Nazi Germany, one of the most literate nations in history, exterminated millions of European Jews. Why did this happen? For two generations the question has haunted the world's conscience. Now, in a series of experiments called the most morally significant in modern psychology, a Yale professor has a piece of the answer. (Editor)

In a companion article (EA 504 897), a Yale professor discussed his psychological experiments to find some of the reasons for Nazi Germany's extermination of millions of Jews. Comments on that article. (JF)

It has often been said that the Inuit have many words to describe snow because one would be wholly inadequate to capture accurately the variety of frozen precipitation. Like snow, patriotism is a more nuanced idea than is immediately apparent. Political scientists, sociologists, and educators would do well to expand the roster of words used to…

Examines the causes, characteristics, and results of the authoritarian personality in administrative positions. (IRT)

Abetted by the courts, the tide of anti-authoritarianism will not abate, and educators must devise strategies for dealing with it. Presents strategies consistent with the Madisonian concept of human rights. (Author)

Serves as an introduction to seven articles which focus on the differences between school renewal and school reform and their implications in a democratic society. Embedded in both terms are basic views of the world, human nature, and the way individuals do business. Renewal considers matters of justice, equity, and diversity; reform affirms…

Authoritarian management systems, best suited to institutions that enjoy a relatively high degree of uniformity, are not appropriate for public education. In nine proposals the author urges a major realignment of the roles and relationships of a district's professional educators, to create a uniquely suitable educational management system.…

After four years of implementation, the National Center for Education Statistics found that schools employing zero-tolerance policies are still less safe than those without such policies. Indiscriminate use of force is the hallmark of authoritarianism. Programmatic prevention, screening and early identification, and effective discipline policies…

Our present factory-model educational system, now desperately undergoing "restructuring," was never intended as a social equalizer but as a great American academic and social sorting machine. The archaic, restrictive goals of America 2000 are doomed, along with narrowly defined intelligence quotients. A more revolutionary, restructuring…

Educator violence against students (verbal and physical assaults and the undermining of students' constitutional rights) erodes rather than enhances school safety. Unnecessarily harsh disciplinary practices create a violence-prone climate mirroring U.S. society--the most retributive of Western nations. Democratic classroom practices can help…