The United States and our world have been witnessing tremendous changes at socio-economic, political, and educational levels. Some of these changes have been fantastic and some have been depressing. For example, many of our fellow citizens are still enduring discriminations, victimizations, prejudices, and inaccurate expectations because of their…

Critical Race Theory (CRT) has recently been positioned as a serious problem requiring urgent policy response among partisan media outlets. Making a case for pressing policy demands, several policy makers have proposed federal, state, and local level legislation and other measures to restrict how race, racism, or American history in general can be…

As the midterm election approaches, issues related to K-12 schools have become deeply polarized. Republican and Democratic parents of K12 students have widely different views on what their children should learn at school about gender identity, slavery and other topics, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Pew Research Center conducted…

Long-standing concerns within the field of educational assessment consider the impact of assessment policy and practice as matters of equity, inequality and social justice. Yet educational assessment policy and practice continues to have powerful social consequences for key users such as children and young people. This paper re-positions these…

The concept of risk has found increasing prominence in social policy, human services management and front-line practice in recent years. This is particularly the case in relation to children and young people, who, in the UK, have been subject to a range of interventions based on the identification of population-based risk factors. Through the…

A sampling of titles published during 1976 representing to young readers: death, freedom, the handicapped, the Holocaust, the human condition, life styles, minority cultures (inside our country and beyond our shores), relationships, the search for identity, the look of tomorrow, and the continuing wonder about life and the world. (Author)

Addresses some of the controversies and illustrates the historical background of drug testing and what the different drug tests are. Also outlines some national statistics and opinions on drug testing and the results of a survey taken of a Louisiana population dealing with this issue. (NB)

Argues strongly for an approach to science teaching that will focus on values and yet avoid the problem of indoctrinating students with a particular set of values. Cites several science topics which can be treated at the "values level , and suggests numerous values, issues, and questions which may be discussed with students. (LC)

Two physicians debate whether abortions should be available on request regardless of medical indications. The crux of the issue is whether the fetus should be considered body tissue over which the woman has complete control or whether society has an interest in the embryo and should protect it. (Author/BY)

Speech given by Professor Edwin C. Kemble on the occasion of his being awarded the 1969 Oersted Medal by the American Association of Physics Teachers. The theme was the need to apply critical thinking habits to the solution of social problems of today. (LC)

Children ages 7 to 10 and 11 to 14 years of age responded to both moral and conventional forms of transgression. Responses to moral transgressions revolved around intrinsic consequences of acts upon victims, while responses to conventional breaches focused on aspects of the social order. Sex differences were found. (Author/MP)

Presented are two lectures on the social responsibility of physicists and physics teachers given at the English Royal Institution on April 29, 1976, by Mr. M. F. D. Young and Mr. R. Schofield. (SL)