A shortage of American engineering graduate students, particularly minorities and women, has resulted in the increasing award of research and graduate assistantships to foreign students. The National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering (GEM) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) are offering financial encouragement…

The retired Procter & Gamble corporate leader and member of the Committee for Economic Development (CED) discusses the crisis in the American education system and his efforts for reform. Subjects covered include implications for business and the nation, business and federal reform initiatives, and the mandate for community-wide involvement.…

Studies the relationship between academic achievement and inter-racial friendship development in Springfield (Massachusetts) elementary schools. Concludes that integration suffers because achievement plays an increasingly important role in friendship as a student moves through school. (FMW)

Race and ethnic differences in measures of achievement, information, and award of educational credentials since the early 1960's are reviewed. Minorities discussed include Blacks, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, American Indians, and Asian Americans. An inadequate learning syndrome is suggested as a theoretical cause of low academic achievement.…

Asserts that there has been growing interest in the last three decades in public education and its relationship to democracy. Discusses the development and importance of schools established by the Society of the Sacred Heart in frontier Saint Louis. Concludes that these schools pushed the limits of universal education. (ACM)

Presents an "Africentric" approach to mathematics education built on the thinking and realities of African American children. The article explains what constitutes a foreign pedagogy to African American students and describes a three-year collaborative project with a middle school teacher who has implemented a pedagogy of social change…

Demonstrates that in two areas of concentrated poverty in Columbus (Ohio), so-called underclass behaviors are not associated with race. A study of neighborhood poverty and political participation in those areas is used to show that whites and African Americans exhibit statistically indistinguishable and substantively similar levels of such…

Examined home literacy environments of four children from low-income Caucasian, African American, or biracial families. Found that all the parents provided support for literacy but with different constructions; children's descriptions of how they were learning to read at home reflected their home literacy experiences; and all four environments…

Randomly assigned 246 African American adolescents either to an educational program or to an 8-week intervention that combined education with behavior skills training. Results indicate that, compared with the education program, youth in behavioral skills training lowered their infection risk to a greater degree, maintained risk reduction changes…

Asserts that multiculturalism is an inevitable feature of future curriculum development. Describes four approaches to multiculturalism: (1) attack multiculturalism; (2) escape multiculturalism; (3) transformative multiculturalism; and (4) repair multiculturalism. (CFR)

Although many school districts are integrated, integration has not had the anticipated effect on minority achievement promised by "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas." The article discusses the positive effects of aggressive strategies for minority students, and it suggests shifting the burden of social integration to the…

Analyzes commonalities between "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas" and "Lau v. Nichols" compliance efforts and outcomes, recommending strategies for the next decade, including reduction of residential segregation, desegregation by socioeconomic status, untracking, funding initiatives, family friendly policies, and…

To explain sexually abused children's various degrees of maladjustment, assessed behavior problems, social competence, and cognitive functioning in 53 black girls (5 to 16 years old). Internalizing dysfunction was positively related to three cognition-related variables: intellectual functioning, academic achievement, and age. Anxiety over the…

Discusses the work of Larry Dixon, assistant superintendent for resources in the Junction City (Kansas) school district, who supports principals in their efforts to improve schools. The paper describes Project TurnAround Teacher, which works in a nontraditional manner to help at-risk students who are discipline problems. (SM)

Study investigated attrition at a nonselective magnet elementary school over 5 years, examining 11 variables which might influence students' withdrawal. Data analysis indicated the school proportionally retained students of varying backgrounds and abilities while serving a diverse urban population, fostering equal educational opportunities. (SM)