Avi Hofstein and Robert E. Yager recently published "Societal Issues as Organizers for Science Education in the 80's" (EJ 273 207). Objections to their thesis are discussed indicating, among others, that their suggestions would be counterproductive to their stated goals and open to dangerous manipulation by anti-scientific factions and social…

Offers a defense of societal issues as organizers for school science programs in response to criticisms of this thesis discussed in SE 534 649. Indicates that there appears to be no evidence that using nontraditional topics as organizers will make science more subject to manipulation and perversion. (JN)

Responds to the argument in Beyond the Best Interests of the Child (1973) by Goldstein, Freud and Solnit that the parent awarded custody should have the right to allow or refuse the other parent access to the child by contending that these guidelines are not in the best interests of children, and proposes the adoption of uniform statues regarding…

Some practical suggestions for a business-like approach to community mental health, particularly transitional residences. (Editor)

Three projects are described that were observed during a two-month study tour to Latin America in 1975: urban and rural community development in Bolivia; nonformal initial education in Peru; and international education in Argentina. The projects are carried out in situations involving particularly difficult social problems. (ND)

Suggests that anthropology has been an instrument of imperialist intervention and control in the Third World as it has been used against the oppressed and colonized people of the world. It becomes the responsibility of the revolutionary and socialist anthropologists to make the discipline a tool of liberation. (Author/AM)

Errors in the planning, procedures, and logistics of the babylift are discussed, including the problems of the childrens health and physical safety, and whether many of them are actually orphans. Frequent criticisms raised by the babylift effort are also analyzed. (Author/AM)

Serves as an introduction to four subsequent articles of this issue and notes that these articles identify and examine a number of issues central to the school law social change relationship. (Author/AM)

Suggests that one of the reasons why many of the older self-help organizations rejected professional help may be that the help that was offered was of the more authoritarian variety. (Author/AM)

The "new" student is described as more socially concerned and committed to reform of the health care system than students of the 1950s. Data suggest partial support for the hypothesis of decreasing liberalism among entering freshmen after 1973, increasing conservatism among graduating seniors, and a high level of conservatism among physicians.…

The 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) report is a continuation of the surveillance and reporting system for adolescent risk behaviors developed by the Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The purpose of the Youth…

In the CIDA-funded University Partnerships in Cooperation and Development program--where Canadian universities establish knowledge partnerships with Southern universities--projects with a well-developed research dimension have proven to be the strongest projects, with broader and deeper contributions to the local institutions and larger community.…

Many minorities in Boston (Massachusetts) do not feel part of the entire community because the city does not work for people in minority groups in fundamental ways. This report analyzes the content and consequences of Boston's many contradictions and the challenges these contradictions pose for the city's three major communities of color: Blacks,…

On December 10, 1998, the world celebrated the 50th anniversary of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The U.S. Constitution possesses many of the political and civil rights articulated in the UDHR. The UDHR, however, goes further than the U.S. Constitution, including many social and economic rights as well. This book…

Latin America's rapid change in recent years has prompted the American Forum for Global Education to take a closer look at this important and dynamic region. This booklet summarizes how Latin America should be viewed in today's global world and highlights strategies for teaching these ideas. The booklet consists of the following four sections. The…