female researcher studying feminism among her own peer group, this article discusses several experiences of the anthropologist-as-insider and offers some solutions to the resultant research problems. (JC)

Factors identified for middle-class youngsters were found to be remarkably similar to those generated by their lower-class counterparts. (Authors)

Data from a developmental task administered to children in grades 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 were interpreted as evidence that memorization is not an isolated skill but, rather, one of many manifestations of an individual's characteristic age-related approach to problems. (Author/WY)

Discusses British educational policy in India and reviews Sir Eric Ashby's book: Universities: British, Indian and African. A Study in the Ecology of Higher Education. (MF)

The history of the development of a secular curriculum for Catholic schools in mid-nineteenth century England. (RA)

Designed with procedural and methodological controls which were not always adequate in earlier studies, this study tests the hypothesis that early and enhanced contact between mothers and infants after delivery facilitates maternal attachment behavior. Thirty mother-infant pairs from a lower-middle-class population were studied. (Author/MP)

Asserts that the urban-high-school film genre (in which a classroom of socially troubled, low-achieving students is transformed by the singular efforts of an outside middle class teacher or principal) reinforces the "culture of poverty" thesis, representing the fantasies that suburban middle class America has about life in urban high…

Significant differences in values between social workers and clients are widely understood to affect the efficacy of service provision. This study examines the degree of value similarity between social workers and consumers, specifically, members of the working and middle classes. Based on "new-class" theory, two hypotheses are proposed. (Contains…