Discusses the Constitutional problems and educational benefits that surround the federal income tax credit law. (RK)

Description of America's first educational voucher experiment. (DN)

Dissatisfaction over non-successful methods of educating Indian children has led to strong assertion of leadership and control by Indian educators. The need for legislation protecting the American Indians' right to self controlled education is discussed. (JB)

The making of a staff developer combines deliberate, systematic training and an accumulation of knowledge, skills, and assumptions based on experience. Staff developers must understand school practices and adult learning theory, shared decision-making and organization of support, and be flexible, creative, and committed to their work. (PP)

Economic philosophies, coupled with ignorance concerning biological and psychological attributes of handicapped and gifted students, have hampered and thwarted educational opportunities. However, because of technological development, a change in societal values, and the drive for freedom and equality, educators now have the opportunity to provide…

Expands on two literature reviews concerning reentry women. Describes programs established to assist reentry women as they pursue a postsecondary education. Discusses the counseling process as it relates to reentry women. Offers recommendations for further research. (Author)

Discusses factors that have helped democratize European education. Specifically examined are compulsory education, increased geographic accessibility, socio-economic and sexual equality, and educational purpose and motivation. Also discussed is why interest in democratization of education exists in most societies around the world. (AM)

Discusses influence and cooperative efforts of Hawaiian and New England women on the success of the American mission in civilizing, Americanizing, and Christianizing the Hawaiian people (early 1820's). Without missionary women, it is unlikely the mission would have been readily received by Hawaiian women and therefore the Hawaiian men. (Author/JN)

Reviews the impact of numerous Black women on American education. Discusses how, because of their overriding interest in educational opportunity, these leaders have often overlooked the issue of educational quality. Indicates that those who subscribe to educating Blacks for social assimilation encounter less opposition than those who emphasize…

The current emphasis on excellence, it is suggested, is used as an excuse to exclude. The more people who are educated, the greater the possibility that collective decisions will be of better quality. Higher education must become more open and more inclusive. (MLW)

Presented is a list of social indicators which OECD has adopted as an international inventory to measure individual well-being. Variables included are health, education, employment, time and leisure, goods and services, physical environment, social environment, and personal safety. (DC)

Assesses results of attitudinal racism in White institutions through examination (by race and sex) of college experience of the civilian labor force for 1977-79. Asserts that a lack of increased Black enrollment and retention rates demonstrate the need for a collective effort to raise the national consciousness in support of equal opportunity. (ML)

Focusing on successful vocational programs for Blacks, this article describes two differently structured secondary-level schools located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: (1) Murrell Dobbins Area Vocational-Technical School and (2) A. Philip Randolph Skills Center. (LRA)

Describes a program that provides educational rehabilitation in a therapeutic setting using Adult Basic Education/General Education Development classes. Data indicated that students who completed six months of training in this program raised their academic achievement level by seven grade levels in math and by five grade levels in English. (Author)