The findings in this study clearly and consistently support the view that Western education does, indeed, have a definite effect on value orientations of youth that is largely independent of the test factors mentioned and is not specific to particular sample subpopulation. (Author)

This article reports on a study undertaken to determine if overweight, mentally retarded students could safely lose weight and maintain their individual losses through a given time period (six months). School personnel and parents instituted minor changes in nutrition and a simple activity program. (Authors/JMK)

Reviews limited research on rural teachers in British Columbia. Finds that rural teachers have more experience than previously, are increasingly male, there is a serious mismatch between teacher expectations and current conditions, and lack of public interest and support has had a damaging effect on today's rural teachers. (BRR)

Describes a study that analyzed the career decision-making process of Australian youth and the influence of home and school in making the decision. Results indicated that at age 14, the major influence was parents, and career resources were rarely used. All students felt the need for career guidance services. (JOW)

Discusses the social role of education. Describes how students and faculty of the School of Education at the University of California at Santa Barbara used "Ground Zero Week" to organize and carry out a communitywide, nonpartisan, educational series of teach-ins on nuclear war issues. (RW)

Presents both sides of the educational voucher issue, examines some voucher experiments around the nation, and concludes with some of the possible effects that voucher plans and their alternatives might have on schools and educational quality. (SK)

Examines education's role in social reproduction and introduces the concept of educational hegemony. Analyzes the view that community participation in schooling is a major strategy in educational and social change from two theoretical perspectives: the phenomenological interpretative approach and the hegemonic thesis. Suggests a synthesis of the…

Traces the rise of boarding school education in Canada. Argues that Cookson's analysis of the process by which pupils in boarding schools are brought to identify with the school's priorities and goals (JC 502 949) is applicable to Canada as well as to the United States. (DMM)

Argues that social studies educational reforms fail because their goals of promoting active citizenship education through the social studies curriculum are inconsistent with citizenship educational functions of the school. Identifies conditions which encourage and inhibit change and recommends change strategies. (Author/KC)

In June of 1982 a Supreme Court decision held that Public Law 94-142 requires only that handicapped students be provided access to specialized instruction and related services designed to provide educational benefit. (Author/JM)

Considers how new technologies may affect the form and style of the British school curriculum. For example, technology is forcing a new role on both school and home. The British Open University uses the home as a major base for self-instruction, where academic work is built around already available media. (AM)

Strong leadership in education is mandatory if change is to occur. Issues examined include: (1) the special needs of a modern democratic society; (2) an environmental versus hereditary view of human development; (3) academic achievement and the effect of schooling on children; and (4) methods for effective preparation of teachers. (JN)

Outlines briefly the organization and social role of the university in Europe during the Middle Ages. The author describes the evolution of the institutional structure from exclusively church-linked schools to self-administering educational bodies. (AM)

Investigated the extent to which school policies and practices influence minority student dropout behavior. Variables which correlated highly with dropping out included: (1) perception of a lack of employment opportunities; (2) discrimination, suspension and expulsion in particular schools; and (3) negative expectations and attitudes of teachers.…