Last year the author reported on a visit of British educationists to New York city (EJ 153 134). Here he describes the impressions of a return party of American teachers and administrators, who have just spent two weeks looking at schools in the multi-racial areas of Birmingham and London. (Editor/RK)

Seriously questions the current beliefs that reading scores in urban schools will remain low due to ever-increasing poverty and minority populations, and that a child's learning patterns are irreversibly set in preschool years. (Editor/RK)

The central thesis of this essay is that the subordinate status occupied by blacks because of racial stratification requires and promotes lower school performance or school failure and therefore that the school failure is a kind of adaptation to the phenomenon of job and role ceiling. (Author/AM)

It is suggested in this paper that United States public education systematically denies children's intellectual rights. Problems and impediments in the way of implementing change are noted. (Author/AM)

In a comparison of the cultures of schools in Portugal and the United States it is noted that in Portugal students have almost unrestricted social freedom but extremely limited pedagogical freedom, while in the United States students have very little social freedom but enjoy a vast amount of pedagogical freedom. (Author/AM)

Discusses attitudes of ethnic minorities regarding development and implementation of multicultural education programs. Minorities and disadvantaged groups should be included in the decision making process and educators and curriculum developers should be willing to learn from culturally different students and community members. (DB)

Discusses ways of increasing the interest level of graduate students in the historical foundations of education. Suggests that students be trained in historiography, experiential learning, and the philosophy of history. (DB)

Describes how a role playing exercise can be used to teach students in a college level history course about the use of the atomic bomb in World War II. Information is presented on general use of role playing in history courses, objectives, questions to consider about use of the atomic bomb, and course evaluation. For journal availability, see so…

The author considers a number of factors and phobias that he believes affect the development of art education at all educational levels in England. (RK)

Discusses four agreements reached by participants at a national forum for federally sponsored dissemination programs held in June 1977. Agreements concerned purposes and national coordination need of dissemination efforts. Dissemination functions at state and national levels, as well as the roles of educational labs, universities, professional…

Official school records are used to analyze the opportunity structure and selection mechanisms within a school. Critics' charges that tracking systems preclude choice and mobility are not entirely supported, but more complex and subtle mechanisms for restricting opportunity are found to operate. (Author)

Describes differing standards of education in Sweden based on age, region of the country, income group, and immigrant or handicapped status. Efforts to reform the discrepancies include folk high schools, correspondance schools, education on radio and TV, state and local government adult education, labor market training, and trade union training.…

Describes plans to create an educational system in Hungary which will integrate scientific research, cultural values, and socialist ideals. A history is presented of educational plans drawn up pursuant to the 1970 National Long-Range Scientific and Research Plan. (Author/DB)

Reviews educational philosophies associated with progressive education. (SL)

Presents a history of school administration in England and Wales during the 20th century. Comments are based upon the government-sponsored Taylor Report. Recommendations by the Taylor Committee include closer parent/school relationship, better teacher training, and clearer definition of educational objectives. (Author/DB)