Reflects on the impact of the broad values that motivated Mina Shaughnessy's work and life. Characterizes three of her beliefs--that teaching makes a difference, that the individual is important, and that literacy is power--and expands on their importance. (RL)

An estimated 110 million children between the ages of 6 and 11--60 percent of them girls--will not see the inside of a classroom this year, and another 150 million are likely to drop out before completing primary school. Yet this is a disease with a known cure. We know what tools are needed and what models are proven to work. We also know that the…

Our narrative focuses on the middle passage of the slave trade in the West Indies. Herein we describe why more men, women, and children were imported in the West Indies than other islands. Specifically, our aim was to address how slaves in the middle passage of the triangular slave trade were treated, how they sustained themselves, and how they…

The meaning of "civil rights" is discussed by various American authors and poets, including Alice Walker, Arthur Miller, Nocholasa Mohr, Felipe de Ortega y Gasco, Laura Z. Hobson, Simon J. Ortiz, Raymond Barrio, John Rechy, and Vine Deloria, Jr. (MJL)

The problems of the use of humans as subjects of medical research and the protection of their rights are discussed. Issues include the use of informed consent, the evaluation of risks and benefits, and the review of research plans by a committee. (JD)

Critiques Marxian "cures" for alienation as discussed in Karl Marx's "Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts." Also traces the activity of a former student who joined the revolution in Cuba. Journal available from 7 Harwood Drive, Amherst, New York, 14226. (KC)

This article discusses the reasons why the Holocaust ought to be included in school curricula and outlines topics for instruction. (MM)

A deaf perspective on success, fulfillment, and autonomy is needed, which calls for accepting every way of being deaf as adequate and valid. Education of children with hearing impairments focuses too much on correcting their disability rather than accommodating their disability and giving them self-esteem and rich, full lives. (JDD)

The AIDS epidemic presents a complex of issues that require global answers, involving entire societies. The only sustainable solution is to include all sectors of society in a multidisciplinary collaboration, within which the formal education system plays a key role in delivering a comprehensive response to the disease at the national level.…

In this article, the authors trace the emergence of an institutional discourse of ethical research and interrogate its effects in constituting what ethical research is taken to be and how ethical researchers are configured. They illuminate the dissonance between this regime of truth and research practice and the implications for the injunction to…

Good teachers are treasures, but they need rewards and small classes. They cannot instruct others in self-esteem if they feel like losers. If the teaching profession is scorned and the school administration offers no support, the teacher can be only poison in the classroom. (MLW)

Our society categorizes people by age, sex, work role, and attractiveness. Children easily absorb these stereotypes of certain groups, particularly the old. If we are to build a life-oriented society, parents and schools must change their own attitudes and teach children to value human beings, not roles. (SJL)

The Christian educational community will be enhanced when all persons within it treat each other with the respect and dignity that is their right. Where teachers are poorly paid or treated like children by administrators, respect is diminished and the educational process suffers. (Author/SJL)

The humanistic, moral, and essentially religious (re-ligare: to tie together) nature of education is examined to answer the questions: What are we educating for? And what kind of community are we trying to create through education? (MJB)

Discusses the institutionalization of children in child care centers. Describes characteristics of institutions that tend to dehumanize individuals. Characteristics relate to (1) space allotment; (2) the use of time; (3) privacy; (4) personal property; (5) meaning and responsibility; (6) spontaneity; (7) security and safety; (8) individuals…