A discussion of the shift of the focus of minority group action from assimilation on equal terms with individual majority group members to ethnic identity and redistribution of power among ethnically-based communities. (JM)

This study looks at changes which took place between two major ethnic groups in a plural society by examining their patterns of participation in the same formal educational institutions in that society over a period of forty years." (Author/SE)

This study of interpersonal relationships between teachers, principals, and students finds that attitudes of teachers and principals toward children are correlated positively although pupils' and principals' ratings of teachers lack significant correlation. (JH)

Overeducation is being recognized as college graduates find that a college degree is not a secure ticket to a job. A year spent serving the country is recommended with options including the armed forces, Peace Corps, VISTA, and Conservation Corps. The program could serve as a "sociological mixer." (MLW)

Two frequently made claims about French immersion programs in Canada are analyzed: (1) the planning and implementation of such programs is adequate as practiced to satisfy participants within the program; and (2) resulting improvements in French learning are likely to achieve federal policymakers' goals of ameliorating animosities between…

There is more to French immersion programs in Canada than social class analysis. Program success is determined not by social class per se, but by use of appropriate strategies, staff, resources, and curriculum implementation. (CJ)

In the 1920s and 1930s, educational administrators and physical educators saw athletics as a means of developing those character traits associated with efficient citizenship in a modern industrial society. High school varsity athletic competition has changed little since the early part of this century. (CJ)

A study attempted to develop an instrument for assessing social integration of ethnic groups in the classroom. Sociometric questionnaires were used to ask second-grade students to choose classmates whose company they most preferred. Preliminary findings indicate that gender is a more divisive factor within the classroom than ethnicity. (JN)

Describes the adaptation of the "survival schools" concept and adult education techniques to the incarcerated Indian, teaching both the acceptance of "Indianism" and the skills and attitudes for coping with the dominant culture. (SK)

Proposes changes in roles of school guidance workers. High school students have access to networks of informal helpers to discuss family troubles, sexual matters, and peer relations. When this system is well developed, it provides feedback about appropriateness of adolescent behavior. (Author/BEF)

Examines the contributions of bilingual schools to minority language maintenance and stresses the inadvisability of relying on schools alone for this task. Uses the concepts of "primary and secondary reward systems" to argue that scholastic achievements cannot have any lasting impact without the sociopolitical and economic rewards of the primary…

Tracing the development of comprehensive schools in relation to working class protests against separate schools for different social classes, the author argues that comprehensives may yet fail because lower-class children continue to be patronized by teachers who feel they cannot learn. (Part of a theme issue on comprehensive education in…