Analyzes government and print media portrayals of the Reagan administration's policy during Irangate. Finds that the print media continued to fulfill its "watchdog" function by providing critical portrayals of United States policy despite the Reagan administration's attempt to "spin" its own version of Irangate. Examines the…

The right to create and reject new forms of knowledge and challenge received wisdom is becoming the privilege of a shrinking professional elite. Glib adoption of liberal rhetoric can disguise antihumanist objectives, wherein empowerment could merely mean choosing competencies defined by others and personal development means becoming economically…

Suggests that academics in English studies should frankly acknowledge that they are promoting those values that seem best to them, as liberal arts educators have always done. Offers Steven Mailloux's book "Rhetorical Power" as an example of the difficulties of retreating behind method. Suggests a theoretical path out of the dilemma. (RS)

Adult and continuing education should move beyond traditional, production-oriented views of leadership toward reconceptualizing work, learning, and leadership in terms of programs, policy, politics, people, and the profession. (SK)

The failure of U.S. politicians and citizens to respond to the plight of U.S. children living in poverty is discussed. Efforts of the National Association for the Education of Young Children to build a collective commitment to basic principles regarding young children, in both the early childhood profession and the culture at large, are described.…

Critics review 14 books recommended for school board members' summer reading. (MLF)

Provides political background on the National Research and Education Network (NREN). The growth of computer information networks is discussed, including the INTERNET and NSFNET; the legislative process involved with creating the NREN is explained; and the future prospects for a National Information Infrastructure (NII) are discussed. (LRW)

Looks at the history of the outcome-based education (OBE) movement and offers opinions from a variety of federal and state officials and Christian organizations. Discusses the fit between OBE and vocational-technical education. (JOW)

Shows that residents in and near Richmond, Virginia (the state capital), are significantly more knowledgeable about state politics than are residents living elsewhere in the state, and that Richmond residents are exposed to far more news of state politics and government. (SR)

Discusses the career and achievement of the British writer Matthew Arnold. Focuses on Arnold's status as a symbol of conservatism in the current culture wars. Argues for a recuperation of a true representation of Arnold's achievement. Illustrates the dangers of misrepresenting major literary figures invoked in cultural disputes. (HB)

Argues that leftists err in rejecting, as dogmatically as conservatives endorse it, a restored emphasis on basic skills and knowledge which might be a force for liberation if administered with common sense, openness to cultural pluralism, and application of basics toward critical thinking rather than rote memorization. (RS)

The imagery of community education emphasizes the organic and the political, the cultural and the dynamic of travel. In the nineties, these images will continue to be used as bridges between the real world and relevant thinking. (SK)

The 1983 "education at risk" booklet pushed by Reagan-Bush regime left nothing but the timidly obedient Terrell Bell, the feisty, right-wing true believer Bill Bennett, the pitiful Lauro Cavazos, the self-centered Lamar Alexander, and monstrous national debt built on trickle-down economics. President Clinton's plan to…

Provides an interpretation of the U.S. Congress Joint Committee on Printing (JCP) efforts to control departmental publishing from 1919 to 1921. Topics addressed include the JCP and the War Department, the role of the JCP in the defeat of the League of Nations, and the issue of separation of powers. (126 references) (LRW)

Analyzes the efficiency of earmarking lottery revenues. Findings suggest that this practice does not benefit the statutory recipients. Earmarking has been concurrent with declining educational expenditures in real terms in all five education lottery states. Education expenditure trends of the six nonlottery states are indistinguishable from those…