Suggests how elementary school teachers can address the topic of nuclear warfare with young children. Emphasizes that educating children for peace requires that parents and teachers (1) recognize and deal with the anxieties provoked by nuclear war and that (2) they provide role models by participating in the antinuclear movement. (GC)

Explores how the historical separation of church and state has protected freedom of thought and contributed to the rapid growth of American progress and prosperity. The First Amendment allows individuals to search for truth through scripture or through the study of natural law. School prayers would violate this right. (AM)

Argues that Marxist extremists should not be allowed to teach in public institutions. The internal contradictions in the behavior of contemporary Marxist educational activists who receive all of the benefits of their membership in the educational elite while demanding the overthrow of capitalist societies is examined. (AM)

Asks organized viewers to support quality programs rather than to condemn objectionable programs. Deplores the lack of adolescent-oriented programs. Examines "The White Shadow," a program popular with adolescent viewers which also mirrors television's new humane collectivity, a concept explored in previous analysis. (See EJ 240 151.) (PD)

Student and nonstudent protest in Japan and the Soviet Union are compared through analysis of protest demonstrations along several contextual, behavioral, and outcome variables. Uniformity in structure is hypothesized to derive from similar characteristics in the countries. Research and policy development implications are discussed. (MSE)

Recommends approaches which social studies classroom teachers on the elementary-school level can use to help students become better decision makers and learn the skills of social action. (DB)

Data from a survey of Boston resldents support the solidarity theorists' argument that social cohesion increases protest. The Boston data, however, also support the breakdown theorists' hypothesis that discontented individuals are more likely to protest than others. Finally, the data undercut the breakdown theorists' hypothesis that…

The role of collective bargaining during the 1980s as the demand for effective higher education increases is discussed. The experiences of Boston University in recent years are used to illustrate some consequences of collective bargaining. "Reformist activism" (short of collective bargaining) is recommended as one solution. (PHR)

Interview with Mary Leue--founder of the Free School in Albany, New York, and of "SKOLE: The Journal of Alternative Education"--discusses what she learned and how she was influenced by her parents, the relationships between the generations from the 1920s to the present, and the need to respect the knowledge and wisdom of older persons.…

Applies optimistic and pessimistic models of government/community partnerships to the situation of Muintir na Tire, the Irish community movement. Recommends an activist model that focuses on the ability of community interests to assert collective agency and negotiate more advantageous partnerships. (Contains 28 references.) (SK)

Gives examples of how women in various countries have achieved proactive literacies and are empowered by their skills to take action to improve their lives. (SK)

Examines diffusion of a new tactic of student anti-apartheid protest--the shantytown--across colleges and universities, 1985-90. Modeling of this diffusion in an event history framework indicates that the tactic spread among institutions of similar prestige, endowment, and institutional type, particularly high-prestige liberal arts colleges with…

The mainline seminaries' study group of the Public Character of Theological Education project gathered participants in two separate small conferences to talk about the role and experience of schools in training persons to provide public leadership. This article describes the project and offers resulting observations and recommendations. (EV)

In working with urban poverty, the director of Heads Up-DC discusses his experience in providing services to public school students through involving college students as teachers and mentors. (EV)

Surveyed local government officials and obtained socioeconomic data about local government regarding 103 municipalities and 62 counties in Florida to test 3 hypotheses concerning political impact of retirement migration on the Sunbelt. Findings suggest that aging persons, although politically active, are seldom involved in organized advocacy or…