Fergus reviews TM 503 787, adding that the evaluator of the future should be knowledgeable about the social problem and service delivery being examined, in addition to having expertise in the methods of evaluation. The evaluator should make contributions to the creation of alternative solutions and take leadership in performing experiments.…

Specifying and clarifying educators' responsibilities to the students are first steps toward achieving real accountability. Educators must also insist that responsibility for social ills be shared with other institutions, that parents assume a central responsibility in the education of their children, and that infinite demands should not be made…

There is no way to do juveniles justice in a radically unjust society; nevertheless, we should do the best we can. (MJB)

Three children's books which deal with the theme of school integration are reviewed. Though these books attempt to address the issue in a positive way, the treatment of such a complex social problem as school integration is naive and underlying racist attitudes are present. Librarians, educators, and parents need to critically review their…

Attempts to delineate and show the relevance for education of some ideas espoused by recent writers in economics. These ideas form a new philosophical base which ultimately must have an effect on the educational system in the United States. (Author/RK)

The author discusses the state of unemployment in the 1970s among teenagers, some reasons for its existence, the long-term consequences, and the net impact of the teenage experience on joblessness. (RK)

In 1823, a series of events, centering around a slave rebellion in Demerara, had a significant impact on the developing rhetoric of anti-slavery in England. This impact and the Parliamentary debates which resulted from the uprising are examined. (JF)

Attempts to draw out parallels and differences between Emile Durkheim's and Basil Bernstein's theories of educational systems and highlights Bernstein's reformulation of certain features of Durkheim's thought. Focuses on the role of the school, curriculum change, and social conflict. (Author/RK)

The California Social Science Education Framework in expressing concern for the values of a free society identifies four values which will help our citizens move toward the building of a more perfect union. Students should be taught these values in an attempt to help them recognize the relationship between the dominant values of their society and…

Spouses and children of inmates of correctional facilities experience problems that are directly related to the fact that a member of their family is a prison inmate. This article examines these problems and makes recommendations for alleviating them. (Author)

Examines contradictions in perception and position of women in India. Although women are idealized, honored, and respected, they are also over-worked and expected to toil unceasingly for their husbands and families. Concludes that women in India are moving slowly toward liberation in a manner consistent with their values. (Author/DB)

Describes America's changing response to the problem of crime since the 1960s. At that time, theories of criminal deviance supported rehabilitation of offenders and programs to eliminate root causes of crime. In the 1970s, several states have revised their criminal codes to stress even-handed punishment as the most effective deterrent to crime.…

Describes the separation of modern professional writers from the real world and their misplaced concern with presenting an image of toughness instead of truly communicating. (DD)

Argues that the movement to deinstitutionalize social deviants through development of broader community services reflects questions about the effects on society of the use of power for social control. (MS)

Notes that although the concept of integration, decentralization and community control have particular contemporary meanings acquired through recent court decisions and urban controversies, these same concepts were meaningful and important to blacks in Brooklyn almost 100 years ago. (Author/AM)