Indicates how teachers can foster patriotism through experiences that are meaningful to young children, rather than relying on a daily recitation of the pledge of allegiance--an exercise which children frequently do not understand. (Author/RH)

Lists the leaders and the organizations that have formed the political coalition that calls itself the "New Right." Summarizes their attacks on "humanism" and recommends that educators clarify terms and inform the public of the purposes of public education in a democracy. (Author/MLF)

Advocates pursuit of service to the public rather than autonomy of practice as the proper professional goal of librarians. This article explores the tensions between professional attributes and the bureaucratic demands of the organizational environment. (Author/RAA)

A study of Eric Hoffer, a self-taught reader, and his writing is suggested to demonstrate that the ability to read is important to thoughtful, reflective people. (MKM)

Analyzes the influence of students' exposure to diversity at the University of Wisconsin Whitewater on their cultural awareness and democratic citizenship, including political participation. Finds exposure to diversity has positive influence on students' cultural awareness and democratic citizenship. (Contains 29 references.) (PKP)

Argues that U.S. students are not being educated to succeed in a world dominated by the globalization of the economics, politics, and cultures of developed and developing countries. Suggests what educators can do to remedy this situation based on observations of Swedish school system. Suggestions include restructuring education, empowering…

The National Education Association's approach to improving public education is founded on John Dewey's vision of democratic schooling and rational decision making, as the experience of Pinellas County, Florida, shows. This article describes the district's efforts to implement the Mastery in Learning project, a shared decision-making model.…

Disagrees with John Chubb and Terry Moe's proposal to manage public education according to market principles. America's hope for education is in the hands of the people, through participatory, accountable, and representative governance, not in the vagaries and disorder of the economic marketplace. Public schools and the economic marketplace must…

The balloting procedure whereby candidates are assigned points based upon each voter's ranking can frequently lead to a winner who is not the choice of the majority. The history of the research for a perfect, logical, democratic balloting rule is traced. "Approval voting" is explained. (Author/MLW)

According to Robert L. Simonds, president and founder of the National Association of Christian Educators, public education is a stronghold of the devil that promulgates atheism and immorality. The key to controlling education is to establish Christian Parents' Committees in all 15,700 school districts across the U.S. and elect members to local…

The pedagogical ideas underlying the school-to-work model and embodied in the scholarship/citizenship/artisanship triad can be expressed in various program components: studying the history of democratic capitalism; interviewing CEOs; evaluating personal characteristics and career opportunities; examining economic trends, policymaking, and…

Living with cultural diversity does not require that we admire each other but that we afford each other, as members of a democratic society, the freedom to pursue a life of personal growth, joy, spontaneity, and resistance to fear and ignorance. Developing such an enlightened acceptance requires careful education. (MSE)

Educators, theorists, and community leaders must consider which conceptual template is appropriate for a dynamic, diverse, and productive society and school. Intersubjectivity (stressing empathy, justice, and freedom) avoids the conformity espoused by the extreme right and the Balkanization dangers inherent in far-left recommendations. Promoting…

Depicts the U.S. withdrawal from UNESCO as an opportunity to initiate a new approach to international cooperation. Summarizes the reasons for U.S. withdrawal, inherent risks (isolationism, Soviet dominance, lack of a suitable replacement program), and steps in developing a new international educational organization more acceptable to U.S. values.…

Charles Whittle's Edison Project aims to create 1,000 efficient schools driven by technology and the marketplace; students will supposedly generate high test scores and become competitive, proficient workers. Those opposing the profit motive's incursion into public education predict that the Edison Project and other privatization efforts will…