The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of known male gang members attending an innovative high school--the Philadelphia Parkway Program--toward the major socializing institutions of our society: schools, government (law enforcement), family, peers, and themselves. The study was also intended to determine the extent to which known…

A four-year followup study was conducted among the 1969 graduating class of the Jackson County Adult Evening High School to assess the educational, social, and/or financial benefits of the program. Comparisons were made with the results of the one-year follow study. Results, based on the 90% of questionnaires that were returned, include the…

This project assessed faculty attitudes at the University of Maryland toward undergraduates in general, blacks, and females by administering three forms of a questionnaire to 204 faculty members. The items on the questionnaire were identical except that the word "black" was inserted in one form and the word "female" in another. The overall results…

This paper summarizes the issues underlying the Amish conflicts with public school consolidation and the enforcement of extended compulsory school-age limits. It calls attention to a long-standing strategy for community control of schools contributing to the maintenance of a culturally divergent minority group tradition. None of the traditional…

FOLLOWING A 4-YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD, STANDARD COGNITIVE AND NONCOGNITIVE MEASURES WERE OBTAINED ON A SIGNIFICANTLY LARGE GROUP OF NEGRO CHILDREN BEFORE AND AFTER AN 18-MONTH PERIOD OF RESUMED FORMAL SCHOOLING IN PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, VIRGINIA. SAMPLES OF STUDENTS COMPLETING SOME FORMAL EDUCATION DURING THE CLOSURE PERIOD AND OTHERS HAVING NO…

The New Jersey Education Consortium (NJEC) conducted a series of training workshops designed to (1) help teachers exhibit behavior in the classroom that communicates respect for differences among students and (2) describe some key areas of cultural dissonance between teacher and learning and demonstrate specific behavior to lessen the dissonance.…

Reports on a five-year study of more than 19,000 adult students or potential students from 35 states conducted to determine the respondents' demographic characteristics, educational plans and preferences, and learning and developmental needs. (DMM)

Interviews revealed the following attitudes of working class high school students: (1) boys resent institutional authority, view school in utilitarian terms, affirm patriarchy, and evidence racism; (2) girls emphasize the centrality of the private and marginalize the public, a wage labor identity, and independence, and downplay a home-family…

Examines reasons why lower-class Blacks largely remain the urban underclass. Looks at factors such as inferior education, Black perception of of the "job ceiling" and belief that application to study will not pay off, and the conflict-ridden relationship between Blacks and the schools. (ML)

A discussion of some admission policy issues arising from the underrepesentation of working class students in British universities looks at the characteristics, standardized achievement test results, the socioeconomic status of college applicants and those admitted, and special issues concerning adult students. (MSE)

A prolegomenon--a "critical discussion to introduce and interpret an extended work"--exactly describes the purpose of this essay, since the Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics (ACCLAIM) is very much an extended work. This essay develops a tentative theoretical framework to help represent…

This study used structured interviews to examine the views of 101 South Australian immigrant families, grouped by country of origin, concerning their educational expectations for their children ages birth to 8 years. The overall research questions were: (1) What are the parental expectations of immigrant groups for the early education of their…

This report examines the employment, further education, and satisfaction outcomes of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal former students who attended public colleges and institutes in British Columbia (Canada). Data were drawn from 1995, 1997, and 1999 surveys of 2,323 Aboriginal and 55,252 non-Aboriginal former students approximately 9 months after…

The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) mandate has pushed the debate on how to educate the limited English proficient child to the forefront. Thus, criticism abounds in several states surrounding the effectiveness of bilingual education programs in our nation's public schools. The opponents state that bilingual education is not working; it is an…

This study examined the types of knowledge influencing classroom teaching in higher education. A total of 102 professors from across North America regarded as exemplary teachers participated in the study. Respondents were asked to recall a time during the last 3 years when they thought that they had done a poor job of teaching as well as a time…