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Crabill, Airick Journey – Council of the Great City Schools, 2021
Student outcomes don't change until adult behaviors change. Or said differently when placed in the context of governing, patterns of behavior that are exhibited in the boardroom can reasonably be expected to be found paralleled in the classroom. This concept, which offers a summation of the current literature on board behaviors and their…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Governance, Boards of Education, Superintendents
Ficklen, Ellen – American School Board Journal, 1985
Outlines 11 essential qualities needed in a good school board president. (MD)
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Board Candidates, Boards of Education, Cooperation

Hallpike, Michael; Sworder, Roger – International Journal of Social Education, 1994
Presents a philosophical analysis of E. D. Hirsch's book, "Cultural Literacy." Concludes that Hirsch fails to acknowledge the problem of cultural transmission in a society where people have been conditioned to a mode of reception characterized by continual excitement and distraction. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background, Cultural Traits, Educational Change

Partington, Geoffrey – International Journal of Social Education, 1994
Maintains that E. D. Hirsch's book, "Cultural Literacy," is based on an anthropological rather than a normative view of societies and, therefore, does not claim that one society is more cultured than another. Concludes that historical understanding or other forms of cultural literacy requires wider criteria of significance than Hirsch…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Traits, Democratic Values

Grant, Robert A. D. – International Journal of Social Education, 1994
Contends that E. D. Hirsch's book, "Cultural Literacy," is not a work of scholarship but one of dogma and persuasion. Discusses Hirsch's views in relation to democratic values, the national culture, and both public and private education. Concludes that Hirsch wants to retain public education to impose a conservative ideology. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Influences, Cultural Traits, Democracy

Orwin, Clifford; Forbes, H. D. – International Journal of Social Education, 1994
Summarizes E. D. Hirsch's book, "Cultural Literacy," focusing on four separate arguments. Compares U.S. and Canadian education and society, particularly in relationship to multiculturalism and bilingualism. Concludes that Hirsch trivializes culture by presenting as no more than a common convention of effective national communication.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background

Entwistle, Harold – International Journal of Social Education, 1994
Maintains that, from very different points on the ideological spectrum, citizenship and citizenship education have been added to the political agenda. Argues that political theory, distinct from descriptive civics, is more relevant to the political development of citizens. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics

Goncharov, I. – Russian Education and Society, 1995
Asserts that Russian society and Russian schools are going through a profound crisis. Maintains that the best approach to solving social and educational problems is to restore and develop national principles and group cohesion. Criticizes the United States and Japanese educational systems and calls for Russia to follow its own path. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Policy

O'Keefe, Dennis – International Journal of Social Education, 1994
Discusses multiculturalism in its context as a form of intellectual and historical atonement and points out its internal contradictions. Argues that the Western culture is becoming global, or universal; and, therefore, there should be no school-enforced multiculturalism. (CFR)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Economics