Today, discussions about high-stakes testing of students rage in the popular media, in the Oval Office, in Congress, and within state houses across the nation. Also, reactions to these discussions of high-stakes testing are underway in schools and communities, among and between teachers, students, parents, and administrators. This article…

Privilege and oppression have an impact on society in numerous ways. Although studied in many disciplines, few empirical measures of these social constructs exist for educators or researchers. The 2 studies presented in this article describe the development and validation of the scores yielded by the Social Privilege Measure. (Contains 4 tables.)

IQ, social competency, physical abiliites, self-concept, and family demographic data on 73 low-risk preschoolers were used to investigate relationships between family influences and competencies of educationally advantaged children. Preschool attendance, living in a two-parent family, father's occupation, mother's education, family income, and…

This Study was part of a larger project entitled "The Bridgeport Vocational Rehabilitation and Cooperative Education Project, supported by VRA Grant RD-1818g,DHEW, Washington, D. C.

The specific intention of this study was to determine whether samples of disadvantaged students showed positive self-images (as had been shown by some of previous researches) and whether these are maintained when disadvantaged children move out of their neighborhood schools to the more integrated environment of the high school. Seven hundred and…

The validity of introducing reading on the preschool level is the premise behind this study. The objective was to determine the effectiveness of the Categorical Sound System (CSS) developed by the author, as a highly structured linguistic-based readiness and beginning reading program, on kindergarten children from underprivileged and privileged…

In connection with a study on rehabilitation occupations for the disadvantaged and the advantaged, a literature search was conducted to find books, articles, pamphlets, and publications on the use of paraprofessionals. Entries selected for inclusion in the annotated bibliography are categorized and cross-referenced according to: (1) Professional…

In a study that matched Wisconsin 1974 taxpayers with the school districts where they reside, it was found that poor people live in similar kinds of school districts (defined by school district property wealth, median family income, per pupil expenditure etc.) as nonpoor people. Implications of the research are discussed. (Author/LC)

In order to move privileged students from denial and guilt about feminist issues to constructive anger, educators must first teach them how their own emotional response can cloud their perceptions about oppression. Several classroom techniques used for "re-educating emotions" are described and discussed as they are used to teach third-world…

Discusses experiences in teaching the meaning and value of the sociological imagination to a group of ethnically and economically privileged students. Describes an assignment asking students to critically assess agendas, fallacies, and consequences of scientific racism. Finds evaluations reflect that the assignment conveyed that sociological…

This article examines an incident between male student athletes within a locker room at a private school. The reaction of many in this school community to this incident reveals that "hazing" rituals were normally ignored or condoned by many of the parents, coaches, administrators, and teachers who were aware of them. These attitudes changed when…

Poor children confront widespread environmental inequities. Compared with their economically advantaged counterparts, they are exposed to more family turmoil, violence, separation from their families, instability, and chaotic households. Poor children experience less social support, and their parents are less responsive and more authoritarian.…

Subsidies to higher education in the United States have long been guided by the belief that policy should encourage college attendance. In principle, if not always in practice, policy has for some time sought to accomplish this by addressing college affordability. General subsidies that keep tuition at public institutions low are coupled with…

Historically, educational administration programs have prepared graduates in a "universal, one-size-fits-all" approach. As the K-12 student population becomes increasingly diverse, this approach is no longer viable since it seldom takes into account the urgency implied by the achievement gap. This article reports on a…