Bureaucratic controls are at war with educational goals in our school system. This disharmony drastically affects the teacher/student relationship. The first in a three-part series, this article summarizes complex ethnographic data from the report "Contradictions of Control: School Structure and School Knowledge." Includes 6 references. (MD)

Discusses the levels of educational reform that have taken place during the past century and proposes a reframing of the fundamental questions about school reform and how it works. Includes 4 references. (Author/MD)

Quality versus quantity of information taught in the classroom is a controversial issue in these days of educational reform where academic achievement is measured by test scores. The author asserts that we try to teach too much, wasting time and undermining intellectual integrity. (MD)

The Hammond (IN) School Improvement Process gives teachers a major say in decision-making and in shaping the programs they believe will be best suited to the needs of their students. While the progress of the program is uneven, the prognosis is good. Includes a sidebar on individual schools within the program. (Author/MD)

ABC Unified School District in Cerritos, a suburb of Los Angeles, has made significant changes in management. The District includes teachers in a participative decision-making structure that has provided them a sense of empowerment. Responsibility for implementing changes still remains in the hands of the local schools. Includes a sidebar…

Discusses schools that have successfully accepted students with AIDS, describes recent court cases involving suits against schools refusing admittance to students with AIDS, and reviews school policies about AIDS cases in the schools. Includes discussion of the Center for Disease Control's AIDS guidelines as well as sidebars with the incidence of…

In an open letter to educational colleagues, a retired school superintendent with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) asks school administrators to take responsibility for educating students about AIDS and not waste time debating whether schools or parents should be teaching children about the disease. (MD)

Presents results from a survey of selected school superintendents about how to deal with the disease Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in the schools. They are in agreement that AIDS education should be part of the regular school curriculum. There is no general agreement on how schools should deal with other aspects of the AIDS disease.…

A former high school teacher's poem cynically addresses the burned out teacher syndrome. (MD)

Classroom assessment requires a great deal of time and effort; teachers may spend as much as 40 percent of their time directly involved in assesment-related activities. Yet teachers are not trained or prepared for this demanding task. Includes 17 references. (Author/MD)

The authors criticize an article by John Carrol in the February 1987 "Phi Delta Kappan" in which he discussed the Reading Proficiency Scale issued by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. They feel the Reading Proficiency Scale has limited usefulness. Includes 21 references. (Author/MD)

Outlines 10 resolutions for teachers to follow that will help them empower themselves and continue to influence the course of educational reform in the year ahead. (MD)

Outlines U.S. District Court Judge Kovachevich's decision to return the Ray boys in Desoto County, Florida, to the classroom. These three children, Randy, Richard, and Robert, are hemophiliacs who have been exposed to the disease Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. They had been excluded from the classrooms and came to national attention as a…

The teenage pregnancy rate in the United States is one of the highest in the western world. School administrators rank it as one of their top ten problems. Presents a statistical overview of the problem and the approaches schools are taking to combat teenage pregnancy. The most successful programs have broad community, parental, and student…

To counter the teenage pregnancy epidemic, sex education should be expanded to a twelve year learning program. Schools must develop imaginative and innovative programs geared to their individual and community needs. School-based medical clinics and special programs for pregnant and parenting teens may be necessities in some communities. (MD)