Explores factors that affect student learning and the well-publicized achievement gap between students from different ethnic and socio-economic groups. Poses some questions and offers some thoughts on how beliefs, attitudes, values, and emotions about teaching and learning, nature of schools, culture, and language effect equity in mathematics…

In response to Title IX legislation, the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) altered its philosophy and practice governing women's athletics to more closely reflect the values structuring men's athletic programs. Financial aid and recruitment are specifically discussed. (IAH)

Details relationships among the Perkins Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Presents issues for vocational education, transitional services, and access. Outlines a bill of rights for youth with special needs. (SK)

Notes that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 1990 mandates equal access to individuals with disabilities in both public and private institutions of higher education. Sees one result of ADA being that students with disabilities are pursuing higher levels of education in increasing numbers. Offers practical information to assist in…

Discusses differences between girls and boys, focusing on pitfalls and perils specific to each gender, offering research on differences in their development and educational experiences, explaining how the different sexes self-blame, and noting good news for girls related to equal educational opportunities. The paper concludes that the problems of…

Based on findings of school-choice efforts in the Boulder Valley School District in Colorado, concludes that this reform experiment should be abandoned, because of controversy involving competition for district resources, differential perceptions of parent satisfaction, and inequitable opportunities for parents to exercise school-choice options.…

The road to Brown v. Board of Education (1954) was a slow and circuitous climb, whereas the retreat down from Brown has been swift and direct. This article reviews 4 distinct U.S. Supreme Court eras of racial decisions: the segregation, preparatory, desegregation, and resegregation eras. It notes both the strengths and weaknesses of Brown and…

This paper provides an account of individual and collective academic values under the pressure of government policy for social equity in selective admissions at one Australian university. A survey of faculty (N=93) from Law, Social Work, Science, and Architecture identified their goals related to the goals of the university and fairness in…

This paper analyzes data from 12 of 20 studies conducted by Special Student Concerns Projects; the projects were designed to eliminate the disproportionate number of disciplinary actions involving minority group students in schools that were in the process of desegregating. The statistical approach to the quantitative suspension data used in this…

Developing an active, collaborative relationship between schools and parents, with a goal of enhancing the career equity guidance of young adolescents, is a difficult task. The school counselor, by training and school position, is often the individual change agent who spearheads the development of innovative programs designed to involve and…

The impact of the technological revolution on education is examined in this monograph, which focuses primarily on computers. First, the history of the educational uses of a variety of media (film, radio, television, teaching machines, and videodisc systems) is traced and assessed. As instructional aids, it is said, the media economize teachers'…

The paper examines issues involved in disciplinary exclusion of seriously emotionally disturbed students. Distinctions are made between suspension and expulsion, and applicable federal legislation (including P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973) is reviewed in terms of…

Bilingual elementary pupils can successfully learn to write in English if they write about what is important to them, get feedback from their peers, use "invented spelling," and are allowed to work with partners. This report describes a third-grade teacher's class experience. (PS)

Basal readers should portray minorities both accurately and idealistically. While publishers seem to have established acceptable percentage levels of minority content in basal series, the overall treatment of minorities remains unbalanced. (LHW)

Hispanic, Cape Verdean, and Haitian students, unlike European immigrant children, do not have equal educational opportunity in Massachusetts public schools. Bilingual education alone is insufficient to prepare students for the challenges they must meet in order to take advantage of opportunities available in secondary and higher education. (GC)