Parents want to know what their children are doing in school and teachers want parents to know what children are doing in classrooms. Looks for an emphasis or method in any of the new or traditional models that will aid in improving the communication between home and school. (Author/RK)

Teacher education should produce teachers capable of facilitating the development of humane people, working for individual self-fulfillment, giving priority to the needs and purposes of the learner, and developing respect for and skills to participate in a democratic society. (MB)

Much of the debate surrounding strategies of what is now regarded as "compensatory" language education is focused on whether is advisable, or possible, to attempt to alter the student's idiolect--the language he brings to school. Examines the effect of policies designed to superimpose the patterns of the standard dialect on non-standard speaking…

How can students best come to "know" the non-Western world? An exchange of letters between a parent and the headmaster of the Tatnall School in Wilmington, Delaware, consider the issue. (Editor/RK)

The Headmaster of a British elementary school describes some of the problems encountered and steps taken to integrate a group of Gypsy children into the school community. (RW)

This study suggests parents (N=66), teachers (N=77), and students (N=550) all seem to agree that student supervision and discipline are low priority counseling functions. The teachers' ratings of guidance attitude statements did not suggest that these additional responsibilities made counselors too busy to meet the other needs of their counselees.…

The challenge of educating a committed citizenry is to change the societal and university paradigm from a strategy of competitiveness to one of collaboration, from a perspective of scarcity to one of sufficiency and inclusion, and from a search for expedient solutions to one that engages and commits to values and a way of life. (Author/MSE)

Explores aspects of schooling children at home, including legal ramifications, resources available to home schoolers, and outcomes compared to students schooled conventionally. Examines the controversy posed by home schooling for public educators and policymakers. (HTH)

Survey of 41 Chicanos and 39 whites ages 18-80 found that despite effects of acculturation, Chicanos held educational and developmental values and beliefs consistent with ancient Nahuatl (Aztec) society, an indigenous Mexican culture. Suggests a need to examine social service delivery systems to determine whether assumptions and procedures are…

Discusses a California initiative to implement high school academic standards to lessen the need for remedial education at the community college and university level. Educators discuss the merits of the initiative, which requires greater cooperation between elementary, secondary, and higher education and concrete standards for all California high…

A study examined the experiences of Mexican immigrant women holding a vocational certificate from a technical school in Mexico. Interviews with eight Mexican women living in San Francisco and rural Idaho indicated that vocational education did not ensure success as measured by common social science indicators. However, the informants were highly…

Discusses the background of arts education policy in Taiwan. Explains that a new curriculum for arts and humanities gives drama a place in the national curriculum. Concludes that people in Taiwan are beginning to use drama as a teaching medium and to use drama as education. (PM)

Narratives used by parents in Mexican working-class families to motivate their children to study are examined for the advice offered and parental attitudes about the importance of school. The integration of contemporary pressures about the value of schooling is investigated, as well as the ways in which the value of schooling is being…

A 3-year study of the views of the parents of 18 African American preschoolers found parents in strong support for explicit instruction in "the three Rs," with an emphasis on phonics instruction. The need to include parents in the dialog about pedagogy and in making instructional decisions for their children is addressed. (CR)

Maintains that America's lowered expectations about education are not a loss of previous American virtues but neither are they a "culture of indulgence" as Damon suggests; they are simply adaptations by the populace to the difficult job of getting along in a highly competitive world. (MDM)