Recounts the case of a high school drama teacher in North Carolina who was disciplined after she chose a play for her students to perform, Lee Blessing's "Independence," which contained characters and language a parent found objectionable. Discusses the legal case that ensued and implications for academic freedom and the First Amendment.…

Notes that, while prevention of alcoholism and alcohol abuse has become a national priority, actual programs designed to prevent alcohol abuse among youths assault the sensibilities and cherished values of adults. Describes political aspects of alcohol education and mechanisms within which to recognize and abate program subversion. (Author)

Fear of contracting AIDS has exaggerated the feeling of isolation that AIDS patients experience. This article discusses issues surrounding the spread of AIDS and provides information to deal with AIDS as a health issue, instead of a moral or religious one. (MT)

Describes the difficulties encountered by Virginia localities in marketing their school bonds in years immediately following the "Brown" decision (1954-1959). (GC)

The article discusses community action in the Mora Valley, as the Mora Land and Water Protective Association decides whether--and how--to fight an intrusion into traditional life in the valley by the Mora Research Center (a tree farm operated by New Mexico State University). (Editor/NQ)

Equates the fight for busing, equal education, and school integration with the general struggle against racism. Briefly discusses the history of busing and school desegregation in the Ocean Hill-Brownsville, New York public schools. (Author/GC)

Focuses on ways that an Oklahoma Amish community creates, defines, maintains, and manipulates various symbols in an effort to deal with five problems that threaten the survival of Amish life: disenchanted youth, inroads of modernity, tourism, vanishing farm land, and governmental intervention. (Author/GC)

There is a growing movement to demand reparations for Japanese incarcerated in American concentration camps during World War II. The movement is progressing at a period when those in power are reacting against programs that support Asian Americans. Americans must not ignore the issue as they did 40 years ago. (Author/MJL)

Reports on the findings of a workshop conducted to study the mental health problems of Southeast Asian refugees and to project possible future problems. Findings show the refugees' preconceived notions of America, their inability to communicate, and their feelings of alienation and homesickness underlie most of the emotional problems. (PJM)

The latest epidemic, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), is ending an unprecedented interval of optimism about medicine's ability to conquer illness. (MSE)

Argues that similarities in the socioeconomic and racial climate and the attempt to refute negative gender and race-inspired images were circumstances that were present in the emergence of single-sex schools for blacks. It examines the worth of such schools in affecting positive social change. (GLR)

Describes types of physical punishment used in schools; reasons given for the punishment; and responses by students, parents, and the community. Says that parents who object to corporal punishment of their children receive better redress from the school board or administration than from the courts. (Author/GC)

Describes cases of police abuse of Hispanics in the United States, particularly in the Southwest; examines how community groups and Hispanic organizations are working for the prosecution of abusive law enforcement officers; and discusses improving relations between the police and the community and joint efforts to minimize police abuse in some…

Recent University of Calgary Indian graduates are returning to their reserves, many as teachers, with a sense of being at home and able to serve. This may be due to Native peoples' need for professional services, students' family background and biculturalism, and pressure by Indian groups for special university programs. (SB)

Argues that next to quality of care, location is the most important factor in the success of a child care center. Emphasizes site evaluation; the grand opening; creating awareness in the community through paid advertising; telephone techniques; school tours; a free week of enrollment; and maintaining good parent relations. (RDN)