Stacy Boldrick is a Lecturer in Art Museum and Gallery Studies at the University of Leicester, where she conducts research in iconoclasm and its significance for social groups and institutions. She is the author of "Iconoclasm and the Museum" (Routledge, 2020). In 2013, she collaborated with Tabitha Barber to curate Art Under Attack:…

This article presents an interview with Professor David Popenoe, author of the controversial book "Disturbing the Nest: Family Change and Decline in Modern Societies" (1988). Popenoe heads the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University, where he taught sociology for forty-five years until his recent retirement. Here, Popenoe discusses his…

Presents an interview with Black educator, Elma Lewis, founder of the National Center for Afro-American Arts. The interview covers Lewis' early childhood education, family background, and Black cultural background. Lewis describes her vision for the Afro-American Center, its current financial problems, and her perception of the role of art in…

This article critically appraises the success of the Back To Education Allowance (BTEA) in removing barriers to participation in 3rd level education for welfare recipients in Ireland. The paper is based on empirical data from focus group and in-depth qualitative interviews with 3rd level students on the BTEA. This study argues that it is…

Building good character in today's youth is an adult issue because children learn values from adults. Adults must demonstrate the core values: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship. Camps have developed expertise in character development and can provide leadership in the community in character education.…

Reports a followup interview with a former street gang leader first interviewed eight years before. Restates his earlier endorsement of the economic or differential opportunity model of crime causation. Maintains that the advantages of work are not evident to most urban youths and improved employment opportunities are needed. (Author/JAC)

Suggests that the critical tradition in current pedagogical and curricular thought may be particularly well suited for rural schools. An interview with a leading authority on rural education in Poland examines the results of centralized technological and industrialized planning on rural Polish communities and schools. (SM)

Technology and the media have replaced community, and no longer reinforce the information, values, and skills that parents want to teach their children. Interview explains how camps build community to foster a sense of shared purpose, values, and skills; model positive behaviors and relationships; and develop children's responsibility,…

Provides a biographical sketch of the author, James A. Michener. This sketch provides information on Michener's background as a student and social studies teacher. Includes an interview and bibliography of Michener's writing on education. (JDH)

Describes a student project that requires students to administer a questionnaire on sexual attitudes to family members and age-peers. Since students predict responses before administering the questionnaires, the results can illustrate the differences between actual and perceived generation gaps and other aspects of sexual socialization and value…

Since the mid-1960s, the work of Alexander Astin--Allan M. Cartter Professor of Higher Education at the University of California-Los Angeles and director of the Higher Education Research Institute--has served as both bellwether for and mirror of the American college and university system. He was there to study and shed light on the student…

Three individuals long involved in Appalachian regional affairs are interviewed concerning Appalachia's future. Recent economic development based on cultivating "crossroads" growth centers has contributed to growing gaps between growth areas and rural areas and between the middle and working class, and threatens regional values of…

This article presents the author's reaction to Catherine Marshall and Michael Ward's article on research on social justice and training for leadership. Marshall and Ward's article provides an informative lens into how influential leaders perceive the role and importance of social justice training in the field of educational leadership. Marshall…

A sociologist discusses the need for schools to create "social capital," the values and standards once transmitted by the traditional family that equip a child with a sense of self. Argues that schools located in the workplace can re-create and strengthen the ties between parent and child and among parents with children. (FMW)

A diverse group of people, many from intentional communities, discuss what community means, physically, materially, and spiritually; what sustains communities; how they deal with conflict and change; the rewards of living in community; and how children are raised, educated, and supported by communities. (TD)