This is a brief tongue in cheek listing of ways in which young people can ensure defeat of the very aims they seek through careful" alienation of their supporters. (CJ)

The author questions the present philosophy and structure of education" which prevents students from knowing what to expect, either during instruction, or as a result of it." (Author/AA)

Briefly discusses the public life of Daisy Bates, a journalist and activist, who played a major role in the desegregation of schools in Little Rock, Arkansas. (MK)

Political activities of Indiana teachers in preparation for the 1980 presidential election are reported. (LH)

Discusses issues of policy redefinition, legal categorization, and immigrants' agency by examining the legalization strategies pursued by Salvadoran immigrants from the 1980s to the present. Demonstrates how arguments were connected to United States . foreign policy, human-rights violations in Central America, and other political legal issues.…

Although most immigrants are adults, their foreign and U.S.-born children are the fastest-growing component of the U.S. population. How these children integrate into U.S. society and the ways that they civically engage will greatly determine the nature of civil society in the United States over the next few decades. Using qualitative and…

During World War II, female students at the University of California, Berkeley--then the most populous undergraduate campus in American higher education--made significant advances in collegiate life. In growing numbers, women enrolled in male-dominated academic programs, including mathematics, chemistry, and engineering, as they prepared for…

This paper examines the usefulness of the new social movements (NSMs) paradigm in the changing context of East European post-communist societies and their agricultural systems and rural communities. Starting with statements formulated in Western sociology in the context of Western democratic societies about NSMs as a protest against modernity, the…

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the nature of activities in the change process undertaken by two initiatives to produce national standards in academic disciplines, national assessments and accountability measures. The Common Core State Standards Initiative, a project coordinated by the National Governors Association and the Council of…

On a frigid Martin Luther King Day in 2008, some 800 parents and youth from neighborhoods throughout New York City rallied at St. Paul's Church in lower Manhattan, and marched to the headquarters of the city's Department of Education to launch a citywide middle grades school improvement effort. The rally was organized by the New York City…