Reviews two new books that argue for the political implementation of cultural pluralism in the United States: Peter Schrag's The Decline of the Wasp," and Michael Novak's The Rise of the Unmeltable Ethnics." (Author/JM)

Converse's black-and-white model of attitude stability, in which there are some stable opinion holders and a group of nonopinion respondents whose positions vary over time, is supported. Relationships of education and political involvement to opinion holding suggest that respondents hold stable opinions on issues that are most important to them.…

With a presidential election only one year away, now is the time for educators and educational researchers to become acquainted with and involved in legislative and policy initiatives that can improve education. (GC)

Political psychology is the study of the bidirectional interaction of political and psychological processes. This academic discipline was founded after the First World War by Harold D. Lasswell. The content of political psychology is discussed and illustrative studies of the field are briefly summarized. (CS)

Describes the People's Republic of China system of enrollment in the post-Mao period, and analyzes the effects these new admission policies have had on social background distribution of Chinese university students, the changing patterns of authority, and the effects of the enrollment policy on admission of women. (Author/AH)

Summarizes some of the changes in political policy toward the environment brought about by the Reagan administration and briefly describes books on the environment published during 1981. Publications on land and land use, environmental policy, natural history, wildlife, recreation, resource development, and resources and economics are reviewed.…

Teachers must respond to the threat of nuclear warfare with a deep and universal desire to secure life. Comprehensive concern for life as a whole must lie at the root of their work. Only a world-wide expression of the ethical imagination, which renders nuclear war wholly unacceptable, can save mankind. (PP)

Presents excerpts from articles and interviews concerning cross-cultural contact, environmental issues, political power, the quality of life, aging, and the American economy. (KC)

The position is presented that local property taxes provide a stable source of income during periods of economic downturn and that state taxes and disbursements for education are less likely to receive popular support. (CTM)

In setting performance standards for schoolchildren, the school system not only announces what students must know; it specifies what it presumes it can teach. Tests of competency should be merely a monitoring device to indicate whether the system is meeting its obligation to students. (Author)

The relationship between work and education in the People's Republic of China is discussed. Parallels between Confucian and Maoist views of education, the Maoist view of education as an instrument to overcome the inequities in society, and work in education as an agent of moral improvement are described. (MLW)

Examines current language policy in Canada, particularly regarding Quebec, and discusses possible future developments. (AM)

Examines how social studies and history teachers can help students understand the intellectual origins of German Nazism during World War II. Suggests discussion questions and learning activities. (Author/DB)