This article traces the history of policy development in Native American education from the second term of President William J. Clinton and his signing of Executive Order 13096 of August 6, 1998 on American Indian/Alaska Native education, through the passage and implementation of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and initial consideration of its…

This article reports the results of a study about the factors that affect social studies development in Jordan's secondary schools. An evaluation of data obtained within the limitations of this study relative to the development of social studies education, in particular, and education, in general, indicates that the principle of the Great Arab…

Reports on the regional reform in England and Wales which became effective April 1, 1974. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Contending that Senator Patrick McCarran of Nevada was the real force behind the communist witch hunts of the lage 1940s and early 1950s, this essay explores McCarran's legislative legacy. The first section examines McCarran's background and the legislative bodies over which he held sway. The second section delineates his legislative "Grand…

The most important distinction between evaluation (in the psychometric tradition), ethnography, and auditing is that they are guided by three distinctively separate principles. The underlying principle guiding evaluation is assessment. Ethnography is guided by description. Auditing uses description and assessment to establish an opinion on…

Some apparent parameters, involving attitudes and behaviors, that affect urban libraries are discussed. (PF)

An international symposium dealing with functional literacy in the context of adult education held in West Berlin in August, 1973, concerned the government's role in establishing and financially supporting programs, the coordination of programs, institutional roles, and the identification of adult learning needs. Twenty-nine conclusions were…

Presents six brief political lessons for school board members. (Author/IRT)

The California case of Senate Bill 90 displays the changing nature of state education coalitions and demonstrates the usefulness of coalition concepts advanced by William Riker for analyzing the success and direction of school finance legislation. (Author/IRT)

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Most of the differences between private and public sector bargaining are advantages for the public sector. (Author/IRT)

The author considers the place of education for leisure in primitive political systems, traditional political systems, and modern political systems (including premobilized and mobilized dictatorships and democracies). (GW)

Four categories of interaction between pressure groups and bureaucracy are developed, and the extent and types of effects of each on policy are examined. The four types of interaction are legitimate, clientela, parantela, and illegitimate. (Author/IRT)

Examines three theories of the impact of early learning on the development of political activism among young Americans. Provides a typology of political activity and investigates the influence of political and social psychological variables. Concludes that early learning contributes markedly to the development of political activism. (TRS)