Argues that schools hinder all students by not helping them to acquire knowledge and skills needed for building a more equitable society. Offers an egalitarian conceptual framework for multicultural education, suggests guiding principles for effectively translating this framework into curricula, and presents a policy agenda for action. (CMG)

Assesses the current educational-reform movement through an examination of the effectiveness of peace education and conflict resolution programs in urban schools. The current reform movement is seen as based on assumptions that ignore the structural crisis in the U.S. economy, use as their baseline data a standard of education excellence from a…