Explores issues about the fairness of the present arrangement barring public support for private religious schools, showing that the arrangement is based on a consensus formed during the 1920s that established a strong conceptual separation between public and private, where religious schooling is relegated to the private sector, and cautioning…

Defends race- and gender-based affirmative action against recent attacks by liberals and conservatives, arguing that a need-based approach is not an adequate substitute and demonstrating that there are three independent moral foundations for a race and gender approach that are not adequately met by the need-based alternative which would make…

The central concern of this essay is the role that contextual considerations play in understanding and evaluating the past. (MM)

The Holmes Group Report is distinguished from the Carnegie Report "A Nation Prepared." Holmes Group proposals regarding liberal education, differentiated staffing, and professional training are addressed. The potential influence of "Tomorrow's Teachers" is discussed. (Author/MT)

Article discusses different well-known educational philosophies and how improvements can be made in the educational system. (MM)

This article discusses the author's attempt to understand some aspects of Japanese society and his reflections on the role that philosophy of education, anthropology, and other disciplines can play in grappling with issues of intercultural understanding. (IAH)