As scholars explore the way factors like race, class, gender, sexual preference, and geographic location alter Chicano identity, they are being forced to modify reigning interpretations of Chicano history and culture. Feminists were first to challenge existing perceptions, and their interdisciplinary perspective strengthened the force of their…

Uses life-table techniques to examine mortality differences by gender and rural-urban residence for Blacks and Whites in the South. Life expectancy is higher for metropolitan and White populations. Residential and racial mortality differences largely attributable to effects of accidents, specific illnesses, prenatal conditions, and homicide.…

Argues for a critical study of the arts to promote historical and sociological understanding. Reviews recent work in the sociology of education and culture, exposing the ideological nature and function of art and education in relation to the inequalities of class, gender, race, and ethnicity in society. (KM)

The GESA (Gender/Ethnic/Racial Expectations and Student Achievement) program is a staff development program to aid teachers in identifying and removing classroom biases. GESA utilizes peer coaching and a team approach and has resulted in teachers reporting positive effects upon student attitudes and achievement. (DB)

Two recent reports show girls' performance in math and verbal skills is lower than boys' and that the gap steadily increases during the high school years. Girls' self-esteem also erodes during late adolescence. An extensive study of small-town high schools disclosed glaring gender inequities and lack of principal awareness. Principals must…

Explores why women's colleges, and the education provided by them, are different than coeducational settings. The article explains how women's colleges provide students with value and respect and give them a sense of ownership. It also discusses why women's colleges excel at preparing students for the future. (GLR)

Discussion of the role of small liberal arts colleges for women focuses on the role and impact of information technology based on the views of Maggie O'Brien, president of Hollins College. Topics addressed include a computer networking project developed with partnerships with businesses; communicating at a distance; and future possibilities. (LRW)

Examines everyday events at a Canadian high school in the period between the two world wars. Interviews with former students reveal the highly structured experience, continually reconstructed by staff and student action. Male students in senior technical classes had the most control of their own educational conditions. (SLD)

School boards often must try to hammer together a consensus on difficult issues. A Colorado school district handled the issue of sex education by using the tools of democracy. The school board's role was to broker the dialog, to clarify community values, and to provide a detailed challenge process for citizens who disagree with the board's…

Reports on a study that examined the relationship between supervising teachers' personal attributes and professional backgrounds and student teachers' attitudes toward their field experience. One result was an apparent relationship between the sex of the supervisor and the attitude of the student teacher toward teaching. (SM)

Discusses the nature of prejudice and racism, and argues that there is no generalized prejudiced person, and there are no groups in which all prejudices are exercised by all members. For individual change or group transformation, people must have their specific desires analyzed. (SLD)

Analyzed self-reported history of parasuicide with respect to use of intoxicants in national sample of 12,000 Norweigan adolescents. Proportion of parasuicides was 8.3%, being higher among girls and those living without both parents; and rate increased with age, use of intoxicants, depression, and loneliness. Found positive associations between…

Researchers examined special educators' attitudes regarding mandated curriculum, readiness for teaching, and responsibility for providing instruction on sex education, HIV/AIDS, sexual abuse, and substance abuse. Teachers supported mandated education, felt most comfortable teaching sex education, and considered parents responsible for teaching the…

Presents a research project designed to teach preservice teachers the educational research techniques necessary to perform a study of the gender-equity practices of science, mathematics, and technology teachers in selected local high schools. (PVD)

Analyzes change in the occupational aspirations of young people in the United States between the late 1960s and 1970s. Reveals that the most significant change occurred among women. Argues that this was primarily a manifestation of cultural change resulting from the resurgence of the women's movement. (MJP)