Examines political changes in the educational finance policy of nine Midwestern states between 1991 and 2001: Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. Includes comparison of basic funding structures, commitment to educational equity, and changes in funding mechanisms. Concludes that states will have to…

Examines the impact on composition studies of the fact that in the 1960s the university became a breeding ground for radical culture while simultaneously being complicitous with the normative culture of the bureaucratic state. Suggests that the determination of composition studies to professionalize created an unresolved set of institutional and…

Role of government in early child care and education and the characteristics of legislative and administrative process involved with licensing laws are discussed in an effort to identify the functions of early child care and education laws and regulations. Laws and regulations offer directors and regulators a structure and a forum in which to…

Describes a course offered on the political economy of national security. Discusses the objective of the course as the introduction of major economic issues associated with national security. Outlines lecture topics, course readings, and class format. Evaluates course weaknesses and strengths. Includes course assignments and requirements. (RW)

Discusses political liberalism, its major ideological tenets and proponents, and analyzes the criticisms that have been launched against it. Expounds on the various schools of liberalism and the implications of their divergent ideological positions on individuals, society, and government. (RW)

Heightened racial and ethnic-group politics and increasingly rocky board-superintendent relations are making the urban superintendency increasingly untenable. The politics of urban school governance can stymie even the best candidates. To survive, big-city superintendents need a thick hide, sensitivity to diversity, charisma, self-confidence,…

Includes six articles: "Introduction" (Alexander); "Student Teachers Identify Preparation Needs for Business Education" (Graves, Hedrick); "Preservice Course in New Educational Technology" (Dennee); "Peer Evaluation: Is It a Reliable Method for Grading Oral Presentations?" (Schramm, Rich); "Desktop Publishing" (Renshaw); and "Strategies for…

Political controversy over curriculum is as old as public education. When early educational researchers tried to "take the schools out of politics," they merely replaced working-class political influence with business and upper-middle-class influence. Nongovernmental and professional influences on U.S. curriculum are as fragmented as…

In any public university system, the relationship between the state's demands for utility and accountability and the universities' needs for academic freedom and autonomy create serious tensions. Coordinating boards have not reached the positive potential that was foreseen in the author's book "Statewide Coordination of Higher Education." (MLW)

Provides an eyewitness account of the 1989 Tiananmen Square conflict in China. Discusses the discrepancies between outside reports on the conflict and the official video of the government. Analyzes the events of the conflict and outlines mistakes of the tragedy. Suggests actions that need to be taken by China. (RW)

Summarizes in-depth interviews with six past and present Canadian superintendents from metropolitan school districts. Discusses school board expectations of superintendents, ways to build an effective working relationship with the board, the political demands of the superintendent's position, and instructional leadership and other aspects of the…

Discusses a movement to augment existing cultural exchanges between France and West Germany with a more focused and innovative emphasis on education. (MSE)

Colleges and universities are generating state funding by forming or joining grassroots coalitions. Such coalitions are essential for creating the broad understanding and support necessary to achieve difficult objectives, such as raising taxes. (MLW)

Explores the teaching of anthropology in women's studies courses. Confronts issues concerning the view that there is a "political" motivation behind teaching women's studies. Discusses recent criticism leveled at women's studies (and anthropology) by Allan Bloom's "The Closing of the American Mind." (Author/JS)

Discusses Bush administration's plan for education, building on/adding to Reagan emphases: maintenance of high visibility on federal agenda; preference for unrestricted federal grants-in-aid; parental choice for school selection; excellence versus equity; state versus federal authority; view of education as instrumental to achievement of other…