Discusses environmental education and the influence of politics on this field of study. Explores several criticisms of environmental education and tries to defend the field. (SAH)

Points out the role of developing science and technology in politics, society, culture, and international affairs. Presents the example of climate change and The Hague negotiations to illustrate the relationship between science and public policy. (YDS)

Discusses three steps to help legitimize grades as true measures of student success: eliminating superfluous inflationary pressures on grades; having expert teachers offer frank assessments of student progress (and stop teaching to the test) and give teachers authority over grades and the power to dismiss students who cannot or will not do the…

Notes that it is important for educators to remember to avoid battles with critics who tie up and wear down educators with arguing--not arguments--because it drains limited time and energy and pulls them away from more important things like working with children. Suggests that it is more effective to prepare a thoughtful, reflective response…

Discusses how Joel Westheimer, a rising star at New York University who had published and won the support of his department and outside reviewers, was denied tenure after he backed graduate students in a union drive. The university denies a connection. (EV)

Discusses seven themes of social justice, and how their application to Catholic education can help schools better align American social systems with Gospel imperatives: (1) the life and dignity of the human; (2) the call of community, and participation; (3) rights and responsibilities; (4) options for the poor; (5) the dignity of work; (6)…

Draws parallels between the cultural, political, and educational concerns of Antonio Gramsci, Sardinian revolutionary, and Raymond Williams, Welsh labor educator. (SK)

Analyzes the discourse of radio personality Rush Limbaugh, pointing out that he uses the following rhetorical strategies to deliver his political message: anecdotes, stories, and metaphors; double bind; contingency; rapport; authority; humor; emotional words; pacing; questions; missing words; and absolutes. (PA)

Summarizes the development of English language arts standards and discusses the role standards might play in achieving educational reform, both in the classroom and within larger educational units. (SR)

Development of adult continuing education in Cyprus has been influenced by political developments, dependence on foreign models and institutions, the low socioeconomic status of the target population, a different tradition from mainstream education, emphasis on socioeconomic over cultural advancement motives, and its use as a spearhead for…

Discusses how a communications department can thrive and what allows for it to be reduced and threatened with extinction. Provides specific advice for survival: (1) avoid isolation; (2) pursue political positioning; (3) seek support and strong leadership; (4) capitalize on contributions of adjunct faculty; and (5) develop departmental…

Explores the contributions of Gorg Preca, a Maltese priest, to adult education in Malta. Highlights his commitment to democratization of knowledge, outreach to communities, and conviction that knowledge should not be the preserve of an elite. (SK)

Problems of adult education in Turkey, such as funding, research, teacher training, and coordination, are related to politics and to the high degree of centralized decision making. Decentralization with community participation could improve training for adult educators and delivery of adult education provision. (SK)

Ideally, school budgeting should be divided into distinct rational steps: educating staff about budgets, determining the building allocation, setting education goals for upcoming years, determining fixed costs and sharing this information, making requests public, building a cash reserve, and determining and publishing final allocations. (MLH)

Argues that the university has increasingly become an isolated, isolating culture, a bureaucracy of specialized disciplines producing knowledge painstakingly sequestered from the lived world. Argues that composition, as the anti-discipline, has the chance to re-root that stranded knowledge in the lived worlds, and play a part in the rebirth of the…