Argues that in most black families, whether low income or not, both spouses share decision making and the performance of expected tasks: national data show that over 70 percent of the heads of black families are males, and that the husband's earnings surpass the wife's in most low income black families. (Author/JM)

Examines both the conflict between American Catholics and the public school systems and the conflict between Negroes and the public schools over governance as aspects of a central problem in American education: the question of minority schooling within the cultural institutions of a controlling majority; few problems have been so constantly…

Argues that the educational system assumes it must prepare students for a highly competitive work society, although the necessity for competition will decline as material necessities and luxuries are increasingly available; as society moves towards a leisure civilization and an equitable distribution of goods, change from competititon to…

Discusses and compares surveys made in 1965 and again in 1971 of the fourth, fifth and sixth grade textbooks of six publishers: the publishers chosen were those most frequently mentioned when a random sample of Minnesota school districts was asked to name the basic social studies textbook(s) being used at the time. (Author/JM)

Two classes of college students -- one an "Introduction to Teaching" class and the other an "Audiovisual Materials and Methods" class -- were taught using as aids the chalkboard, instructional films, the bulletin board, tape recordings, and overhead transparencies; students rated their attitudes towards each of the five aids. (JM)

In this article, the author examines classification practices in constitutional terms; he assesses both the plausibility of treating student classification issues in equal protection and due process terms, and the policy consequences of such treatment. (Editor)

The interview with Marian Wright Edelman concentrated on her interests in children's rights. She has selected several areas of interest such as the exclusion of children from school and labeling and treatment of children with special needs. (Editor/RK)

This article offers a preliminary report and description of the problems and progress of the reforms undertaken by the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services. (Editor/RK)

Article confronted a series of myths about what has been done and what is being done in the field of juvenile justice. (Author/RK)

The author discusses the findings of an eight-year study in which she explored school and agency classification procedures for children based on standardized intelligence tests. (Editor)

The author discusses the status of children's rights according to various philosophical conceptions of social justice. He describes three traditional paternalist views of children and concludes that, on the whole, they are discouraging in their implications for children. (Editor)

Article introduced the subject of busing for purposes of racial integration of schools. (RK)

In this article, the author, who was one of the plaintiffs' counsel in the litigation of Morgan v. Hennington, examined the factual and legal bases of the federal district court's opinion. (Editor/RK)

This essay questioned several key assumptions underlying the application of social research to social policy. (Author/RK)

This article explores the relationship of social identity, cultural communication style and the gatekeeping process. (Editor)