Poverty may resist elimination because society needs it for its own security and well being. (DM)

This course, developed at student initiative and designed to relate to student experience in the contemporary social and political scene, is a new required course in the School of Social Studies at the University of Sussex. (IR)

Increase in research and development (R&D) activity in the industrialized countries has resulted in the expansion of the arms production capacity of the Third World. The transfer of arms production systems is carried out through production under license, subcontracting, and joint production of weapons. Politico-social and economic effects are…

In 1964-65, Freedom Schools, staffed mostly by northern volunteers, were established for 11th grade Black students in Mississippi. The major goals of the summer schools were to give Blacks a broad intellectual and academic experience and to form a basis for statewide student action. (RM)

It is proposed that a National Academy of Peace and Conflict Resolution be established as a network linking the many individuals in the United States trained and experienced in peacemaking. Outreach and publication to educate and train others in nonviolent conflict resolution would be a primary objective. (MSE)

State juvenile codes and census records in the United States in the 19th century are analyzed. The establishment of reformatories was a necessary precondition for changes in the legal status of children. Groups demanded a specialized legal arena for children which stressed prevention and rehabilitation. (Author/KC)

Inservice evaluation and professional development are part of the teacher's responsibility. Teachers need to take some responsibility as well for the implementation of social policy. Evaluation procedures are essential to school-focused inservice teacher education. (JN)

Analyzes the relationship between education and the capitalist society, three positions are taken: theories of social reproduction emphasize the relationship between the process of schooling and economic life; theories of resistance examine the issues of conflict and consciousness between schooling and capitalist society; and the theory of…

Describes the program, initiated in 1980, to improve national literacy in Nicaragua by sending student volunteers to the countryside and adult volunteers to the urban slums as teachers. (Condensed from "Interracial Books for Children Bulletin," No. 2, 1981, p3-7.) (Editor/SJL)

After a review of various nonmedical intervention procedures for child maltreatment, this paper examines specific, empirically evaluated psychological intervention treatments. Methodological and ethical issues concerning outcome research on maltreatment intervention are also discussed. (Author/EB)

Greene County, which in 1972 became the only biracial political entity in the U.S. to be completely Black-governed provided the research environment for this study which outlined the transfer of political power to Blacks and assessed the gains to Black citizens as a result of political control. (Author/DS)

This article considers the question of politically active teachers who express their views in the classroom. Is this openness or proselytizing? Presented are interviews with a lawyer on teachers' freedom of speech rights and with four teacher-activists from the antinuclear, gay rights, local politics, and union movements. (SJL)

This article examines a decision-making strategy called mixed scanning which can be used to teach social participation in elementary and secondary social studies. The strategy requires logical gathering and analyzing of information, judging the alternatives, making choices, and planning a course of action. The article outlines environmental…

Organization is held to be essential to the survival of multicultural education. A plan is described for first bringing together a small leadership group and then calling a large meeting of educational advocates for the purpose of addressing multicultural education as a social policy issue. (GC)