Desegregation generally has not produced equal educational opportunities and outcomes for culturally diverse students. A dual system of access to knowledge and accountability has emerged. Third-generation curriculum reform should support second-phase ideological principles embedded in multiculturalism, pluralism with equality, and school…

Explores the problems of an extensive immigrant student population, including traumas of war and violence, racial isolation, economic struggle, and cross-cultural conflicts. Explores solutions to dilemmas involving school access, assessment and placement, tracking and ability grouping, school climate, and support services. An inset describes the…

In 1990, a U.S. study group visited primary and secondary schools in urban and disadvantaged areas throughout England, finding implications for U.S. education. England is trying to upgrade standards by implementing a national curriculum and a national assessment system. Both England and the U.S. are concerned with improving school climate and…