A shrinking number of Americans are interested in politics?a trend pronounced among younger citizens. Politicians, academics, civic leaders and others are scrambling to find solutions. This study was commissioned by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) and focuses on local political parties.…

The many advantages of preserving the nature of community schools is discussed in light of the development of voucher programs and reasons to oppose the voucher system are outlined. [This document originally appeared in the "IDRA Newsletter", however some accompanying charts and graphs may not be provided here.]

As yet citizens in the United States have had very little specific and authoritative information from the enemy-occupied countries of Europe and the Far East about what has happened and is happening to the intellectual life of their people. Recognizing these limitations in the information and desirous that the citizens of the United States,…

This bulletin is a continuation of the author's inquiry into the conceptual problems of national development as initially presented in "Education and the Development of Human Technology." It is based on a paper prepared by the author as background for a Consultant Seminar on Human Resources Development in August 1962. The purpose of both…

Political and financial difficulties of the Council for Cultural Cooperation (Council of Europe) are described by its chairman, designated pilot projects of the Steering-group on Permanent Education listed, and criteria for their selection given. Necessary conditions to support European Adult Education in a framework of "education…

Reports a study of the extent to which students participated in the 1970 election campaigns, and why; and of how campaign activism effected the ideology and personality of those who participated; the data are based on mail questionnaire responses from a sample of Washington State University students. (JM)

Stresses the importance of instruction which prepares students to think critically about the language of politics. (RB)

The appellate courts do not agree that the precedential value of the Tinker decision is nullified when a school system is confronted with discipline activities. It is recommended there be inquiry and establishment of substantial fact by administrators in such cases. (Author/JN)

Discussed here is the development of educational methods for helping communists and Soviet people who are not members of the Party to gain a correct understanding of the world and the laws of social development, to understand the sense of phenomena and processes occurring in the world, to give them class-and Party-oriented values, and to combine…

The six community countries that compose the European Coal and Steel Community schools offer several unique features among which is the teaching of history and geography without a regional emphasis, while the curriculum is built around a European rather than a national point of view. (Author/JN)

Seeks to advance understanding of what it takes'' in terms of background and personality for women to make their way in party politics, and to identify what distinctive roles female political leaders may play in political life. (Author/JM)

The material for this article by the executive director of the National Urban League (NUL) is drawn from Abridging the Right to Vote,'' a study prepared by NUL's research department. (JM)