Provides insight into the societal significance of youth culture. Maintains existing theories of youth culture fail to account for contemporary phenomena; that youth is changing qualitatively, acquiring a new role in the life-cycle, and a different societal significance. (JDH)

Students at more than 110 campuses have begun to monitor "inaccuracy" and "liberal bias" in the college classroom, according to leaders of Accuracy in Academia, Inc. A spin-off from a conservative watchdog, A.I.A. has begun to investigate some complaints. (MLW)

Analyzes factors which have contributed to the poor conditions of large cities: failure of courage to deal with racism; individualism; short-term thinking; political nonaccountability; diversity of peoples and information; loss of faith in leaders and in nation; and threat of nuclear war. Calls for new policy initiatives and outlines an urban…

Civil libertarians and members of more conservative special interest groups have equally legitimate concerns for the educational needs of students attending public schools. The goals and desires of concerned citizens from both sides can be met if neither makes unreasonable demands upon each other. (MD)

In an effort to explore some of the problems involved in the teaching of English in Puerto Rico, a Language Attitude Questionnaire was administered to 184 students to examine their attitudes concerning teachers, teaching methods and materials, importance of learning English or any second language, and ability to use English. (BS)

Conservation's concern for utility and beauty are not readily and consistently associated with either side of the liberal/conservative dichotomy or with any specific place on the conventional political spectrum. The politics of those trying to save the forests of Central America illustrate these points. (RM)

Supports the argument that social values have an impact on family environment, determining the political information and communication activity the child is exposed to and shaping parent-child relations. (PD)

A study of Black and White differences in attitudes about selected political issues from 1972-80 found neither convergence nor divergence. Race continued to be the most important predictor of attitudes on racial issues while the age-education variable was the most important predictor on economic welfare issues. (ML)

The assumption that education should be democratic is criticized, and how schools and universities in a democratic state should be governed is discussed. (Author/ND)

Despite the short comings of the ethnic-religious measure and the number of respondents in some of the sample cells, the findings make a case for more detailed and systematic studies of the socialization impact of ethnicity and religiousity. (Author)

This progress report provides evidence for persistent influence of Kids Voting USA (KVUSA), an interactive civic curriculum taught during election campaigns. The entire research project consists of multiple waves of student and parent interviews, covering a three-year period. Respondents were recruited from families in Arizona, Colorado, and…

The September 11, 2001 attack on the United States and the killing of thousands of innocent people mark the end of one world and the beginning of another for many. For the United States, global issues became personalized. This resource guide seeks to place terrorism in the context of world affairs, in the belief that students need to know how to…

This packet contains student materials and a teacher's guide. The materials are designed to make complex international issues understandable and meaningful for students. The unit probes the political, moral, and racial issues raised by the Spanish-American War and the acquisition of an overseas empire. Students compare the values and concerns at…

Describes Latin American novelists as portraying the continent as torn by revolution and inflation, by anger and mounting expectations. Instead of denying the fictional qualities of this vision, the novelists transform this linguistic reality into the narrative itself. Only through fiction can the hidden realities of Latin American emerge. (DS)

The American Catholic Church, which has historically supported America's involvement in wars through the concept of just wars, has broken new ground with its Pastoral Letter on War, Armaments, and Peace, which challenges the morality of present defense policy and nuclear war. Reasons for the change in attitude are discussed. (IS)