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…

Presents a broad range of statistical data on the welfare of White adolescents, ages 16 and 17. Focuses on poverty, family, the school, government programs, academic performance, moral character, and health. Reports that adolescent welfare has declined in every area since 1960 and discusses the implications for social scientists and policymakers.…

The authors advocate a supported work approach for disabled youth which features four components: (1) job placement, (2) job site training and advocacy, (3) ongoing assessment, and (4) follow-along and transition. Logistical considerations of such an approach in the public schools are explored, including transportation, community-referenced…

The contents of a manual for peace education, intended primarily for the parents and teachers of preschool children, is outlined. The manual outline was prepared as the result of an international meeting sponsored by the World Organization for Early Childhood Education in France in May 1982. (RM)

The purpose of public education and the role of professional people who contribute to current educational problems are explored in this article. Schools often encounter failure due to the diffuse and sometimes contradictory goals that are pursued. (DF)

The organizational climate of a school influences personal interaction, student learning, and personal growth. Suggestions for improving the educational environment of schools are offered. (DF)

Presents a transcontextual model for intervening with families of underachieving school children. Reviews the literature, and presents the model with specific guidelines for implementation. Results of a pilot study indicate an improvement of general school functioning and of grade point averages in 81.3 percent of those surveyed. (Author/MCF)

The sharp increase in double-income families has raised questions about responsibility for before- and after-school care for children of working parents. The role of the school, parental practices, effects of self care, and existing programs and services for latchkey children are reviewed. (MT)

Because of the increasing capabilities of man to destroy himself, it is important that the United States resolve the extremes of the adversary relationship between the legislative and executive branches of its government. Options for change are presented. The role of education is discussed. (RM)

Various plans, including direct delivery of primary health care in public schools, are being suggested due to concern about the health of this nation's school children. The development of the role of the school in health care is explored. Current trends in school health programs are discussed. (Author/DF)

Introduces articles addressing philosophical dilemmas raised by consideration of common school's role in a changing, multicultural society and examining implications of multiculturalism for schools in a democratic nation. Argues that improvements must be generated school by school and that prototypes for healthy schools must evolve over time. (CMG)

Schools and schooling do more than mirror the society they serve--they mirror the society to be. (MM)

Describes the Piney Woods Country Life School, which provides for the education of black children from deprived social and economic backgrounds. (Author/AM)

Article considered a representative sample of claims levied by revisionists of school policy and attempted to respond to the question of what schools could have done to have been more effective. (Author/RK)