Compares the ideas and conclusions presented in "School Choice and Culture Wars in the Classroom: What Different Parents Seek from Education" (SO 532 108) to "Liberal Equity on Education: A Comparison of Choice Options." (SO 532 109) Argues that these authors want to achieve the authentic common good and simultaneously respect those people with…

A survey of 639 general education teachers resulted in the following recommendations for improving home-school communication about homework for students with disabilities: release and mutual planning time, assignment books, parent attendance at meetings and daily monitoring of homework, and use of telephone networks to promote remote access to…

An author of 26 books for young adults writes about different forms of censorship including rewriting history textbooks and parents who censor themselves by not staying in touch with their children. Citing Cormier's "The Chocolate War" and Golding's "Lord of the Flies" and making reference to the Colulmbine school murders, he illustrates the…

A study of factors associated with better employment and education outcomes for young people with disabilities found that three factors predicted productive engagement in work and education for young women. Early parenting responsibilities or low income predicted less productive engagement, and when young women and their parents agreed on work and…

Examines issues related to the role of home computers and how they may contribute to learning at school by students and the role parents can and should play. Recommends further research in this area, particularly in Alberta, where the mandatory implementation of an integrated approach to technology curriculum is beginning. (Author/LRW)

Presents a case study on the responses of parents, teachers, and headteachers of two English lower schools to an opening up of schools through increased parental involvement. Reports that the idea of the "open" school dominates the data. Explores rationales for and limits to openness. (CMK)

Describes the creation and development of a project at Lake Mary High School in Seminole County, Florida, in which students grew cotton in order to help them experience the production of the art material from the seed to the finished product. (CMK)

In Israel, examines the effect of children's sleeping arrangements (communal versus familial) on the extent of fathers' involvement in their children's lives and their level of satisfaction from fatherhood. Reveals that fathers who sleep at home have a higher level of satisfaction with fatherhood and are more involved in their children's lives.…

Examines the effects of family structure on age at first sexual intercourse before marriage for a recent cohort of women. For neither White nor Black women are results consistent with hypotheses positing earlier initiation of sexual activity for women with prolonged exposure to a single-mother or father-absent family. (BF)

The present study aimed to assess the role of perception in shaping family realities after immigration. Research participants included six Central American parent-adolescent dyads who perceived each other to be further apart in their acceptance of cultural change than indicated by their self-ratings of behavioural shifts towards Western norms. The…

In this article, the author discusses how to help Kyle, a 5-year-old child who is struggling with his parent's new marriage. Kyle's teacher's story describing Kyle's behavior in the classroom as well as the parent's story based on Kyle's home life are presented. Among other things, the author provides an assessment of the situation and offers…

This article discusses the teacher and the parent's story about a child who has difficulty transitioning out of the classroom at the end of the year. The child develops a change in behavior at home and in school and tells that he hates school. Here, the author gives her assessment as well as things that the teacher and the parent can do.

In this paper Japanese and Scottish cultural and ideological expectations about the role of parents and communities in schools are examined. Findings from three case studies of a Japanese school, a Scottish school and a group of Japanese parents sending their children to a Scottish school show that there are clear policy differences between the…

The social and political climate of sex education over the last two decades has dramatically changed, with parents now being encouraged to work in partnership with professionals. This paper seeks to further the argument that involving parents in their child's sex education does matter and can have an impact on their child's future sexual health.…

This paper describes life-span development of understanding about pendulum motion and effects of school science. The subjects were 2,766 people ranging from kindergartners up to 88 years senior citizens. The conflict and consensus between children and their parent's understanding of pendulum motion were also analyzed. The kindergartner's…