Forces providing impetus for compensatory early education--namely, the civil rights movement and the shattering of the predeterministic credo of the fixed intelligence quotient--have also worked in behalf of the handicapped. But for the handicapped one additional force has also been in operation: parents and citizens organized into political…

Behavior control is not simply a matter with technological implications but a political issue as well. Orwell's "1984" is valuable because it confronts this issue and presents readers with a plausible scenario for the workings of a totalitarian state based on behavior control. The threat of "1984" is not only that government…

Reports exploratory research which made use of representational role orientations to analyze the community-related behavior of school administrators in New York State; interviews were conducted with 146 principals, II superintendents, and eight headquarters staff. (Author/JM)

Briefly explores some of the ideas of Edward Sapir in relation to the problem of human rights in our society; Sapir was perhaps the greatest American anthropologist of the twentieth century and certainly one of the greatest social scientists of the last several decades. (Author/JM)

Argues that black movies are like black power: we may not know exactly what they are but we know they are worth fighting over; the power of black movies to affect our lives is beyond dispute--whether that power brings life or death into our communities is up to us. (Author/JM)

Developments since 1954 show that the two men who served for 20 years as Florida's chief school officer brought the state from lawful avoidance of federally-mandated desegregation to lawful compliance with federal rulings and finally to attempt integrated education. (JM)

There is little use in seeking to identify educational strategies to overcome socio-cultural handicaps since there is no political will to apply them. Schooling functions to maintain the status quo. Therefore, the ruling parties and classes do not want the true democratization of education as it would threaten their position in the social…

Considered the problem of racial attitudes and school integration as well as the interaction of parents and the schools in which their children are being educated. (RK)

In the late 1960's there was the beginning of a movement toward ethnic identity in the United States. Ethnic leaders have typically attributed to the term "ethnicity" certain sociocultural traits. The author of this monograph examines the ethnic movement as both a cultural and socioeconomic phenomenon. Many of the traits attributed to ethnicity…

Discusses how open education arose in the United States, what its relations are to the society around it, and what it has to offer to the American scene by examining past attempts to institute it in two other countries, noting that the two examples each present graphic examples of the interrelationship between education and politics. (Author/JM)

This report on findings from a questionnaire study of University of California, Los Angeles, students conducted in late 1970 and early 1971 had two stated objectives: (1) to determine how many students felt unfree; what viewpoints they feared to express, and what sanctioners they feared; (2) to identify their distinguishing characteristics.…

Argues that a crisis has been produced by the failure of most white writers in the U.S. to recognize that they refuse to recognize the right and the ability of non-whites, particular black writers, to speak for themselves and their people, while black writers still demand exercise of this fundamental right. (Author/JM)

Utilizing primarily interview data, one midwestern War on Poverty agency is examined with respect to the alternative, often conflicting ways it was perceived by various types of program participants and interested observers. The relationship of the local agency with the Office of Economic Opportunity is surveyed, reasons for conflict both within…

Describes three modes of action scientists can pursue concerning science-related social issues. (BR)

Developed from a talk given in the University of Illinois Faculty Forum series of lectures on the topic of violence and the mass media, held in the fall of 1968.