Reports on exploratory study that used individual interviews and a focus group to investigate how women in Black-White heterosexual relationships describe their racial identity development over the course of the relationship. Participants described a process of restorying constraining narratives of racial identity into empowering racial identities…

Tests the application of empowerment theory with a sample of 73 Latino undergraduate students. Results from an experiment focusing on ethnic identity and consciousness suggest a direct effect of ethnic consciousness on the cognitive aspects of political empowerment but not its behavioral aspects. (JPS)

Describes the Whole Schooling Consortium (and invites participation in this growing network). Notes it draws from and builds on the experiences of progressive national school reform organizations. Discusses its five principles: empower citizens in a democracy; include all; provide authentic, multi-level teaching for diverse learners; build…

Examines Black student responses to Black Panther Party documents and how those documents moved the students toward change. Maintains that by allowing the classroom to function as a public space which students can discuss the issues that matter to them, teachers can help to foster and encourage student activism and ultimately their empowerment.…

Describes the Florida Tobacco Pilot Program, a focused anti-tobacco initiative that uses youth advocacy training to accomplish its goals. The paper examines several of the Florida Tobacco Pilot Program's youth-related activities, which are designed to empower participating teens to be successful in resisting tobacco products. (SM)

This paper comments on three preceding papers in the same publication on the general topic of self-determination for adults with severe disabilities. The author presents his own simpler definitions of self-determination and draws on his own experience of disability to assess the other articles. Specific suggestions and general needs for policy…

Discussion of Paulo Friere's "critical pedagogy" focuses on this educational philosopher's emphasis on identifying and using each learner's life experiences in instruction. Critical pedagogy is applied to the empowerment of students with disabilities in inclusive educational settings. (DB)

Explores some opportunities open to evaluators as practitioners of organizational development and the advantages and competencies evaluators can bring to such initiatives. Presents eight examples of such opportunities. (SLD)

This pyramid model of team development has four sides--awareness, behavior, communication, and direction--on a foundation of evaluation. The four equal sides of a pyramid represent the equal importance of the different roles, including leader, within a team. All team members are involved in evaluation and deciding what is important, which empowers…

Examines the role that historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played and continue to play in economic development, how these institutions have contributed to the cultural empowerment of African Americans, and the various ways that HBCUs have bridged the gap between the two to make a contribution to African Americans specifically…

Discusses a recent study of the nature of today's college students that revealed the importance of teaching hope as a means of empowering the transitional generation now attending college. This qualitative study reveals the nature of hope and despair and its effect on the learning process from the perspective of 32 college students. (Contains 19…

This article discusses the different kinds of bullies that gifted children face at school, including parents, teachers, coaches, and even other gifted students. Strategies are provided that parents and teachers can use to guide the social and emotional development of gifted children as it pertains to dealing with bullies. (Contains two…

A tradition of predominately feminist literature has revealed that there is a 'missing discourse of desire' in many sex education programmes. Building on this work, this article explores the gendered effects of this de-eroticized and clinical form of education. It is argued that young women and men's (hetero)sexual subjectivities are…

In response to a Critical Notice published in these pages by Roberts (Vol. 32/1,2001), this article notes several specific reservations with regard to Shor's model of empowerment as outlined in "When Students Have Power" (1996). The original book documents one critical educator's attempts at negotiating power in a college classroom setting. While…

Most school districts conduct annual leadership retreats for their school boards, central and site leadership teams and their business and community partners. Holding leadership development retreats for students, on the other hand, is a new and somewhat revolutionary idea. This article describes a series of leadership retreats where faculty worked…