"The Executive Educator" inaugurates its "Profiles in Excellence" series by honoring 10 schools and principals who have made outstanding efforts to increase parents' involvement in their children's education. Chosen by a panel of preeminent judges, this year's winners, from eastern and midwestern states, will each receive an…

Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is angry about the way education works in New York City and is determined to debureaucratize schools and make them safer. Memories of his own parochial school education inspire Giuliani to hold up the Catholic school system as a possible reform model. He favors school choice and differs with the chancellor over safety and…

Every year, historians in the United States attend the American Historical Association (AHA), a conference that has met annually since 1884. The AHA draws scholars from all specializations, and it is the primary organization through which the profession is represented. In 1969, the conference met at the Sheraton Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. At…