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King, Joyce Elaine – 1995
This paper is an interpretive review of selected sources in black studies, historical and literary scholarship, and research in the social sciences and multicultural education. One purpose of the review is to clarify the nature and production of culture-centered knowledge in African American intellectual thought, educational research, and…
Descriptors: Black Studies, Blacks, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Osguthorpe, Russell T. – 1999
This paper describes two cases that illustrate the role of collaborative reflection in developing a culture of inquiry and individual and organizational renewal in school-university partnerships. Three assertions underlie the study: that individual renewal leads to organizational renewal; that developing a culture of inquiry is a prerequisite to…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Graduate Study
Sayed, Yusuf – 2000
This paper reviews postapartheid educational policy between the 1994 and 1999 elections. Its objective is to interrogate the different concerns, approaches, and implications of the various policies that have been formulated to fundamentally transform the legacy of the apartheid system. Five principal concerns are discussed: (1) the historical…
Descriptors: Apartheid, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
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Ivory, Gary; Derlin, Roberta – 1999
This paper examines how competing demands for accountability in public education are grounded in different visions of the role of education in a democratic society. It also suggests that accountability in education is being profoundly shaped by the technological revolution. While some contradictions in accountability stem from different goals for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Communication Problems, Educational Administration
Hoge, John Douglas – Social Studies, 2002
The past decade has witnessed the development of character education efforts in many schools across America. Professional journals and the popular press abound with character education articles that explain the need, articulate the principles of practice, or recount details of schools' programs. The prominence of character education and its…
Descriptors: Values Education, Social Studies, Citizenship Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Torres, Carlos Alberto – 1983
Although education, as an activity mandated, sponsored, and supervised by the capitalist state, is as much an apparatus of the state as any other state agency, it is far more democratic, open to change and innovation, and subject to potential community control than any other state apparatus. To understand education's function in a capitalist…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Community Control, Democracy, Educational Innovation
Cable News Network, Atlanta, GA. – 1995
These classroom guides for the daily CNN (Cable News Network) Newsroom broadcasts for the month of June provide program rundowns, suggestions for class activities and discussions, student handouts, and a list of related news terms. Topics covered by the guides include: (1) amusement park physics, media resources and literacy, and the war in Bosnia…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Class Activities, Current Events, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Hall, Jenny – 1996
The sixth meeting of the Council of Europe Network on school links and exchanges, held in Solothurn, Switzerland, from October 5-7, 1995, was attended by delegates from some 30 member states, observers from international and nongovernmental organizations, teacher trainers for school exchanges, and representatives of Swiss institutions and schools.…
Descriptors: Cultural Exchange, Cultural Interrelationships, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education
Mason, Peter – 1985
This comparative study of private education in the United States and Canada discusses each country's national background, historical development of education, the legal and constitutional position of the private sector, statistical information on schools and pupils, the variety of private schools, and the status of and future prospects for private…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Developed Nations, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Bronstein, Carolyn; And Others – 1993
A study investigated children's attitudes, information sources, and interest toward the 1992 presidential election. Focus groups were conducted one week before the 1992 presidential election with 13 fourth- and fifth-grade elementary school children. Results indicated several themes: (1) overall, the children's knowledge of abstract concepts like…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Information Sources, Intermediate Grades
Lindle, Jane Clark – 1998
Kentucky has witnessed many changes in educational administration. An assessment of those changes, with a focus on school boards, was done. School boards are not efficient bodies and this is not a problem. If efficiency was the top concern, then minimizing time and costs would be dominant and schools would suffer. School boards are not…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Lockwood, Anne Turnbaugh – 1998
This book helps with the implementation of academic standards and reviews the reflections and experiences of educational leaders who have been pioneers in the standards movement. The text features a brief overview of some of the questions that surround the topic of standards for content and performance. These questions include: why do we need such…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Competency Based Education, Educational Change, Educational Quality
Landsverk, Ruth Anne – 1998
The Families in Education Program sponsored by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is dedicated to nurturing a family-community-school partnership and provides this packet for schools to use throughout the year to promote families and learning. The articles in the packet contain ideas for making family-community partnerships work in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Citizenship Education, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Williams, Bret C.; Miller, C. Arden – 1991
Earlier observations on U.S. infant health and survival as compared with other Western industrial democracies are extended in a study of preventive health services for children from infancy through adolescence and to the social benefit programs that support their families. This report looks at the condition of children in 10 European countries…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Children, Comparative Analysis
Schmuck, Patricia A.; Schmuck, Richard A. – 1989
Small town school boards are made up of conscientious, hardworking, and caring citizens who face arduous economic challenges and difficult educational dilemmas. The changing economy of small towns has led to fewer professionals and business owners participating in boards of education, a rift between educators who are bureaucrats and board members…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education