Explores the connection between the state and society as they impact postsecondary provision in Cyprus. It examines the major structural features of the Cypriot system of higher education and its expansion, followed by a construct of the various "knowledge traditions" which have dominated Cypriot notions of higher education. (GR)

Argues that a common mainstream American culture (a system of common knowledge and root attitudes as well as the English language) should take precedence in the schools over attempts to enforce multiculturalism and bilingualism, which only deepen the disadvantage of the children of the unassimilated. (SR)

School administrators' pathway to career advancement is littered with potholes, some relating to individual deficiencies and others to unpredictable influences. Five leadership elements (sensitivity to others' needs, environmental adaptability, style flexibility, locus of control, and possession of an intelligent, balanced demeanor) help translate…

Many of the problems school reform is expected to solve are aggravated by the ways schools use reform. Macro-level innovations are rarely designed to work. Meaningful change requires time and focus. Reforms may be more about politics than about change. A constant churn of policy change and reform has become the norm. (SK)

Sketches an abstracted and idealized profession of English--a profession that fosters no politics and entails no internal conflicts, and whose members care about language and its uses, about the transmission of knowledge and skills, and a capacity for pleasure in the text. (RS)

Compares education summits led by businessmen, officials, and politicians to airplanes piloted by English teachers. Discusses the earth-shaking proclamations from a recent education convocation, but notes that much educational reform has been moving in the opposite direction, leaving teachers hanging in the middle, hamstrung between platitudes,…

Argues that discussions in the United States of "balanced reading" ignore decades of successful reading instruction in New Zealand based on "Balanced Reading Programmes," that embrace more complex constructions on instructional practice than do current discussions surrounding balanced reading instruction in the United States.…

Discusses the cultural effects of "incessant and insidious attacks waged by conservative public intellectuals on poor and black youth in the United States." Suggests that educators need to understand how concepts like "youth" and "race" work in different political and pedagogical discourses. Calls for a performative pedagogy to affirm the critical…

Argues that a lack of language legislation is indicative of a pervasive, tacit policy of "English Only" in composition and of a constellation of assumptions about languages, and language users that continues to cripple public debate on English Only and compositionists' approaches to matters of "error." Proposes an approach to…

Presents the story of Layle Lane, the granddaughter of free blacks, who was a high school teacher, civil rights pioneer, teacher unionist, socialist activist, political candidate, lifelong pacifist, adventurer, and humanitarian. Lane was also a fierce believer that education was the first step toward political, social, and economic power and…

Discusses issues of accountability for gender reform in education given changing politics accompanying globalization processes. Argues that globalization processes work in contradictory ways. While market liberal ideologies and practices underpinning globalization threaten to undermine gains in educational equity, there may be possibilities for a…

Offers an extensive literature review across disciplines and media reports on the potential impact of the English-only movement. Examines how Anglo support for English-only policies limits the use, promotion, and salience of minority languages like Spanish in institutional settings and in the linguistic landscape. Examines language vitality…

Shares knowledge about the administrative audience, what the authors wish they had known when they were directors of writing centers and writing programs. Addresses how they could have negotiated for more dollars, more space, more options for expanding and improving services. Notes that administrators are part of the institution and can be…

Examines the economies at play in the textbook/teaching intersection. Argues that administrators need to interrogate their own complicity in composition textbook publishing processes, and that there is considerable revision they can enact by inserting themselves (as writing program administrators) into the process at appropriate points. Argues for…

Past payment by results schemes have failed miserably. Britain's modified 150-year-old system was disdained by teachers, school managers, and inspectors; schools became learning-impoverished environments with test-driven curricula. In modern-day America, accountability concerns and mistrust are corrupting or crippling genuine improvement efforts.…