To help educators deal with controversial issues, the references in this list of resources address the types of objections frequently raised about instructional materials, ideas for school policy, the position statement of a professional organization on the teaching of controversial issues, teaching suggestions, and related legal considerations.…

Lists futures resources under categories of societal futures publications, educational futures publications, information groups, magazines, classroom resources, and media. Information about the World Future Society is provided. (MLF)

Lists 10 basic texts, manuals, and lesson planning guides on cooperative learning, including works by E. Aronson, S. Ellis, D.W. and R.T. Johnson, S. Kagan, and R.E. Slavin. (MLH)

Outlines the importance and the relationship between the teaching of cultural literacy and the teaching of basic skills (such as reading) to students in the early grades. Points out that educators need to reexamine the slogans that undermine the teaching of traditional knowledge to young children. Includes references. (MD)

Critiquing the previous article, the author points out that to move beyond slogans educators must realize that cultural literacy cannot be scientifically prescribed. Cultural literacy evolves from the complexity of children's backgrounds and experiences, both at home and at school. (Author/MD)

E. D. Hirsch responds to the critique of his article on the need for cultural literacy. He insists that teaching traditional content is socially progressive. (Author/MD)

Stephen Tchudi, the author of the critique of Hirsch's article on cultural literacy, responds to Hirsch's reponse to his critique and asks: Who gets to define traditional content? (MD)

Another reviewer of E. D. Hirsch's new book, "Cultural Literacy," criticizes the book's concepts and points out that a better title might be "Cultural Literacy: How Good Ideas Go Wrong." (MD)

Discusses the amount of violence that children are exposed to and proposes that this can be counteracted in the schools by teaching more about the history of nonviolence in social change movements in this country. Includes five references. (MD)

In a recent survey of parents and early childhood professionals the prevalence of war play among children and an increase in the amount of violence in children's play was noted. Outlines how the deregulation of children's television during the Reagan administration has affected children's exposure to violence in children's television programming.…

Outlines the new movement to teach conflict resolution in schools nationwide. It teaches students how to resolve their differences peaceably in an increasingly violent world. Includes a sidebar with a resource listing. (MD)

Describes the student mediator program developed at the William E. Ferron Elementary School (Nevada). Since the program began, the number of discipline problems referred to the principal has declined. Includes a sidebar outlining the steps used for orientation of mediators. (MD)

A guide to publications and organizations in the field of citizenship education. (MLF)

Discusses 32 books outlining recent advances in the neurosciences and cognitive psychology. For introductory information, readers are referred to three books emerging from the PBS-TV series on the brain. Several books focus on specific brain research developments and on the cooperative/competitive human side of that research. Advanced reading…