Reviews court litigation in Texas concerning the rights of children who are illegally residing in the United States to public schooling. Focuses particularly on the issue of whether the equal protection clause in the fourteenth amendment applies to noncitizens. (GC)

Discusses work of education futurists who see the possibility of online education providing the vehicle for a fundamental shift in the time, manner, and place for teaching and student learning. (PKP)

This collection surveys black education at a time when responsibility for minority education is shifting from the federal to the local level. It begins with an editors' preamble and two general commentaries, followed by a section headed "Perspective and Analysis," which includes the articles "Equity in Education: A Low Priority in the School…

In the out-of-court settlement of an eight-year-old sex discrimination lawsuit, Temple University agreed to give almost half of athletic scholarships to women, sponsor a new women's team, and add new women's program staff. The settlement may put pressure for equitable sports programs on other institutions. (MSE)

The author discusses the current state of secondary vocational education in Wisconsin, where each public secondary school is required to offer vocational education. Topics covered include (1) goals and expectations, (2) curriculum development, and (3) educational equity. (CH)

Examines the response of America's education system to the Hmong, a closely-knit, agricultural, tribal people of Laos. This situation is a case study of the system's capacity for accommodating cultural diversity and considering the neediest of students. (LHW)

Equates the fight for busing, equal education, and school integration with the general struggle against racism. Briefly discusses the history of busing and school desegregation in the Ocean Hill-Brownsville, New York public schools. (Author/GC)

Analyzes a 1982 Supreme Court decision in which a Texas statute that authorized local school districts to deny enrollment in public schools to children who were not "legally admitted" to the United States was judged to violate the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause. (MJL)

Presents a broad overview of issues related to adult-literacy education policy, focusing on Texas. Looks at the nature and extent of the need for adult-literacy development in Texas; funding, access and equity for populations needing services; quality of the adult-literacy workforce; promising new directions; and implications for…

Review of women's status in Eritrea before and since independence highlights significant advances in emancipation, with education playing a major role. The review identifies shortcomings and obstacles in the current political situation for women's rights and gender equity. (SK)

Black students at Gallaudet University, the nation's only liberal arts school for the deaf, say they face racial discrimination as well as discrimination against the deaf. Cites a lack of Black courses in the curriculum and of Black faculty. (FMW)

Briefly identifies and specifies the cognitive, emotive, and normative features of peer interaction which impede educational equity for women. Describes women's disadvantage in each of three general types of peer relationships: female-female, female-male, and male-male. Outlines a model program for confronting this problem. (NB)

Explains how teachers can identify and correct sexist classroom practices. Teachers strive for fairness, but even those deeply concerned about gender equality tend to interact differently with boys and girls, with profound effects on children's self-esteem, academic interests, and ability to become independent, assertive thinkers. (SM)

In the interest of equity, Botswana must work to achieve the parity of the out-of-school, nonformal continuing education sector with the formal sector. The Centre for Continuing Education at the University of Botswana is working toward this ideal through its public education, extramural studies, and distance education units. (SK)

Minority access to higher education was dealt a blow in 1995 when the University of California Regents passed a resolution barring consideration of race or ethnicity in admissions. The university responded to the severe decline in minority enrollment by supporting "outreach" programs, such as Puente, but "forgot" its promise of support when state…