Teacher discusses how to use the lesson of Watergate to teach children about ethical values and liberty. (GB)

Does not question the fact the languages will continue to be taught; but discusses different languages, assuming varying degrees of prominence in accordance with their function. (DD)

Discusses the irrational approach to the interface between the science education profession and political and social world, and indicates the necessity of reform in shaping the future policy through educator's and scientists's abandonment of their professional isolationism posture. (CC)

Project 18 is a course developed to encourage student involvement in the political system. It attempts to teach the importance of an active, concerned citizenry for the democratic process. (Author)

Recognition of the drama in political action enables us to see the stories we act out in our lives; to make our moral judgments; to discern our own inadequacies and those of others; to learn, create, invent. (Author)

Dr. George G. Garver, award-winning superintendent of the Houston school district and subject of EA 501 970, an article by Moselle Boland describing Garver's successes, ousted by the Board of Education. (EA)

The basis of Christian political thought is discussed, why Christian Democratic parties exist in other democratic countries is explained, and how the American political and moral climate may have changed enough to make the formation of such a party feasible in this country is examined. (RM)

The ideas of Luther and Calvin challenged Catholicism and laid the foundation for the conventional American views on church-state relationships. Knowledge of the Protestant tradition in politics is a necessary requirement to an understanding of public life and of Western political culture since the Reformation. (RM)

Provides additional evidence on the role interpersonal communication plays in the diffusion of news about crisis events. Adds information about the rapidity of such diffusion, daily routine and first source, demographic differences and communicative behavior/personal reactions, and possible effects of research methods. (PD)

A study by the Association of Governing Boards that categorized current selection methods and analyzed criteria for trustee selection in public and private institutions is discussed. Three methods of trustee selection are identified: appointment, election, and service by virtue of position. (MLW)

There is a substantial decline of confidence in public education in the United States. This decline mirrors and reflects an erosion of confidence in public authority and institutions in general. Dissatisfaction with public education may well contribute to and, thereby, engender further cynicism towards the state. (RM)

Criticizing the report "A Nation at Risk," this article delineates research that contradicts the commission's findings. Explanations are postulated as possible motivations for the negative attitude of the report. The article points out that the way to improvement includes examinations with more specificity. (MD)