Presents country-by-country information on teacher militancy and the repression and victimization of teachers by Latin American military regimes, as reported to the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession (WCOTP). Condensed from "ATA Magazine," published by the Alberta (Canada) Teacher's Association, January 1981,…

This article offers an account of how educational organizations have changed in response to expanding state and federal policy, presents some explanations for the changes, and discusses the chief problems that resulted. It also sketches an approach to thinking about the effects of policy on educational organizations. (CT)

Outlines a political science course which first examines politics and the American space program and then studies programs in other countries and the related international problems and policies. Suggests a possible certificate or degree program in space studies or science policy. (DC)

This paper traces West German educational policies for children of foreign workers, noting how policy phases have coincided with changing perceptions of foreign workers in German society. Stressed is the conflict between assimilating these children and treating them as temporary foreign visitors. Model policies for equal educational opportunity…

Applying the concept of "neighborhood effects" to education in a federal state such as Canada permits the argument for federal presence in public schooling. Includes four sets of examples of neighborhood effects that meet criteria specified for federal action. Notes five differences between Canadian and American public education.…

The author introduces and synthesizes the papers in this theme issue on world education in the 1980s, highlighting the contrast between today's pessimism and the optimism of earlier decades. He cites the need for more comparative study of such worldwide educational problems as accountability, access, and the education/work relationship. (SJL)

Analyzes George Orwell's 1946 essay, "Politics and the English Language," to develop an argument about compositional pedagogy and the nature of writing itself. Points out the dangers of promulgating only the "plain style" of language usage and the paradoxical advantages of combining classical rhetoric with radical politics. (RL)

Describes a project preparing students to make political advertisements for television, including details for necessary hardware, script preparation, formatting, time management, and coordination with the television studio. Includes description of each role and broadcasting jargon. (Author/CK)

This article discusses the impact that declining school enrollments have had on changes in school politics. (EB)

This secondary level learning exercise contains two role-playing activities and a textbook analysis test which probe contemporary images and historical realities about the politics and economics of school support. Students are involved in data collection and analysis, group communication, inference making, and value clarification. (KC)

Lists and annotates more than 200 articles on mass communication, grouped according to topic. Topics include advertising, broadcasting, courts and law, journalism education, history and biography, international, public relations, visual communication, and women and media. (GT)

The southern border of the United States unites its two sides more than it divides them. It links them in a seamless web of economic, political and people-to-people relationships, a web that holds both sides in a shared destiny. (Author/NQ)

A Latin American Educator responds to three challenging social questions: How essential is the university in the development process? What are the strengths and weaknesses of technology transfer? How ready are developing societies to absorb higher technical literacy?

Describes the Kansas Community Colleges which have never been unified under a statewide system. Also notes that Kansas colleges receive only 28% of their funding from the state, the lowest in the country, and that the colleges are currently confronted with a funding crisis. Suggests that Kansas colleges develop a statewide system. (JDI)

Argues that the ambiguous status of a traveling ethnic group has implications for the state's interest in its assimilation, and that government policies concerning Gypsies' schooling are largely aimed at incorporation. Discusses how Gypsies must retain control over their social reproduction through their children's upbringing, either by…