Examples are given to show that the news media portrays education negatively. Education should be marketed to the public, and the media should be persuaded to reflect the more positive aspects of the field of education. (JN)

An anecdote describing anonymous censorship of classroom materials on gay literature and denotations/connotations of words associated with homosexuality. Contains reprints of the "censored" materials. (RL)

Fuller, physicist, educator, and director of the University of Nebraska's ADAPT (Accent on Developing Abstract Processes of Thought) program discusses ADAPT in terms of its interdisciplinary, reasoning skills, and mastery learning orientation; university support; plans; student testing; achievements; and faculty training in Piagetian theory.…

The author refutes popular complaints that public school teachers are overpaid, not dedicated, academically incompetent, and allowed to be so because they are protected by tenure. (SJL)

Teachers' attitudes, whether positive or negative, toward their subject and their work have an impact on student learning. (JD)

The author exposes and refutes some of the biases, beyond the "back-to-basics" movement itself, which hamper acceptance of the arts in the schools. Negative attitudes cited are that the arts are (1) only for the artistic; (2) deal only with emotions; (3) are feminine; and (4) are expensive. (SJL)

Discusses ways in which sports programs in American society provide negative experiences for most boys and almost all girls; calls for sports books for children that present a sense of truth about the role of sports in people's lives, rather than perpetuating the old myths about sports and sports figures. (HOD)

This paper examines selected experiences from Frederick Douglass' life which illustrate that he saw himself from a White frame of reference, that his principal associations were with Whites, and that he often assumed White behavior. (Author/MC)

This article argues that if educators refuse to accept the reality that electronic tools for learning and teaching are reinventing schools, then others will take charge of bringing this technology to the classroom. (IAH)

Claims that television viewing is an impetus to reading and suggests ways to make television an even better ally to the reading teacher. (AEA)

The author outlines the basic requirements of moral education, discusses obstacles to it, and suggests that practical possibilities for its acceptance may be found in international cooperation and in research and development efforts. (SJL)

Offers four suggestions for revitalizing the teaching profession. (RL)

Discusses the discrimination against and internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, and reminds readers that Congress and the Supreme Court approved the mass discriminatory action. Draws a parallel to current discrimination against Iranians in the United States. (GC)

The author discusses the need for teachers actively to stress the positive in mathematics education. Among suggestions included is that individuals obtain copies of the NCTM recommendations for mathematics education in the 1980s and develop their own programs of positive action. (MK)

An example is given of a teacher's discipline methods adversely affecting a child's self-esteem. (JD)