Discusses a study that explores whether improving school buildings has a direct and positive affect on student learning, attendance, and teacher turnover rates. Identifies the environmental aspects of the school facility that have the potential to enhance learning. The study shows a direct relationship between building quality and student…

Describes a California community concept, now in the planning stage, where education is part of the community lifestyle. Examines a fictional story of an 11-year-old's educational experience inside such a community. (GR)

Considers, in this "eclectic" review of research, three complementary ways in which the nature of the connection between homes and school can be problematized: (1) congruence of family life with the agenda of schooling; (2) intimacy, or depth of understanding, between teachers and parents; and (3) sociocultural productivity of the interaction…

Bronfenbrenner's process-person-context-time model is used to examine theories that explain adverse effects of economic deprivation on children's socioemotional development. Processes of not only the family, but also those of the peer group and school, and in other levels of the ecological environment may also explain the relation between economic…

This qualitative case study of an exceptional school in the south of England challenges the hypothesis that transformational leaders significantly impact on student outcomes. Interviews with staff and students, together with classroom observation, confirm that the head, appointed in 1995, has played an important role in transforming internal…

Three ordinary jurisdictions have generally dominated education. They are political, economic, and psychological. Author explained why they are not suitable and to what jurisdiction education should be responsible. (Author/RK)

This paper developed one possible set of hypotheses to explain academic achievement for a given class size and hours of instruction, in terms of the socialization function of the school. (Author/RK)

A survey of 1,457 students in 20 high schools in the New York Metropolitan Area reports data on how students evaluate the quality of school "Outputs," judge the correctness of power relations in the school, and react to the school power structure in terms of school reform and the student rights movement. (EH)

This kit, the third publication in a five-part series on the educational "ministry," offers elements designed for Catholic school faculty, parents, and students. The kit contains an article on the nature of discipleship; a booklet with prayer services, scripture references, liturgies, and sacramental preparation; three prayer cards; three posters;…

Author questioned not only the assumptions and assertions of the Coleman Report, but also the probability of the proposals the panel made. (Editor/RK)

Colleges and universities are showing signs of being affected by an emerging ethical crisis (misrepresentation of the job market to graduates, term paper companies, misallocations in financial aid); the needed cure seems to be in better conceptual organization of higher education institutions. (Author/PG)

Most study halls in most high schools are not arenas of constructive leisure, but rather, exercises in creative discipline for the teachers. Students practice wasting, not using, time. One high school in Illinois, however, implemented a successful study hall plan. The traditional study hall was divided into three areas defined by the arrangement…

Article focused on the achievements of the Lea Green School for maladjusted children. (Editor/RK)

Convivial access, described as a way to allow people the most autonomous action by means of learning resources and tools least controlled by others, would counteract the schools' current monopolistic control over student learning by changing approaches to freedom, responsibility, and choice. (DW)