This study considered how 25 highly diverse after-school programs with funding of $5.6 million were evaluated during a 10-month period. The paper describes the evaluation methodologies used and determined which methodologies were most effective within a diverse and political context. The Bayview Fund for Youth Development (name assumed for…

This study attempts to identify points of intersection between two layers of educational reform by analyzing how the goals of the program "Children Achieving" overlap with those of the federal Title I schoolwide programs in the Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) School District. Children Achieving was a district-wide comprehensive restructuring…

Are African Americans making progress toward their complete incorporation into American society? No simple answers are available to this question. The predicament in which African Americans find themselves is reflected in the debates about progress. Consequently, the meaning of progress is explored in the first chapter, not to arrive at a…

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 68 million people in the United States are under the age of 18. That's 26% of the population, who participate in school and community activities, spend more than $150 billion a year, and care about the world in which they live. However, that's also 26% of the population who cannot vote and who are supposed to…

The four theme papers prepared for the International Symposium on Career Development and Public Policy served as an organizing framework for discussion. The theme papers were on the following topics: (1) Preparation for the World of Work; (2) the Impact on Career Delivery Services of Information and Communications Technology; (3) Connecting Career…

This research explored the politics of educational choice through a case study of one public school testing the limits of difference in the British Columbia (Canada) school system in the 1990s. The Fine Arts elementary school was created by the school board based on pedagogical ideas from teachers. This fine arts magnet offered teachers a great…

Each chapter of this book is a call for action to help children in the United States. Some chapters focus on education, and others deal with the political and social changes needed if schools are to succeed. The chapters are: (1) "The Goals of Education"; (2) "Anger and Alienation: What To Do about it"; (3) "The Power of…

This paper discusses the political conflicts that may arise around person-centered planning for individuals with disabilities. It argues that person-centered planning offers a forum for dealing with contested questions in the lives of particular people and in the histories of particular organizations, communities, and states. These questions…

Program modifications guided by the emerging insights into developmental and experiential factors in children's lives seem even more urgent today, since political, economic and technical issues tend to be given major emphasis, with the needs of the children themselves all to frequently treated as an after-thought. (Author)

A paper read in February 1972, at the Conference on the Curriculum, the Media, and Teaching English as a Second Language held at Vancouver, British Columbia. (DD)

Author examines the various groups associated with the educational enterprise to assess the prospects for reform. (MB)

Describes some of the activities which surrounded and influenced one instance of educational policy making at the State level in a recent assessment of public schools in Michigan. (DE)

Discusses the urban extension" role of the university as a complex partnership in learning with other elements in the community. (DM)

Employs a systems analysis framework to categorize the available research literature on the politics of education and draws future research suggestions from this analysis. (JF)