Describes a program in which native English-speaking students were immersed in a Spanish-only environment for a week. The program was so successful that teachers asked for, and got, their own program. (IRT)

The author focuses on problems related to faculty turnover, the inclusion of morality issues in the curriculum, the potential of television, and the job market for college graduates. (IRT)

The label "new realism" applied to some adolescent novels conceals the conventional values that are being affirmed in these books. (IRT)

A survey indicates that principals, advisors, and student editors lack adequate knowledge of First Amendment precedents involving student newspapers and tend to make judgements on the basis of self-interest rather than on the law. (Author/IRT)

After discussing the current state of multicultural programs, the author presents six strategies for improving them. The strategies deal with school district commitment, enrichment and mainstreaming, comprehensive planning, diversity in hiring, differentiated staff development, and formative evaluation. (Author/IRT)

The author discusses what she learned about General Education Development (G.E.D.) programs before teaching in one and while teaching in one. (IRT)

A fifth-grade teacher describes the program he used to cover death, dying, and funerals in a three-day unit. (IRT)

The author criticizes some of the methods of teaching death education discussed in the immediately preceding article. (IRT)

Mainstreaming must be conceived of, not as changing the special child so that he will fit back into the unchanged regular classroom, but rather as changing the nature of the regular classroom so that it is more accommodating to all children. (Author)

As a result of efforts to reform New Jersey's method of financing education, education has become enmeshed in state-level politics while, critics assert, little is being done to improve urban education. (Author/IRT)

The new leadership in China wants to move toward higher educational efficiency, excellence, and merit. (Author/IRT)

Although school boards can now be directly sued, students and others will find it very difficult to prove the sort of harm that will justify the award of monetary damages. (Author/IRT)

We must show the developing countries of the world that we have not only a workable form of government, but a sustained faith in the democratic creed; a faith that can meet and conquer the challenges to democracy. (Author)

Presents evidence indicating that the liberal social policies of the 1960s have had a significant impact on the representation of Blacks in higher education and on the upward socioeconomic mobility of Blacks. (IRT)