Three network studies in education, assessing the "state of the art," are reviewed. New directions for developing social network analysis in education are offered from the author's fieldwork in Pontiac, Michigan. It is believed that networking will remain a popular change strategy, but it will be incorporated into more comprehensive…

Objective social integration only has an indirect impact on morale, with subjective sense of integration being the intervening variable. This relationship remains significant even when other factors such as socioeconomic status, financial satisfaction, and health status were controlled. (Author)

The myth of Pop Warner's sterling character hides the distasteful story behind the closure of Warner's Carlisle School for Indians on the grounds of moral corruption and misuse of athletic funds. (LH)

The article suggests that a separate process of social integration labeled enculturation is able to function in a society where a culturally pluralistic view is fostered, and where this pluralistic view results in a sense of peoplehood. (NQ)

Analyzes different social statements on Latin American education and how they are used to construct alliances favoring public education. Argues that the statements have the main role in creating educative policies and on the mobilization of personal and financial resources; and identity and society integration themes are permanent despite…

Shares some observations about the role of culture in the schooling of culturally and linguistically diverse families, and offers ideas on how teachers can support these learners. Writes about teachers who advocate for their students, and teachers who see themselves as co-learners with their students. (SG)

Discusses benefits of developing young potential leaders. Outlines comprehensive leadership program for college freshmen containing four components: assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. (Author/CM)

The history of residential care for persons with autism and other developmental disabilities is summarized for the past 200 years. Residential trends toward community integration in the past three decades are traced for autism in general and for the Murdoch Center in North Carolina. Possible negative side effects of current trends are identified.…

Factors affecting the stability of social relationships between 14 community members and 1 or more individuals with mental retardation were assessed. The community members had previously served as staff members to the clients, were willing to overcome logistical barriers to being friends, and perceived reciprocal social support from the…

This analysis examines integration of people with developmental disabilities in terms of an ethnography which contrasts an old narrative based on segregation and a confined form of space and time with a new narrative of interdependence achieved through a cyclical form of space and time. This new narrative requires the accommodation of differences…

This commentary on a paper by Douglas Fuchs and Lynn Fuchs identifies several rhetorical devices that the paper used to attack the proponents of inclusive education: "create the villain," academic sleight of hand, and "portray oneself as a pragmatist and portray the intellectual opponents as zealots." (JDD)

A study examined the social integration aspects of Tinto's model and conceptions of college student "rites of passage" through interviews with 25 freshmen. Findings generally support the model's propositions but indicate that postmatriculation experiences external to the institution are more important to social integration than the model…

In the United States, once legal integration was achieved and the White male culture was challenged for real power, minority groups began to question the wisdom of cultural and social integration and celebrate diversity. An acceptable line between healthy separation and unhealthy separatism must be found. (MSE)

Parents (N=41) of special education students and parents (N=93) of general education students whose children were placed in integrated elementary classrooms were surveyed. Both groups of parents were equally satisfied with the integrated option, and parents' satisfaction levels either held constant or improved after several months with the…

This column presents a discussion of the philosophy and practice of inclusion of students with disabilities and a review of five books and articles on inclusive schools; and an annotated bibliography of nine journal articles and reports on gifted students and educational reform. (JDD)