Describes how principals assign teachers and students to single-grade and combination classes. Presents research showing unexpected constraints that fundamentally changed the basis of class assignment and, consequently, the nature of classroom compositions. A case is made that multitrack calendars reduce principals' flexibility to make purposive…

Argues that the pedagogy of self-expression is conceptually confused and internally inconsistent, insensitive to class and cultural differences within American society, and a symptom of the malady of postmodern emptiness. The author uses fieldwork vignettes to introduce a Japanese approach to dealing with children's expressions of feelings.…

Examines the effect of school gender organization on gender differences in teachers' perceptions of organizational control. Results from 629 mathematics and English teachers reveal that in coeducational schools and boys' schools, male teachers perceived greater influence over school policies outside of the classroom than did female teachers.…

Reevaluates the significance of John Dewey's influence on Chinese education from American and Chinese historical and contemporary perspectives. Dewey's singular success supposedly rests in his establishing communication of mind between American and Chinese educators, encouraging the Chinese people to break away from the harmful elements in the old…

Compares the operation and control of public schooling in Australia and the United States by exploring and contrasting the changing roles, concerns, and activities of school administrators, the federal government, the courts, elected officials, citizens, pressure groups, and "new breed" professionals. (Author/MP)

Argues that the empirical evidence upon which Bowles and Gintis's correspondence theory relies is weak. Suggests empirical and interpretive extensions and revisions of Bowles and Gintis's approach. (Author/MP)

Argues that the authors of "Who Gets Ahead?" (Jencks et al., 1979) were wrong to underplay the actual importance of measured ability in the status-attainment process and to claim that the United States is not meritocratic. (Author/MP)

Points out some methodological difficulties in the book "Who Gets Ahead?" by Jencks et al. Argument is derived from comparison with Jencks's previous book, "Inequality." (Author/MP)

Interview data collected in Illinois and California school districts were used to conclude that teacher organizations and collective bargaining were (1) substantially changing the definitions of teacher work roles and the services schools provide children; and (2) altering the primary mechanisms for monitoring the quality of educational service…

Reviews books considered to advance methodological and conceptual issues pertinent to comparative and historical educational research. (Author/DB)

Reviews books which emphasize the modicum of influence exercised by the public on educational policy. Data were obtained on community-school interaction in 17 communities. Control of educational policy was demonstrated to be in the hands of administrators, with tacit consent of the public. (Author/DB)

It is argued that studies of "school effects" must make a clear conceptual distinction between school and schooling as very different results may be obtained by research that does and does not maintain these conceptual and corresponding operational definitions. (Author/DB)

Investigates the sociocultural factors which influenced the development and acceptance of the IQ as a concept and intelligence testing as a procedure in the United States between 1900 and 1930. (DB)

Contrasts the bureaucratic image of schools with four other possible images based on characteristics of social action in sects, legislatures, hospitals, and under anarchic conditions. Aims at developing a greater variety of ways to think about how schools can be organized. Various educational problems and means to resolve them are considered…

Analyses expectations for U.S. public schools since the turn of the century. Considers families, ethnicity and race, poverty, child care, health, television, and employment. Describes experiences and problems of children and families; offers reasons why public education has problems; and discusses a current philosophy of attendance, access, and…