Some observers, aware that small black communities have long existed in northern cities, look to the nineteenth century to learn something of blacks and their initial encounters with public education; Chicago provides examples of both contrasts and continuities with the present. (Author/JM)

It is a fine tradition of Chinese to instill in children the concept of "filial piety" in home education. In recent years, however, "piety education" is getting weaker and even neglected, especially among the one-child family in Mainland China. The authors of this article argue that in order to continue and develop the fine…

Article considered the establishment of industrial education in Canada and the close relationship between educational change and broader social reform. (Editor/RK)

Administrators at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Iowa, have discovered that an open campus helps the student assume more responsibility for his actions, develop the capacity for making wise decisions about time use, and promote his own educational development. (Author/DN)

This article is one of a series of commentaries and special features on educational development that will be presented in American Education over the next several months in connection with the observance of the American Revolution Bicentennial. (Editor/RK)

Discusses some of the problems, theories and methods involved in helping poor and minority group children progress to higher levels of educational achievement and makes several concrete suggestions to this end. (SF)

An investigation of the future direction of the speech communication field toward increased stress on communication theory, the "new" rhetoric, and core courses. (CH)

This book is a compilation of scholarly papers presented at the second annual research workshop of the Institute for Urban Affairs and Research at Howard University. Three broad areas of interest are represented by the theme of the conference: Afro-American life style and educational development, policy and organizational development in education,…

Author argued for some new approaches to pre-school provision. (Editor/RK)

In spite of impressive expansion in the educational systems of the Arab Middle East countries, educational research in that region is slow to mature. A number of practical and theoretical problems responsible for the slow development of educational research are identified and discussed. (Editor)

The family background, college life, and careers of Smith College students in the late nineteenth century are examined. (DE)

African teachers should shift away from the present preoccupation with Western education in favor of an emphasis on current African socioeconomic and cultural issues. (Author/DE)

Elementary, secondary, and adult education programs for nomadic tribes in Iran are described. (DE)

Discusses the mass media and education, arguing that the crucial phenomenon is the industrialization of the mind: the mind-making industry is viewed as a product of the last hundred years which has developed at such a pace and assumed such varied forms that it has outgrown understanding and control. (Author/JM)

Discussed the issue, in 1894, of a circular to its teachers by the London School Board regarding religious instruction, and the election debate which followed. (Author/RK)