This article examines four leadership virtues: hope, trust, piety, and civility. When these four are at the core of leadership practice, the leverage needed for improving even the most challenging schools can be discovered.

A three-year project to reform civics curriculum in the Czech Republic tested a progressivist model by stressing behavioral objectives. A shift was made from subject-centered civic education to skill-based citizenship education based on the abilities needed for democracy. (SK)

Addresses the alleged racist roots of Christian schools and the growth and diversity of black Christian schools that have arisen within the Christian School Movement. (SK)

The Teacher Learning Center at Arizona State University attempts to assist teacher candidates with significant physical, personal, or pedagogical problems. The Professional Attributes and Instructional Development Scales, classroom teacher and supervisor recommendations, and student self-referrals are used to identity those in need of counseling…

Trinity University education majors visited rural mountain schools in North Carolina, finding evidence that countered their stereotypes of the conditions of, family involvement in, and attitudes about education in rural communities. Ways to improve the educational environment through distance education and reduction of inequities were suggested.…

Since 1974, the Australian Capital Territory has been using a school-based management system. Surveys of 29 schools and interviews with 38 board members identified the characteristics of more effective schools that are more accountable to their communities. (SK)

The author argues for the examination of certain historical materials that have already considered educational reform as a basis for current reform movements. She examines an earlier journal, "The Social Frontier," and its views on curriculum to illustrate this point. She relates the publication's themes to contemporary topics in education. (CH)

The author describes the use of the case study method as a teaching tool for preservice teacher education. Potential problems with the use of this method are discussed, as well as the benefits it can produce. (CH)

The author reviews classroom atmospheres that are commonly found in American schools and examines implications for instruction of minority students. Topics covered include (1) teacher expectations, (2) feminization of the classroom, (3) the cooperative context, (4) attribution of success and failure, (5) caring of the teacher, and (6) democracy of…

The author examines select calls for educational reform in several popular periodicals from different periods in twentieth-century America. The periods include the 1910s, post-World War II, and the 1980s. (CH)

Explores the needs of women in education in relation to their recruitment, self-development, and advancement. Reviews use of incentives as mechanisms to achieve educational professionalism and to raise teacher proficiency as it relates to women. Offers alternative incentive models. (CH)

Discusses aspects of the school dropout problem: figures and trends, related youth problems (unemployment, crime and vandalism, drug and alcohol abuse, political alienation, teen pregnancy and childbirth, homicide and suicide), and suggestions for solving the problem. (CT)

The author describes the practice of apartheid in South Africa, particularly as it affects education at all levels. Topics discussed include interracial tensions, sanctions by other countries, and education's role in social change. (CH)

The author reviews the argument that teachers, parents, and children are all interrelated and function within a complex ecology. He summarizes existing models for facilitating teacher-parent interaction and analyzes inappropriate assumptions concerning this interaction. Implications and recommendations for improving the school-community…

The author describes the life and theories of Bertrand Russell, founder of Beacon Hill School. Russell's educational theories centered on the personal autonomy of the student and democratization of the learning process. (CH)