Items representative of the success of student lobbying organizations in recent years are described: representation on governing boards, influence in state budgeting for student financial aid, influence on federal and state legislation. Addresses, descriptions, and activities of a number of student organizations are given. (MSE)

The Italian student movement's move from libertarian utopia to political terrorism is analyzed in terms of the social and economic crisis in Italy. This is characterized by the collapse of representative student institutions, the rise of dogmatism and sectarianism, and the glorification of violence as a means of social change. (JMF)

The experiences of several countries in Western Europe are examined. The means by which American law schools have permitted reasonable student participation without threatening the academic freedom of law school faculties is also analyzed. (LBH)

Provides a qualitative description of the narrated life experiences of 11 African American intellectual-activists with regard to the major vehicles of overt expression of blackness, hair, clothing, and names. Implications for the productive use of blackness and black self-concept, especially for children, are discussed. (SLD)

Debates what the role of activism should be in environmental education. Argues that school systems are not the places to wage battles about restricting the choices that future generations can make about the environment. (DDR)

Examines three decades of school finance legislation, highlighting emerging judicial constructs of equity and adequacy. Generally, court decisions have turned on adequacy, rather than equity considerations. There is a broad movement under way to secure, in law and practice, poor children's rights to equal opportunity and nondiscrimination. This…

Reviews over 60 magazines that represent "alternative" and independent publications addressing topics such as the environment, education, ethics, business, parenting, racism, indigenous rights, poverty, political issues, international affairs, land use, women, youth, urban affairs, art and essay, and social change. Includes a brief…

In a bitter battle over faculty diversity, students at the progressive New School for Social Research (New York) have held administrators hostage, staged a hunger strike, and denounced professors as racist. At issue is retention of the only black woman professor, a visiting scholar. An effort since 1990 to add minority scholars and students is…

The nineteenth-century debate over use of the manual versus the oral approach to deaf education is discussed and related to the prevailing social and educational thought. Both approaches are seen as oppressive and antideaf. Current efforts to reconceptualize deafness have produced calls for bilingual-bicultural programs. (IAH)

Describes the author's involvement in starting the Central California Writing Project in 1977. Relates anecdotes told by bilingual teachers about their experiences in bilingual and multicultural education. Observes that illiteracy is often accompanied by a silence that resembles censorship, and that writing (and writing projects) can empower…

Outlines a high school campaign to increase community awareness of the problems of homeless people. Describes student efforts to research the facts and circulate their findings through flyers, posters, letters, speeches, and radio spots. Offers cautionary suggestions for teachers supervising similar projects. (SV)

Although the Cold War has ended, the need for students to improve their intercultural awareness and understanding of international problems (hunger, environmental degradation, and increasing population) has grown stronger. I*Earn, a global network, allows K-12 students to work on joint social and environmental projects that can greatly improve…

Presents an argument for reform in current environmental education (EE) practices within the context of the Canadian education systems. Describes Canadian contributions in the field of EE, contradictions between theory and practice that give rise to some current issues, and suggestions for future EE activities in Canada. (41 references) (MCO)

In 1990, a new ultraconservative religious group in San Diego County began an all-out war on public education. This article describes mainstream efforts to combat curriculum challenges and "stealth" board election tactics devised by Citizens for Excellence in Education and other fundamentalist factions. Meanwhile, the new CEE-majority…

The journal's executive editor considers current and future societal trends and their implications for people who are blind and visually impaired. He notes effects of the developing mosaic society, changing demographics showing large increases in minority populations, the developing information society, redefinitions of individual and societal…