This article addresses the dilemmas emerging from efforts to integrate human rights values within a peace education programme being carried out in a conflict situation. Although the article is largely theoretical, it is grounded in the author's reflections on a series of teacher workshops and his overall experiences conducting ethnographic…

Students with a talent for being unremarkable in every respect deserve the same rights and privileges as talented, physically or mentally disabled, or minority students. (LH)

Excerpts from speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., are reprinted. Topics discussed include discrimination, the South, education, nonviolent resistance, poverty, economic opportunity, and world peace. (LH)

The shift from male-defined to gender-balanced education over the past 15 years is described by examining how the social movement for sex equity and the new scholarship on women have interacted. Implications for future action and inquiry are suggested. (MT)

Three misperceptions about sex equity in education are examined: (1)educational equity and excellence are not compatible; (2) women's equity diverts resources from other needs; and (3) sex equity has been achieved. Since most teachers are women, educators concerned with a predicted teacher shortage should not dismiss sex equity issues as…

Proposes a shared conversation curricular framework and two ways that diverse student populations can be brought into common curricular conversations: through the use of conceptually-related materials, and multiple communication systems. Argues that such a curriculum helps children who are in the process of acquiring English fully participate in…

Offers arguments about the nature of sexism and sex differences. (JL)

This article outlines recommendations by the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers for attainment of gender equity in school mathematics learning within the following domains: teaching methods and resources, curricula, assessment techniques, school system policies, and community attitudes. (JJK)

The author suggests that conservative economic and school policy is responsible for a decline in the quality of teaching, basing his analysis on observation of the current reform wave. He suggests that teacher education must be critical, multicultural, student-centered, oriented toward equality, and desocializing if it is to prepare inspirational…

A brief description of the notion of patriarchy and the feminization of teaching precedes a discussion of a core of central issues that profeminist male elementary school teachers are likely to confront, involving male privilege and domination, the teacher-child relationship, advocate versus technician roles, collegialism, and the…

The article discusses the recent history of development in accountability in a variety of educational settings, focusing on the national standards for educational achievement and the complexity of problems in setting those standards. The article highlights student diversity, cultural pluralism, and the development of equitable systems of…

Raises questions about the education of girls in contemporary American education. Offers suggestions for teachers and parents to help make the schools good places for girls to study and grow. (SR)

A variety of contributory causes for serious inequalities in the actual college operation are noted, and 13 general propositions are offered that enunciate the broad approaches toward greater equality in higher education. (Article originally published in 1956.) (AF)

The author examines the issue of preferential education for the handicapped from the perspectives of ethics, civil rights, and theories of justice. This article is part of a theme issue on disabled persons. (SJL)

The judicial actions leading to the current demand for special education programs for the handicapped are reviewed, and the complex interface between appropriate court interference and proper school role in program design is discussed. (LH)