Reviews the historical and contemporary social situation of the indigenous peoples of Guatemala and Nicaragua, including the current conflict between the Sandinista government and the Miskitu Indians. (GC)

Suggesting that urban education should be involved with the politics of a community and focusing on race and class, discusses ways in which students, once sensitized to problems, have solved them. (Author/JN)

An exploration of performance-based education is focused through these questions: What image of human beings does it project? What image of professionals does it project? What purpose does it serve? What image of knowledge does it project? (CT)

Examines the important and different relationships between job scope (complexity) and need for achievement in males and females. Discusses how the relationship between work and nonwork activities varies with the aspect of nonwork under consideration. Notes that job scope is often negatively correlated with intellectual leisure activities. (SB)

Presents a case-study of the role of educational professionals in the passage of California's mandatory graduation competency legislation. Findings showed that the bill was noncontroversial despite its implications. Professional educators and scholars played a limited role in its formation. (AM)

Two aspects of the administrator evaluation process--internal institutional politics and quality--as a dimension of both the evaluation process itself and the performance of administrators are discussed. A case study of administrator evaluation at the University of Toledo is described. (Author/MLW)

A public service internship program at Baylor University is described. Student participants work a minimum of 100 hours per semester at a public or nonprofit agency in a job with a substantial administrative component. In 1976 the program was expanded to include student interns working in political campaigns. (MLW)

Suggests that the most important aspect of successful school desegregation in Seattle was the quality of the political process. Identifies main participants and their organizations which comprise the public decision-making system. Discusses these in light of the political values which characterize Seattle's political culture. (Author/GC)

Predicts that the impact of the new conservative movement on teaching materials and practices will negatively influence the education of girls, and that changes in federal programs will affect affirmative action for adult women as students and educators. Part of a theme issue on women in education. (Author/SJL)

The article presents a brief overview of the state of the art of bilingual education, provides a background on how the government system responds to the opinions of its many publics, and deals with the political implications for bilingual education, and the need to develop political efficacy through Political Action Committee(s). (Author/NQ)

The author reviews the progress made by the Catholic lobby in the 95th Congress toward a tuition tax credit law, noting publicity efforts, opposition groups, and plans for continuing the campaign in the 96th Congress. (SJL)

Argues against using results of minimum competency testing (MCT) as the sole determinant of student classification, promotion, or condition for graduation from high school. Favors accountability, but asserts that MCT is not the best alternative available. (WD)

An interview with former hostage William Keough reveals his perceptions of the political crisis and power structure in Iran, global education, and American schools. (WD)

Argues that several areas of rhetorical criticism on political speeches need reassessment. These include rhetorical biography, the speaker's purpose, issue analysis, organization or identifying patterns of construction within a speech, and style. (JMF)

Discusses six persuasive strategies utilized in Mississippi between 1954-1964 to defend White supremacy, to resist integration, to suppress internal opposition, and to thwart efforts of the federal government to end segregation. (JMF)