The philosophy of music education has grown remarkably during the last decades, and now has all the characteristics of an academic discipline, including a growing scientific community and several forums for public discussions--the MayDay-Group and its e-journal "Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education" are one proof of that,…

Much debate continues about whether the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) has actually improved the academic achievement level of poorly performing students or only created yet another layer of government oversight to an already heavily burdened public school system. Drafted in 2001 and signed into law in January 2002, NCLB provided the…

Cherbourg State School is some 300 kilometres northwest of Brisbane. It is situated in an Aboriginal community at Cherbourg with approximately 250 students, all of whom are Indigenous Australian children. Cherbourg State School aims to generate good academic outcomes for its students from kindergarten to Year 7 and nurture a strong and positive…

The ways in which a paradigm of empowerment can be adopted in schools are explored in this book. The book is divided into two sections--the importance of being a paradigm pioneer and the Future Empowerment Paradigm--and focuses on four points: (1) The systemic inertia that keeps schools tied to a familiar, comfortable, unproductive, and…

Some of the reasons why the new social studies can expect a bleak future were discussed. They include the costs of instructional materials, the difference these materials have compared to traditional materials, and teacher education programs versus implementation of social studies materials. (Author/RK)

Author, recognizing what he sees as a mindless drive toward accountability in education, attempted to move educators closer to examining the theory underlying their actions. (Editor/RK)

Among the themes of this article were that much talk about standards is shallow and emotive and that teachers need to overcome a historically legitimate but now irrelevant opposition to the notion of the assessment of standards. (Author/RK)

Article outlined the condition of New Jersey's budget with its problems, recent history and future prospects. (RK)

Article provided isolated comments of various group members who gave a realistic and revealing description of the past, present, and future of collective negotiations. (Author/RK)

More people are involved in the process than ever before, but a few key actors, center stage, must still sift through the mass of evidence and make the final decision. (Editor)

Schools have become separated from society and social issues through the practice of "transition education." More specifically, by stressing the preparation of students for society, schools accept the present structure of society as a given and therefore neglect their responsibility to educate. Since schools play an educational role in…

In fall 1982, a telephone survey was conducted to determine the attitudes and opinions of residents of the Wayne County Community College (WCCC) District toward the college and its programs. Study findings, based on usable interviews with 295 District residents, included the following: (1) 35% of the respondents named WCCC as the community college…

Three areas of concern relative to Tongan Americans' acculturation to the United States are the focus of this paper. First, Tongan Americans believe that a high school education is sufficient. Although Tongan families come to the United States in the name of education, once they are here their objectives change. Seeing that high school graduates…

This report presents tables summarizing 2,109 Canadians' reported opinions on education from a 1984 survey conducted by the Canadian Gallup Poll under the direction of the Canadian Education Association. Data are included for Canada as a whole and are also broken down by region; by the respondents' age, sex, education, income, occupation, mother…

The people reveal fears about "crime in the schools" and offer opinions on treatment of "noninterested" and recalcitrant students, training for citizenship, sports participation by girls, teacher tenure, four proposed constitutional amendments, and on many other questions. (Editors)