Rapid and frequent changes in response to political and economic priorities characterize Chinese education. (MM)

Education in the People's Republic cf China and in the United States is compared. (MM)

Discusses and evaluates the general acceptance by historians that World War I was caused by economic factors. Concludes that economic interpretation has become antiquated and should be reassessed. (Author/DB)

Peru's new regime eased its guidance of the media in 1975 but then tightened controls in 1976 as street rioters protested inflation. (KS)

Article states that: "Ultimately, the call for responsibility and accountability must point back to local and state school boards and to the public from which funds must be provided for the quality of education which they want." (Author)

Reexamines the achievements and failures of Tsarist education. (IRT)

Describes the difficulties faced by AmeriCorps. The laws that govern this national service program have not been updated. Although the Bush administration is expected to increase the number of participants, the long-term health and effectiveness of the program will depend on whether Congress and the administration can agree on legislation to…

Sheldon Hackney will step down as chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities for personal reasons, and resume teaching college-level history. During his tenure at the federal agency, he contended with significant budget reductions by a Republican Congress and was sometimes criticized for his leadership style. The agency is still…

Discusses the part played by the political system and the international context in attempts to promote environmental education in Scotland. Analysis shows a complex and largely negative interaction with political and administrative systems regarding formal education. Concludes that the influence of international events was generally marginal but…

Asserts that recognition of the cultural nature of schooled mathematics requires research that locates these practices in the sociopolitical context and provides an account of the social valorization of mathematical practices and the impact on learning. Using data on students in multiethnic English elementary schools, the article proposes how the…

Explores how analyses and visions of U.S. society shape the appeal of progressive pedagogy but focusing on the evolution of political and educational ideas among African American civil rights activities who created alternative schools for black children in the 1960s and 1970s. Concludes that support for progressive pedagogy depends on the…

Examines "Ghost World," a Hollywood film about youth, friendship, alienation, and survival, critically investigating how popular representations of youth signal a particular crisis of the social through a discourse of privatization, which fails to locate youth and problems they face within the related geographies of the social and political. The…

Reviews the philosophical and theoretical foundations of cost-effectiveness analysis and describes some of the ethical assumptions and implications that are embedded in, and result from, the use of this economic analysis technique. Considers how the social and political contexts of health-related decisions affects the usefulness of the results…

What is missing from the citizenship debate is discussion of democracy, social justice, and equality. The political economy of citizenship still reflects and reinforces the major social divisions of power and excludes many. Democratic citizenship should be viewed in an expansive and nonnational way. (Author/JOW)

Written from a Polish immigrant's viewpoint, this article focuses on the moral and spiritual aspects of the political upheaval beginning in Poland in 1980 and culminating in the toppling of East European totalitarian regimes. Poland will eventually achieve a strong free-market economy and democracy, aided by school reform and teacher reeducation.…