Discusses recent research showing that certain teaching techniques may be successful with students from one cultural milieu but not from another. Argues that forcing children from language or ethnic minorities to use reading in middle class ways can estrange such children from their origins. (FL)

Discusses the role of schools in preparing students to confront future problems of society. Outlines secondary-school-level teaching modules on underemployment and the end of affluence. Suggests that we must acknowledge the probability of extraordinary attempts of the disillusioned young to change the system. (Author/KC)

Action research, enlisting teacher participation in study of aspects of school life, investigates teacher-centered program to help elementary school children with low self-concepts. Teachers play significant role in helping children perceive themselves more positively, and benefit personally from involvement in study. (NRB)

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)

Analyzes two private, secondary school rituals to determine why private schools are more effective than state schools in socializing students into acceptance of and support for the culture of the school. (Author/MW)

Discusses the historical fallacies and cultural assumptions surrounding the "literacy myth" in Western society. Includes an extensive list of references. (PD)

Educational administrators, who are largely conservative, must realize that the New Right is actually reactionary rather than conservative and seeks to change the role and function of the public school. (Author/JM)

Two major questions need to be asked by teacher preparation institutions: (1) What ought to be the key areas of study for youth in the decade ahead? and (2) How should teachers be prepared to teach in these areas? Six concepts are suggested for a teacher education program for the 1980s. (JN)

Argues that the democratic and social reasons that led to the establishment of public schools are still compelling today but that public schools will falter if concerned parents, whose support is critical, become convinced that private schools are their only option for quality education. (Author/SJL)

Recent educational policy in Canada and the United States assumes equality of access results in equal opportunity. Since sociological findings offer little support for the notion that schooling causes equality, the educational assumption of Canada and the United States is highly arguable. Unfortunately, the schools cannot ensure equality of…

The authors argue that our society is changing so rapidly that schools can no longer simply transmit traditional skills and values or try to meet change with small-scale "innovations." A true "futures perspective" is needed. (Part of a theme issue on the future in education.) (SJL)

The author proposes that, to meet the needs of the future, we must develop a learning society composed of self-directed learners with the capacity to solve critical interdisciplinary problems using value judgments. (Part of a theme issue on the future in education.) (Author/SJL)

While public schools recognize a responsibility for educating the pupil for a citizenship role, they fail to participate in the second most usual role--that of being a parent. Pros and cons in the case for including parenting education in school curriculums are presented. (DS)

The author develops a model illustrating the transformation of signals into information, into knowledge, and into wisdom. Using this model, he suggests that (1) education be distinguished from schooling, and (2) lifelong learning should focus on decision making and orchestrating resources for societal good. (SK)

The adverse effects of socialization through education are discussed. Socialization's impact on nondominant class, race, and (particularly) sex groups are noted, and options for dealing with the problem are presented. (JMF)