Reprinted from Arcturus," v1 n4, Mar.1971. Discusses altering school hours to meet needs of students during dark months" of December and January. (LS)

Describes the family power equalizing" plan which would permit a return to the family as the primary locus of decision within a publicly financed system of education. (Author/LR)

Presents a study which investigated the family learning environments of 990, 11-year-old children from 12 Australian primary schools. Interviews with parents inventoried their aspirations, attitudes towards their childrens' achievements and independence, and their stress on English and reading skills. (AM)

Home-based self-employed workers (n=46, including 35 women) viewed home work as a valuable nontraditional option, especially mothers who combined work and child care. Family-work conflicts and economic issues sometimes replicated negative, exploitative conditions of traditional workplaces. Gender, family status, resources, race/ethnicity, and…

Discusses the work of the Center on Families, Communities, Schools and Children's Learning related to the theory of overlapping spheres of influence and the framework of six major types of involvement. Summarizes the results of center studies that could help schools build better programs of partnership. (JOW)

Examines parent opinions on homework between 1900-60, investigating parents' voices in the history of U.S. education and discussing modern day controversies regarding the school-family interface. The article explores whether, in educational policymaking, the family should follow the school's wishes, or vice versa, concluding that if parents want…

Interviews with 30 self-employed men and women indicated that family intrudes more on work for women, work intrudes more on family for men. Women emphasize the importance of self-employment flexibility for balancing work and family. Gender identity is deeply embedded in the process of constructing links between work and family life. (SK)

Explores why, although academe may seem like a perfect environment for raising children, some women leave their coveted faculty slots when babies arrive. (EV)

Dominance analysis investigated the effects of organizational context and work-family organizational support on several outcomes for 147 employees. Work-family support contributes to job satisfaction and organizational commitment most strongly through its impact on work-family conflict. However, variance in employee affect is better explained by…

A model investigating effects on career commitment of job involvement, organizational commitment, and job satisfaction added the variables achievement need, work ethic, and extra-work factors (family involvement, number of dependents). Tested with 228 subjects, the model supported the effects of achievement need and work ethic but not extra-work…

Discusses efforts leading to changes in homework policies and practices, problems experienced by students with disabilities, and how schools have addressed these issues. Focuses on home-school communication patterns as a key variable in improving the homework performance of students with disabilities. Reviews several studies that establish the…

Notes that when parents or guardians are closely involved in what is occurring at school, their children benefit. Considers the importance of how best to involve families in the educational process. Notes that home-school collaboration is necessary to accomplish more general, ongoing tasks, such as completing homework. Summarizes research and…

Analysis of data from 234 college seniors supported the social-role theory hypothesis. Those whose mothers had worked outside the home were less concerned about career-marriage conflict. Those who planned to delay having a family had fewer concerns about conflict. (Contains 55 references.) (SK)

Reports on data collected in interviews about the relationships between lesbian-parent families and their children's schools. The central focus is on themes and issues identified by parents as important in the lives of their families as they interacted with schools. These interactions provide information about successful and failed strategies to…