By focusing on the corps of cadets of the United States Military Academy, this study dissects the major strands of white middle class prejudice in the years between 1802 when the institution was founded, and the outbreak of the Civil War. Due to the makeup of cadet population, the prejudices found among the members of that corps can serve as valid…

Compares the integration of Welsh, Northern Irish, and Scottish minority groups into the public education system of the United Kingdom from 1945-76. The author concludes that future assimilation of these groups depends upon the degree to which their educational ideologies agree with those of the dominant society. For journal ability, see SO 505…

"Transformation" is a process whereby an existing, controlled (predominantly Protestant) or maintained (predominantly Catholic) school can "transform" to Grant Maintained Integrated or Controlled Integrated status (a school where Protestants and Catholics are educated together). Since 1996, this process has been promoted by the…

The First Amendment guarantees freedom of expression, association, and religion, none of which may be circumscribed by any government arm, including higher education, except under narrowest conditions. Private institutions are not accountable to the First Amendment, but similar prohibitions may be imposed as a condition for receipt of government…

Analyzes accountability and partnership in Northern Ireland's preservice elementary education, asserting that the real problem with school and teacher education is its segregated nature. Data from key partnership participants indicate that Northern Ireland's teacher education is simultaneously similar to and different from teacher education in the…

Describes the new appreciation for religious tolerance within Baltimore's school system that arose during the Second World War. Looks at how American patriotism transformed the Catholic school curriculum, and how public and Catholic school programs sought to use wartime religious tolerance toward racially inclusive ends. (VWC)

"The Shadow of Hate" resource kit provides a videotape program (40 minutes), 20 copies of a 128-page student text ("Us and Them"), and a 32-page teacher's guide. This document consists of single copies of the two printed components of this kit. The resource traces the history of racial, religious, and social intolerance in the…

The article deals with personnel problems associated with the status of employment testing practices as affected by equal employment opportunity legislation. A coordinated effort by business, government, and education is needed to provide clear step-by-step guidelines. (EA)

This booklet was written to help school officials understand the law concerning public forums and voluntary religious activities in public schools. Compliance dilemmas arising from the First Amendment establishment of religion clause and the accompanying free speech and free expression clauses, along with 14th Amendment equal protection…

Approximately 500 titles about the Holocaust are presented from many fields: history, philosophy, religion, political science, psychiatry, fiction, and the arts. The bibliography encompasses all aspects of Holocaust scholarship, from the rise of Nazism to studies of survivors' offspring. Both primary and secondary sources, including oral histories…

Information, activities, primary source materials, and other resources on the Nazi Holocaust are designed to help high school students examine and comprehend the catastrophic dimensions of the Holocaust. Objectives are for students to understand how a cultured society can become dehumanized; to realize that a Holocaust could happen again and that…

Interpretation of the establishment clause of the Constitution and its application to statutes challenged by the United States Supreme Court has followed two distinct paths--one embracing the principle of separation of church and state, the other stressing the importance of accommodation between them. Both legal trends are discussed. (TE)

This report is a summary statement of the Michigan Advisory Committee's study on civil rights issues facing Arab American communities in Michigan. It is based on information received by the Committee at a community forum held in Dearborn, Michigan, in 1999. Six sections focus on: (1) "Introduction," including Arab American demographics…

This guide presents practical steps to improve the school environment and to minimize the legal liability of educators. It provides strategies and techniques for discipline and safety, documentation, dealing with harassment, gang activities, physical violence, off-campus problems affecting school environment, issues concerning special education…

There are eight volumes in this series on the Holocaust. Volumes 1-6 recount the history of the Jewish people in various year groupings: (1) "Ancient Times to August 1935"; (2) "September 1935 to December 1938"; (3) "January 1939 to December 1941"; (4) "January 1942 to June 1943"; (5) "July 1943 to…