Outlines the national charges of "Goals 2000" and the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills regarding the expansion of communication instruction requirements. Sees speech communication professionals well positioned to meet these externally generated broad-based goals. (SR)

Current community-engagement models, which relegate the public's role to insignificant activities, play into special-interest groups' hands. One new approach creates alternative forms of community forums to encourage public deliberation. Forums frame issues to invite deliberation; allow participants to deliberate, not debate issues; and provide…

The visual bias in the South African Broadcasting Corporation's (SABC) television coverage of the last two all-white election campaigns is assessed. Camera and editing techniques were divided into 12 categories and conceptually labeled as positively or negatively biased. Results indicated that the governing National Party received the most…

Three factors explain the current opposition to multicultural education: (1) a reaction to the views of those who follow a doctrine of particularism that encourages children to seek their primary identity in the cultures of their ancestors; (2) a misunderstanding of the nature of culture itself; and (3) the fact that society's tolerance does not…

Unpacks some of the underlying assumptions of the modes of knowing that inform "ludic" and "Red" feminist pedagogies and how the pedagogy of critique is a pedagogy of emancipation, whereas the pedagogy of desire, at its most radical moment, is simply a pedagogy of liberation, specifically individual libidinal liberation. (TB)

Three books examine works of Paulo Freire and the concepts of critical pedagogy and emancipatory education as they relate to current world political situations: dominance of neoliberal politics on one hand and Brazil's election of a working-class president on the other. Freire's thinking can be a foundation for a new leftist "common…

Explains the work of the Puerto Rican government's educational agency in promoting the first governor's ideas about culture and democratic citizenship. Sets these initiatives within the context of Puerto Rico's ambiguous political status and discusses the role of government-sponsored cultural projects. (Contains 86 references.) (SK)

Considers how despite the fact that reading scores have not in fact declined, advocates for more phonics instruction, together with the local newspaper, managed to create a climate of crisis in Maryland. Describes how the Maryland State Department of Education developed a list of what teachers need to know in order to help students read. Discusses…

Discusses the politics of reauthorization and implementation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, renamed the No Child Left Behind Act. Provides chart summarizing evolution of federal standards and accountability legislation leading to the No Child Left Behind Act. (PKP)

Argues that the influence of Critical Race Theory has not spread significantly into the field of educational leadership, where the discourse on diversity has failed to penetrate the silence of racism in schooling. Confronts the silence on race in schools and summons scholars in the politics of education field to critically analyze race. (Contains…

In 1991, policy makers at Florida State University made the decision to require all students to take multicultural courses to fulfill general education requirements. This article provides insights into the challenges that institutional policy makers face as they seek to change the curriculum to include the voices of those previously…

Analyzes the representation of race and ethnicity in two films, "Dangerous Minds" and "Suture." Examines how Whiteness must be theorized and discussed as an historical, cultural, and political construction. (SK)

Describes an assignment that bridges the gap between research on disciplinary discourse and the curricular goals of a first-year composition course, which, in this case, was linked with a section of first-year history. (TB)

The most enduring aspect of Paulo Freire's work is his emphasis on the political nature of all educational activity. The Marxist-humanist element is pervasive in his work, which draws on a broad range of writings. (JOW)

Examined the processes and dynamics involved in the election of the General Secretary to the United Kingdom's Association of University Teachers. Concluded that the election was an exercise in "limited democracy" and "safety first," perpetuating traditionalist over modernizing leadership. (EV)