Although the school has an important role in teaching children good dental care habits, the example and guidance of parents is of first importance in helping children to develop the right attitudes toward dental health and the proper care of their teeth. (JD)

This article suggests that educators and future teachers can learn a great deal about multicultural education by familiarizing themselves with the work of political scientists. (MM)

Examines some major assumptions and myths concerning secondary education and suggests alternative strategies. (Author/RK)

Offers an overview of William Morris's perspective on the system of education spawned by the commerce-oriented nineteenth century society--a system which he saw as governed by an ideology of cheapness and efficiency in an atmosphere of bleakness, non-spirituality, and process-mindedness. Discusses Morris's appeal for true education. (DMM)

Links thinking to intellectual, moral, and emotional responsibility and invites school administrators, teachers, students, and parents to think about thinking beyond academic tasks in order to eradicate nonthinking "I thought" processes that cause irresponsible acts. (JK)

This article provides an overview of private vocational schools with recognition that student needs can only be met when advisers value the unique mission and methods of both private and public vocational schools. It also discusses the the private-public school relationship and job-specific training. (CT)

Schools can play a critical role in the lives of teenage parents. Educational counseling has encouraged some teenage mothers to finish high school. The success of this intervention depends on the teenager's former relationship with the educational system. Many schools make no effort to address the needs of this population. (VM)

Discusses the development of civil defense education following World War II. Examines its effects on the public as atomic bomb drills became commonplace in schools which also served as fallout shelters. Concludes that inadequate portrayal of the horrors of nuclear war produced anger, fear, and disillusionment as the postwar generation matured.…

The winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his contribution to the social sciences discusses the effects on young people of teacher expectations, black separatism, and desegregation in American schools. The major goal of education should be to broaden the perspective of young people. They cannot be truly educated and also be racist. (PS)

The role of schools in promoting a democratic social order is obscured by confused attempts to embed moral dialog in society and by the loss of communities wherein such discourse prompts social action. Schools can assist by realizing the full participative decision making that reconstitutes democracy as a cultural form. (CJH)

Discusses ways of identifying and helping gifted-disabled students--students who possess high intellectual abilities but also have some learning disorder. (FL)

Discusses resources available to help teachers and administrators in serving multicultural student populations. Stresses the importance of parent input into programs for such populations. (FL)

Using three case studies, identifies important variables affecting desegregation design and implementation: (1) in interactions and exchanges between the school system, the courts, and the city (process variables); and (2) in the remedy plan itself and the implementation process (outcome variables). (RDN)

Surveyed 300 junior high school students and 300 college students in 1978 and in 1983 on how involved they believed the school, family, and clergy should be in development of moral values in elementary, secondary and college students. Main effects for years and for age groups sampled and interaction effects for clergy and the school were found.…

Argues that society's capacity to become more powerfully literate depends on its capacity to develop better ways to explain to and to show others what people do when they read and write. Offers ways in which schools and communities can help students go beyond current inadequate but deeply entrenched verbal constructs. (HTH)