Aesthetics education should be based on Plato's aesthetics, which recognizes the power of art to revolutionize world awareness, rather than on the aesthetics of Herbert Read and John Dewey. Art educators must reconcile the subversive nature of art and the conservative aims of education. (Author/MJL)

Describes powerful cultural ideologies which inform reactions to instances of sexual abuse at childcare facilities. Subtle and persistent beliefs and assumptions about mothering, families, children, and sex influence social, political, and legal reaction to this problem. These beliefs can distort our vision of reality and possibility. (Author/LHW)

Reviews works of several eugenists and student classifiers, focusing upon how earlier notions of differential biological worth were refined and reintroduced as bases for educational policy. Proposes that contemporary educators' emphasis upon student classification ignores historical relationships between biological determinism, student…

Discusses competing perspectives on mainstreaming: (1) normalization, which emphasizes changing the individual so s/he can adapt to existing environmental conditions; and (2) denormalization, which advocates transforming the environment to accommodate diverse needs of those considered exceptional. Argues for denormalization but notes the…

Argues that maintaining a distinction between public and private spheres of behavior can obscure the inequities experienced by lesbian and gay persons in the public sphere of academia. How distorted logic supports the public/private dichotomy is demonstrated through interviews of a lesbian faculty member. (SLD)

Suggests there are flaws in the National Standards for United States History that could be detrimental to students. According to the author, in their pervasive present-mindedness and self-censorship, the standard's framers underestimate and ill-serve the students because the standards help develop a smug, superior, and self-righteous attitude…