Maintains that in the previous article Dammeyer's methodological approach and assumptions about the future are highly questionable, but his conclusion is correct. (JM)

Already a business management classic, "Thriving on Chaos," by Tom Peters, has momentous theoretical and practical implications for educators. Peters's organizational solutions to the challenge of the declining U.S. economy are also prescriptions for school survival. Today's organizations need fewer structural layers and must be…

Economics is an applied social science whose technical formulations are embedded in a political, social, historical, and cultural matrix. It is the responsibility of educators to understand and to keep abreast of the nation's changing political economy. (IW)

Although China's fast-changing economy and Communist Party decrees are promoting vocational education, debate is raging over what kind of vocational education is most appropriate for rural areas like Luoyang, whose occupational structure is becoming increasingly industrial. Since larger electronic enterprises favor generally educated students,…

Recent population migrations, disappearing domestic/foreign affairs boundaries, and massive economic, scientific, and technological changes are forcing the U.S. to redefine its isolationist position and adopt a more collaborative stance. To help children see through others' eyes, minds, and hearts, some general global education principles are…

In June 1993, after three months of intensive teacher training, the author and 45 other Peace Corps volunteers dispersed to towns in Kazakstan, a struggling former Soviet province. Students at Swezy's secondary school spoke broken English, were very respectful, wore uniforms, and were required to share answers and to clean the school regularly.…

With workerless factories, virtual companies, and shrinking governments becoming reality, nations will be hard-pressed to employ millions of "surplus" young people in an increasingly automated global economy. An elitist knowledge sector cannot accommodate enough displaced workers. To advance the goals of civil education, educators must…

With traditional methods, schools can expect to have fewer dollars for instruction every year. Computer-assisted learning will help cut costs and improve learning rates. (Two subsequent articles respond.) (Author)

In response to stagnating economic conditions, the Swedish government introduced numerous "reforms," including a voucher scheme for approved independent schools. Since 1992, enrollments in independent schools have increased only 1%, segregation and interschool disparities have increased, and supports for special-needs children have…

Explains five modern cultural paradoxes involving parental and school responsibility, the job/education connection, the globalism/tribalism relationship, the diversity/specialization issue, and the future orientation/nostalgia dichotomy. Proposes six school renewal principles concerning borrowed missions, policy realization,…