As Brookline, Massachusetts's experience shows, communities can be duped by the Europhobia, national self-hatred, and hostility hidden behind "politically correct" concepts like multiculturalism, critical thinking, and diversity. School administrators should examine how ideological thinking may be affecting their schools. A sidebar…

Summarizes adult education projects in Spain from Friends of the Country Societies in 1793 to Luzuriaga's Free Institution of Education. Describes present reform movements in the post-Francco era and various models: open education, popular schools, public adult education, peasant schools, popular universities, and centers for culture promotion.…

Reconstructs the use of the term antifascism in an historical, sociopolitical, and pedagogical context. Maintains that antifascism is not an adequate educational concept, but rather serves the ideological needs of teachers and social workers at odds with right-wing theorists. Contends that the concept does not address the needs of young people.…

Considers critical thinking in terms of its political and civic functions and the educational conditions that facilitate its development, use, and growth. Argues that the authoritarian and bureaucratic nature of schools exerts a significant and restrictive influence on the thinking of the young. (DMM)

This article discusses a number of proposed reforms for Canadian universities in the 1990's which are in line with the values and goals of 1960's student rebels. Primary attention is paid to U.S. student activists. Historical and modern conceptions of politics, education, and political education are discussed. (IAH)

Criticizes President George Bush's minimalist education budget as a lot of noise with little substance. Instead of adopting the President's education program and budget, Congress invested heavily in increases for Chapter 1 and Head Start. The President will most likely emphasize deregulation and federal program requirement waivers for school…

Rather than resolving the tension between egalitarian goals and educational excellence in favor of either side of the polarity, advances a theory whereby the two are seen as compatible and interdependent. Adumbrates their mutually supportive interrelationship in a framework drawing upon perennial philosophical views of the nature of freedom. (DMM)

Teachers should examine classroom questions, assignments, and activities to determine if any of them actually violate rights of student and family privacy. Lists an example of classroom questions that signal possible invasion of privacy, and guidelines for invasion of privacy charges. (MLF)

Reviews Democratic and Republican party platform statements relevant to education between 1900 and the present. Currently, the parties are struggling to resolve government's role in relation to the individual. Reducing government does not necessarily secure development of strong individuals. A consensus to improve education for all students may…

Tests a theoretical model concerning the way elementary school principals make teacher allocation decisions, using a LISREL computer program. Results show that principals making allocation decisions are mainly influenced by antecedent personnel, organizational, and political variables. Includes 23 references. (MLH)

According to Robert L. Simonds, president and founder of the National Association of Christian Educators, public education is a stronghold of the devil that promulgates atheism and immorality. The key to controlling education is to establish Christian Parents' Committees in all 15,700 school districts across the U.S. and elect members to local…

Examines meanings of "pluralism." Suggests that the term sometimes carries a political meaning in its concern with diversity of groups, and sometimes carries a philosophical meaning in its celebration of different ways of thinking, reading, and writing. Notes that the two meanings are dependent on each other. (TB)

A Kentucky high school principal regrets leaving a previous principalship for the superintendency of a small inner-city district. He gradually realized he'd been victimized by his own ego and others' perceptions of him. Playing political games had caused him to lose focus on the students. Principalships are equally stressful, but permit greater…

Presents an interview with a parent who spearheaded a group of parents and residents who took action to preserve First Amendment rights for their children when their school board, responding to pressure from right-wing religious activists, removed a book from the middle-school library. (SR)

In reacting against prescriptivism of language purists, applied linguistics has often advocated a descriptivism that assumes the existence of an unproblematic world that is neatly referenced by words in a language. It is argued that pronouns such as "we,""you," and "they" are in fact very complex and political words,…