The French situation, in which the proprietary and upper-level secondary schools may contain a large number of "high-risk" or marginally qualified students, and proposed solutions to the problem, are described and discussed. (MSE)

The question of how the academy can continue and prosper from the beneficent association with government without permitting government to debase science and learning for nationalist purposes is discussed in a speech at the annual meeting of the American Association of University Professors. Science and nationialism are seen as locked in mortal…

Approaches to developing teaching assistant programs are discussed, based on the organizational change literature. Five models are identified: rational planning, social interaction, human problem solving, political models, and a research and development approach. Political processes often can be blended with social interaction and problem-solving…

Important educational development issues in the USSR include development of not only today's but also tomorrow's tools for technological advancement, improvement of the training and teaching process, interdisciplinary integration, increase in the scientific content of education, and improvement of the education-economy link. (MSE)

Discussion of conditions that combine to influence the selection and implementation of instructional development as an approach to solving educational problems in developing nations focuses on prevailing traditions, economics, and internal and external politics. (MBR)

A social question faced by Latin American countries when they gained their independence from Spain was that of education. An extreme example of the difficulties encountered can be found in Paraguay where education was affected by the events of independence and by a new phenomenon, the Spanish American dictator. (RM)

The history of the reform movement toward consolidated schools in the South since 1900 is traced. (GW)

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As a matter of public policy, education should move toward institutional pluralism that takes account of group needs and identities within a larger American culture. We must lay to rest the bugbear that a diverse system is necessarily a corrosively segregated and unequal system. (Author/IRT)

Creation of the right climate for fostering academic freedom and progressive curricula is described, but gaining parental approval is emphasized since communities control the curriculum politically. (ND)

The responsibility for preventing too much federal regulation of education rests with the educators themselves. The author urges administrators to assert greater influence on legislators and offers five ways to regulate the regulators. (Editor/LBH)

This is a study on the impact of culture on the leadership of Mexican principals facing political and socioeconomic pressures. The research is a continuation of an international study engaging researchers from 8 countries: Thailand, China, UK, Norway, Singapore, Norway, Brazil, U.S., and Mexico. The twelve high school principals who participated…

In 1893 the last monarch of Hawaii, Queen Lili'uokalani, was overthrown by a party of U.S. businessmen, who then imposed a provisional government. Soon after, U.S. President Benjamin Harrison submitted a treaty to annex the Hawaiian Islands to the U.S. Senate for ratification. In 1897, the treaty effort was blocked when the Hawaiian Patriotic…

This study had two broad goals: to discuss state politics and accountability policies in Virginia and Georgia before the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and to analyze the civil rights implications of NCLB's accountability requirements for future policy decisions. Part 1 describes previous policies and governance arrangements and how these factors…

This paper is a case study of Kentucky's attempt to fix not only failing schools but a failing public school system. It reports on the policy making and implementation conundrums of the debate over Kentucky's high stakes accountability system. As a political policy analysis, the study relies on documents, media reports, and interviews with key…