Change is easier to demand than to endure. The deeper we go into reform, the rougher it gets and the higher the degree of public impatience and frustration. The higher the frustration, the greater the temptation for policy makers to try the quick fix. Inadequate funding is another reality faced by "ideal" reform plans. At least 30 states…

Despite recent scholarship, the traditional views of the political life of the Gilded Age as mediocre and unproductive continue to influence general surveys, textbooks, and research. (DE)

The political evolution of a Cleveland suburb form a narrowly defined community to one in which pluralism is accepted and respected is described. (DE)

An attempt by groups in England during the 1930's to take over and control political education curriculum policy is described. (DE)

Article considered three political determinants that should be kept in mind when deliberating upon accountability. (Author/RK)

An historical account of the various transformations of the Polish youth intelligentsia, covering four university student "generations" from the period 1945-1970, which traces the chronology of changes and reversals in student political interests and movements. A Post Scriptum describes shifts since 1970. (EH)

This article examines what makes knowledge political in its derivation and uses, and what potential political functions it may serve. Emphasis is placed upon the idea that the consequences of political knowledge for a democracy are neither uniformly beneficent or malevolent; but depend upon how the knowledge is being used and by whom. (DE)

Drawing upon the large national surveys conducted in 1969 by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education, along with data collected more recently, the authors provide a basis for understanding distributions of political attitudes among political scientists. Political science is one of the more left-of-center academic disciplines. (Author/DE)

Outlines some of the factors related to the politics of planning at the Federal level in the United States and concludes that this is a wasteful and unproductive way in which to conduct a public service such as education. (Author/WM)

Analyzes the political motivations for and history of a 1951 law promoting the study of Breton, Basque, Catalan, and Occitan. (Text is in French.) (MSE)

Furnishes a general historic frame for the studies concerning each language; outlines influences on instruction of the Ancien Regime, of the Revolution, and of conditions and efforts since the Third Republic. (Text is in French.) (MSE)

This article explored one medium through which the element of political literacy in the educational process can be introduced. (Author/RK)

Literature on the hidden curriculum suggests an essential meaning behind either "unintended consequences" or "latent functions" of formal curricula, but this claim is largely unfounded. Four major perspectives underpin studies in this area: functionalism, Marxism, humanitarianism, and existentialism. This paper demonstrates how…

The chapters in this yearbook examine the politics of reforming school administration from both top-down and bottom-up perspectives. The chapters are arranged in three parts. In part 1, state-level reform initiatives are examined, with legislation-into-practice questions about the impact of reform upon local schools and local administrators. Part…

This guide provides basic information for members of minority groups who wish to participate effectively in the reapportionment that will take place as a result of the 1990 Census. The guide focuses on Blacks and Hispanics--the largest minority groups and the only ones for which there are reliable population figures that are more recent than the…