Discusses results of studies comparing standards and student performance in Great Britain's comprehensive and secondary modern schools. Reports findings of higher examination results in fully selective schools than in a fully comprehensive system. Criticizes government and teacher training programs for failing to serve either teachers or students…

Discusses the United Kingdom's current situation with teacher education, focusing on the teacher supply and demand crisis and responses from governmental and other quarters. The paper suggests that responses fail seriously to consider quality in teaching. It outlines principles and structure for ensuring continued maintenance and development of…

Discusses the relationship between learning and governing, suggesting that systems of social organization reflect prevailing theories of mind and are presuppositional in higher education. Using philosophy, history, and politics, the paper suggests ways of designing higher education systems that reflect a comprehensive view and enhance democratic…

Examines constitution of university membership, discussing alumni financial obligations and relationships between universities and alumni. Alumni offer an opportunity for universities to maintain educational and research relationships in a wider sphere and a chance for diffusion of the academy's democracy-supporting features to reach that sphere.…

The article examines changes in the economic environment effected by the increasing roles of knowledge and technological innovation. It discusses university-industry relations, analyzing arguments for enhancing university-industry links. It notes the potentially negative implications of excessive entrepreneurial participation of universities in…

Examines the relationship between a nation's educational system and the political structure of the state. Argues that education cannot be examined without attention to political entanglements. Contends that the relative weakness of both the Spanish government and the educational system prevent both from become stronger. (CFR)

Discusses three concerns about inequities in public education: the national movement to write off poor urban students (and growing pressure to privatize public schooling), the sense of hopelessness in the literature on public education, and the lack of action in creating educational change and improvement. (SM)

An interview with Jonathan Kozol, author of "Savage Inequalities," documents disparities in spending between African-American and white public school students nationwide. The interview examines the disparities, issues about resegregation and integration in schools, and implications of the book for a progressive view of school reform. (SM)

Discusses two national arts education projects (invaluable tools for including the arts in daily curricula): a standards document being created by the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations, and a parallel assessment framework by the Arts Education Consensus Project to serve as a blueprint for the National Assessment of Education…

A methodology is developed for producing a well-designed problem in policy analysis. This evaluative context methodology is defined as an iterative process based on a series of checklist questions. Use of the methodology is demonstrated in a policy development project in New Zealand devoted to encouraging use of the Maori language. (SLD)

Describes a staff development program for administrators. Interviews were conducted and administrative handbooks, professional development plans, and board of education policies were analyzed. Findings, among others, were principals viewed staff development and clearly defined procedures as essential; principals found little long-range staff…

Reviews implications for state educational equity suits of the funding formulas used in federal compensatory education laws. A state educational equity suit currently before the Illinois Supreme Court is discussed to show differences between the definitions of equity used in that suit and the one used in federal compensatory education funding…

Examines rural African Americans' struggle for education during Booker T. Washington's time, documenting the irony in the fact that, although the age of Washington has come to symbolize dramatic educational gains for African Americans because of his advocacy, Southern rural African-American education during his career actually deteriorated…

This article defines historical and contemporary rural schools, outlines three sociological and political economy perspectives essential for understanding why school consolidation and rural school reform are abiding themes in rural America, and examines the political and economic context of a vigorous new school consolidation program in West…

Maintains that, to reach the many adult nonreaders who resist established literacy programs, the values that these programs espouse must conform to the learners' own beliefs and not be rooted in the status quo. (SR)