Reviews the political history surrounding the development of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. Includes a shortened and simplified version of the major articles of the Ordinance. Identifies three instructional resources for teaching about the Northwest Ordinance in secondary schools. (JDH)

Focusing on the ethical quality of political rhetoric, maintains that Reagan's efforts to justify the invasion and occupation of Grenada must be evaluated by democracy's need for free and open debate. Argues that Reagan's rhetoric violated these ethical standards numerous times by distorting and/or misrepresenting relevant evidence and arguments.…

Horace Mann's goal of creating a common school that brings our society's children together in mutual respect and common learning need not be frustrated by residential segregation and geographical separation of the haves and have-nots. Massachusetts' new common school vision boasts a Metro Program for minority students, 80 magnet schools, and…

Together, elementary teachers and principals can generate a climate for citizenship education which instills in today's young people the ability to become the enlightened social decision makers of tomorrow. Why change is needed and how to foster it are discussed. (MT)

Concludes that teachers reinforce behavior characteristics in students that they really do not believe are best for them. Argues that the educational system may be giving too much priority to making students successful and thus limiting the prospects for social reform. (FL)

Most of the research literature suggests that ability grouping denies quality of educational opportunity. Educational selection systems, such as ability grouping, are less concerned with education than they are with socializing students' attitudes, personalities, and behaviors into work roles. (RM)

One hundred ninety-nine American and 204 British university students were surveyed. They shared similar, strongly positive attitudes towards democratic "rules of the game," such as free speech, the role of law, and equality. But Americans showed a greater trust of government and a stronger sense of being able to affect the political…

Historical antecedents of modern constitutionalism are examined, and the concepts of citizen participation, civic responsibility, and limitation of government are explained in that context. Students must be exposed to the constitutional basics--why the document is retained, what values it incorporates, and where it has succeeded and failed. (PP)

The future success of our society depends on the success of our educational system. (MM)

Schools and schooling do more than mirror the society they serve--they mirror the society to be. (MM)

Maintains that students must study ethnicity to attain a total understanding of American society. The author analyzes and evaluates multiethnic components of a social studies program and recommends comprehensive testing to determine the success of each component. Examples of testing techniques are presented. (Author/DB)

Educators, politicians and the media are using the concept of citizenship in new contexts and giving it new meanings. Citizenship can serve to unite a diverse population or to marginalise and exclude. The authors argue that, with the introduction of citizenship in school curricula, there is an urgent need for developing the concept of cosmopolitan…

Real democracy is a style of living and thinking, in which every step refers to the principle of equality among people. This guide seeks to show models that can help people, especially young people, learn to live democratically. The guide notes that young people cannot learn democracy without continually, from the earliest years, living in…

The processes of educational leadership are educative when they both educate constituents and are informed by feedback from constituents; when they are conducted as an ongoing exercise of participatory problem solving. In short, educational leadership is educational when both its ends and its means are educative. John Dewey provided a theoretical…

The performance skills of school principals have an enormous impact on the learning of students in their schools. Two questions principals must ask themselves are as follows: what is meant by a positive impact on student learning and how should this impact be achieved? This book helps principals resolve these questions within a framework of…