A study summarized the voting patterns to form a political profile of Texas teachers. A questionnaire was sent to 500 teachers who were members of the Texas State Teachers Association in 1983. General information was collected on nineteen characteristics of teachers, including such categories as sex, marital status, place of birth, place of…

This booklet contains the proceedings of a conference that focused on the psychological and fiscal impact of the electronic media in the 1984 election campaign. Comments are made by Robert Teeter, the principal pollster for the national Republican party, and Peter Hart, the principal pollster for the national Democratic party. Both describe their…

The paper identifies current special education practice and the current organization of schools as instrumental in actually creating the category of mildly handicapped students. A dichotomy between departments of special education and educational administration is noted. Only replacement of the system with an entirely different configuration and…

Contrasting a party identification model with a rational decision making model, a cognitive model predicts voter intent on two referenda: (1) an amendment to permit a state lottery; and (2) an amendment to permit residents of each county to vote on whether to permit casino gambling. Supporters of the lottery amendment attempt to strongly link it…

Although for the 15 years preceding his election as President of the United States Ronald Reagan muted his anti-Soviet rhetoric in order to achieve political power, since his election he has returned to anti-Sovietism in an effort to redirect American foreign policy against the Soviets. At the same time, however, he employs a rhetorical strategy…

The nature of controversial programs is discussed, including problems that such programs pose for evaluators and suggested solutions for the problems. Controversial programs are likely to generate news-media attention, internal conflicts (i.e., involving the program and evaluation staffs) and external conflicts (i.e., involving various advocacy…

In this examination of the transformations that modernization has brought or is bringing to political, economic, and cultural systems, emphasis is given to the consequences of these transformations for human potential in the modern age. An introductory section defining "modernism" is followed by sections devoted to nationalism and…

Examines patterns of political negotiation as evidenced in the public school system in Providence, using Dahl and Wolfinger's analysis of the role of ethnicity in politics in New Haven as a model for assessing political-ethnic influence in the employment hierarchy of the school system. (Author/JM)

Examines the activities in several towns in western Colorado of the Chicago Education Project, an organization which attempts to make Colorado schools more responsive to Chicano students by increasing the number of bilingual/bicultural classes and the number of Chicano teachers. (JM)

This inquiry module exposes students to concepts of population, composition, policy, growth, and immigration and develops their faculties of critical analysis. The journal which contains all the necessary instructional materials is available from the Foreign Area Materials Center, State Ed. Dept., 60 East 42nd St., New York, N. Y. 10017. (JH)

Analyzes critically the two major perspectives on high school student politics, attempting to explicate and clarify both the empirical and normative implications of: (1) schools being considered not only hierarchical structures that process children but also basically bureaucracies and hence non-political institutions; and (2) high schools being…

If faculty are to interpret activities data collection and analysis as a positive means of reviewing their own accomplishments, assisting them in professional improvement, shedding light on load inequities, justifying financial reallocations and other things that are important to them, the data analysis process must reflect those concerns. (Author)

Since voters rarely have access to a candidate's unexpurgated statements, they rely on political advertising, film footage, and media interpretations. Thus, their expectations of candidates generally reflect selective reporting and self-aggrandizement. A framework for researching the degree of understanding reached between politicians and the…

The position of black Americans is reassessed in this book. The first step in evaluating where blacks are now is to ask what constitutes progress for blacks in America. A theoretical framework for analyzing the structural position of blacks and for developing criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of racial public policy is developed. Then, an…

The Cuban missile crisis of October 1962 forced the Canadian House of Commons to consider whether Canadian forces in NORAD and NATO were effective without nuclear warheads on special weapons systems. This paper provides an overview of the debates and their milieu, identifies the issues involved, and analyzes the effects of the argumentation. The…