Career guidance for high-school youth who are gifted is discussed. Strategies for providing educational opportunities for students who need greater challenge are outlined. These include extracurricular activities, advanced placement courses, advanced research and discussion seminars, foreign language and cultural education, and vocational and…

Focuses on multicultural education within the context of Brown v Board of Education and discusses the ongoing educational inequities in American schools since the Supreme Court's decision. It also offers a model for the effective implementation of multicultural education in American society. (GR)

Discusses how environmental education (EE) can provide opportunities for development of higher order thinking skills such as learning critically and creatively, and learning to think in an integrated manner--in terms of identifying alternatives, using multiple sources, designing novel approaches, and identifying real and potential solutions.…

This paper argues that, rather than emphasizing differences in the educational needs of children, what is needed is a way to emphasize the links between special educational needs and the needs of all learners, and those links should be used constructively as a resource for improving learning opportunities for all children within the general…

Definitions of equal educational opportunity have evolved from access to schooling, to equal spending per pupil, to variable spending per pupil depending on individual need. Although the quest for funding equity has dominated recent legal and political actions, funding adequacy deserves great attention. A single-minded pursuit of equity may lead…

Analyzes documentary evidence about ability grouping and tracking for educating diverse student populations. The article discusses the historical treatment of individual differences, clarifies why and how schools function at present, presents pros and cons of ability grouping and tracking, and discusses the impact of immigrants on issues of equal…

Argues that although Mauritius has an official policy of equal educational opportunity the policy is not effective. Part 1 discusses the historical development of the education system; part 2 reviews literature on women, education, development, and the labor market; and part 3 discusses current economic challenges and their relation to educational…

Quasi-market reforms have been detrimental to vocational education in England. Prereform inequities have been reinforced and the quasi-market creates different opportunities for students based on social class. Reforms have increased information flows to parents, but only certain groups of educational consumers have been empowered. (SK)

Investigated how black South-African 11th graders conceptualized their outlooks on the past and future. Analysis of in-depth interviews showed that, despite having come of age in a society that was designed to oppress, students were committed to high educational goals, were determined to seize opportunities they perceived were available to them,…

Describes how the author used a young adult novel as a catalyst for discussing and investigating issues of social inequity in schools in her sixth-grade advanced language arts class. Describes how, by discussing how placement in advanced classes is determined, students learn to look more carefully and critically at how schools function in society,…

In France, the democratization of access to higher education has allowed young people from various social classes to attend college. However, institutions of higher learning have had to make financial, organizational, and pedagogical adaptations to mass schooling. Students have varied living conditions and must tackle autonomy and initiative…

Analyzes the Central Council for Education's (CCE) reform proposals in the 1990's, placing them within the context of developing the concept "equality of education opportunity" as applied to educational policies in Japan since 1945. Provides three reasons why the CCE's proposal of a new type of secondary school would be destructive. (CMK)

This article examines the literature for examples of multimedia use within specific classroom learning environments and relates those applications to students with learning disabilities. It discusses opportunities for students; particular challenges encountered by teachers; and use of multimedia as a demonstration station, learning research…

Examines effects of aggregated indicators of concentrated disadvantage on access of the 17-18 cohort to high school matriculation, comparing Arab and Jewish localities in Israel. Suggests that Arab localities secure a significantly lower access to educational credentials. (CMK)

Information and communication technologies, especially the Internet, have vastly increased access to information and educational opportunities. Steadily increasing consumer demand is driving the development of online educational materials. The end result may be a "fragmentation" of learning involving multiple learning providers and delivery modes,…