The article describes how education changed in Russia between 1992 and 1993, noting the change was very noticeable, though numerous and extreme problems remained unresolved with most of the current political regime's reforms not yet reaching working class people. The article also discusses several issues, unrelated to education, in 1993 Russia.…

Reviews the limited research on the nature of refugees' educational demand and opportunities in various countries, international and local resources for refugee education, the politics of international aid, the influence of expectations for resettlement versus repatriation, and training of teachers and other refugee community workers. Contains 79…

A snapshot of the changing Polish educational system focuses on elimination of uniform curriculum requirements, return of religious instruction, emergence of private and religious schools, removal of overtly ideological materials from history and literature curricula, and fears of a power struggle between the present postcommunists and new…

The need for a micropolitical reference frame in educational research is critiqued. The six articles discussed illustrate the stratified structure of statuses in school organization that have the character of a caste society as their defining polity feature or essential governance attribute. (RLC)

Principal Gloria Sanchez Roman is giving local parents a voice at Roque de Duprey Elementary School. A 10-member council helps get parents involved. (MLF)

A recent Supreme Court ruling that Mississippi's colleges are segregated and should consider mergers of predominantly white and historically black colleges has put pressure on black college alumni groups to help keep their institutions alive as an educational option. The Black College Alumni Leadership Consortium is establishing a political action…

Teachers' perceptions of their own professional power and how the interaction between principal and teacher gender affects teachers' evaluations of principal leadership were studied for about 9,000 teachers from the Administrator and Teachers Survey of the High School and Beyond study. Interaction between teacher and principal gender contributes…

Characterizes the rhetoric of three articles from a 1991 Library Quarterly symposium on the closing of graduate library school programs as self-serving. The effect of placing the issue in a context of victimization is criticized. Changing social forces and a poor theoretical base are considered as possible causes of program failures. (eight…

Points out that the recent increase in attention given to Head Start, child care, and preschool programs since the beginning of the new presidential administration should be utilized by the early childhood education community to remind decision makers of the need for increased funding for these programs. (MDM)

Suggests a framework to deal with political issues in education. Four main topics are addressed: (1) efforts of the educational establishment to maintain the status quo; (2) individuals concerned with falling educational standards who advocate school reform; (3) the use of educational technology to help in reform; and (4) choosing between public…

Discusses (1) school drug testing and reasons why schools should have embraced it; (2) educational systems' responses to student drug testing and reasons schools have not adopted it; and (3) school social organization and politics accounting for schools' deploring drug use yet ignoring potentially useful technology. Four responses are appended.…

School boards need to learn how to galvanize public support. Suggests ways to communicate with and involve citizens in supporting schools. Suggestions include parent centers, television interviews, cable access, community newsletters, and opening the schools to the community. (MLF)

Reviews eight books that address the issues of democratic governance. Includes a historic look at democratic leadership; a history of multicultural America; and the view that the humanities, as taught in school, have become deeply politicized. Other topics are a historical defense of bilingual education, population changes and educational policy,…

Arnold Mitchem, executive director, National Council of Educational Opportunity Associations (NCEOA), answers questions concerning key educational issues, the federal government's educational agenda, the Higher Education Act's reauthorization, federal policy influences on developmental and minority education, faculty retraining, financial…

Examines the role of the Japanese prefecture (a regional government unit analogous to U.S. states) in school administration through a case study of the Chiba prefectural board of education's role in administering the high school entrance examination. Finds that the examination stratifies students into an educational hierarchy. (NL)