The effects of Australia's increased postsecondary education attendance and some educational policy changes on the labor market are examined. Whether postsecondary education should be expected to provide vocational skills and delay labor market participation, or secondary school vocational preparation should be improved, is discussed. (MSE)

Pressures on dental schools in the form of declining enrollments, fiscal problems, and a changed professional environment for dentists are outlined, and options for fiscal survival are reviewed. Emerging differences between public and private schools and the role of the dental school in the university are discussed. (Author/MSE)

This article discusses findings from a seven-year longitudinal study of 24 junior high students. The study examined ways in which student beliefs about the future were affected by school, family, the economy, and peers. The effects of race, gender, and class on student dreams were also examined. (IAH)

Discusses the background of Sweden's Primary Education Development Project and summarizes five lectures delivered at the 1987 Council for Cultural Cooperation Project No. 8 Symposium (Stockholm, Sweden). Highlighting recent developments in school-based innovation, concludes that locally initiated innovation is most valuable when actively supported…

To help families of latchkey children, school personnel must understand the problems they face; identify families in need of assistance through parent and student surveys and interviews; and provide services to assist them, such as parent education programs, networking, discussion groups, survival skills training, and student assessment and…

Examines the rituals of racial exclusion present in some public schools in southern Georgia. The author discusses the impact of these discursive practices relative to the continuing problem of self-imposed segregation in schools and posits some possible courses of action. Extended implications of these practices are illustrated through interviews…

The Florida Juvenile Justice Act of 1994 reorganized and redefined the juvenile justice system. The Act fosters innovation in response to juvenile crime, with five levels of restrictiveness. It also provides for benchmarks to evaluate the system and defines the responsibility of the public school system in prevention, education, and community…

Discusses the importance of parent and family involvement in education, as outlined by the Goals 2000: Educate America Act of 1994, which introduced a new national education objective calling for increased family and parent participation. Examines techniques and initiatives used by teachers and schools to foster parent and family involvement. (MDM)

Examines John Dewey's remarks about the interrelationship between democracy and education in light of historic conditions in Czechoslovakia and postcommunist realities. Suggests that the world often has little in common with Dewey's social framework which conceived education as a means of guiding children toward active citizenship. (MAB)

Reviews problems facing rural women and minorities, the special educational needs of these populations, and strains on resources of rural community colleges. Provides a context for improving educational services, suggesting that rural colleges emphasize collaboration and coalition building with constituencies in their service areas. (20 citations)…

Presents a sampling of the citations in the ERIC database dealing with democratic participation. Includes works on citizenship, teaching about democracy, citizens' roles, civic education in the schools, sources for materials, and the proper role of schools in preparing students for active citizenship. (DK)

World War II has been seen as a marker, not a period, in the history of education. This misconception persists in two recently published histories of U.S. school curriculum. Wartime curriculum history is a story of both change and prewar continuity in curriculum emphases, organizations, assumptions, and legitimations. Both change and continuity…

Examines policy issues related to the concept of the school as a family support system. Considers (1) prevailing images of family resourcefulness; (2) implications for home-school boundaries of an expanded school role; (3) technical expertise of schools; (4) provision of programs to all families or targeted families; and (5) programs as peripheral…

New Beginnings is a collaborative effort involving the city and county of San Diego, the school district, and the San Diego Housing Commission. The project's Center for Children and Families provides about 200 families with comprehensive family service planning, counseling, prevention, referral, and health education as needed. Success demands…

Examines the programs of the Open University of Israel (OUI) that offer preservice and in-service teacher training. Policies and trends that led to a new model of Israeli teacher education are discussed, and the role of distance teaching universities in teacher training is considered. (15 references) (LRW)