Literature on independent schools in Great Britain and the United States describe four major functions of the independent school: (1) providing an academic education with higher standards; (2) providing more desirable peer group associations, (3) providing status validation, and (4) enhancing opportunity for pursuing higher education. For journal…

Racial and social class factors as a determinant of school achievement for minority group children are discussed with reference to the many empirical studies in this area. (Author/AM)

Research data on the relation of delinquency, socioeconomic status, and educational experiences are reviewed. (GW)

This article focuses on bringing some philosophical analysis and clarification to the language used in discussing multicultural education and cultural pluralism in American society. (MM)

Concludes that doing demonstrations and innovations is "good" so long as we are willing to pursue "goods" other than gains in student cognitive and affective behavioral outcomes. The situation for public education is unsatisfactory because the effort has not been clearly productive. A viable new beginning requires the alteration of fundamental…

"The real crisis in our schools is in attitudes, social relationships, and our concern for each other. Considers the use of discipline in schools and an "interpretation of the fair administration of discipline". (Editor/RK)

This paper describes specific programs created through partnerships between employers and educators. It looks at how employers view schools, explores what schools do that affects the workplace, addresses the effect of early work experiences on young people, and attempts to view the future of such partnerships. (MT)

Discusses interpersonal violence in the schools, along with specific roles that counselors can assume in interviewing and creating solutions for change at different system levels. (Author)

This article asks and discusses 23 questions that can help schools determine how well they are accommodating the needs of single and working parents and their children in several areas: the organization and scheduling of activities, teacher sensitivity to family types, and support and counseling for parents and children. (PGD)

Examines the problems associated with maintaining ordinary senior middle schools (high schools) in China. Focuses specifically on the difficulties of paying equal attention to vocational and college preparatory programs. (BSR)

The students of the Santo Domingo Public School (New Mexico) are all members of the Santo Domingo American Indian tribe. When they reach ninth grade they move into a more diversely populated school. To help the students adjust to the change, the School Improvement Through Communication Program was initiated in 1984. (MD)

During the past few years a significant and influential literature has emerged that has had as its focus the theme of the school as a transmitter of the ideology of capitalist society. It is argued here that schools not only transmit ideology but generate and transform it as well. (RM)

The "latchkey" child who spends time at home alone is vulnerable to a variety of crisis situations. Suggestions are offered to help this child become more self-reliant and better able to deal with fears, boredom, and danger. (DF)

Explains current practices in gifted education as they relate to the schools' role in legitimating existing patterns of social stratification. Argues that schools provide noncognitive instruction to gifted students to thwart their development as intellectuals. Evaluates the extent to which gifted education programs are elitist. (KH)

Compares two school-based models of ethnic cultural pluralism: the private religio-ethnic model of American Jews and the public-secular-ethnic model of Mexican Americans. Predicts that both will persist for a time, but that public and government discontent regarding financing bilingual/bicultural education might force Chicanos to develop private…