Examines rural African Americans' struggle for education during Booker T. Washington's time, documenting the irony in the fact that, although the age of Washington has come to symbolize dramatic educational gains for African Americans because of his advocacy, Southern rural African-American education during his career actually deteriorated…

Examines whether efforts by donor agencies and Third World governments toward achieving basic education for all will lead to further development of peace education in Africa; whether the outcomes of the 1990 Education for All (EFA) conference in Thailand will promote positive peace; and whether the new EFA strategy will lead to a self-reliant…

Reviews Pennsylvania State University's stance toward homosexuals, from great hostility (1971), through the first official recognition of its responsibility for addressing specific problems on campus (1981), to its current paradoxical position in which sexual orientation is part of a baccalaureate general education diversity requirement yet…

Examines 10 years of reform documents regarding inclusion and equity in mathematics education. The papers reflected reform aimed at general education and mathematics curriculum, teaching, and education research. Equity issues were acknowledged but seldom articulated. Equity was often submerged in global concerns for excellence. The paper…

Explains the concept of least restrictive environment (LRE) and explores the ways in which it fits and does not fit gifted education. The paper discusses LRE as it relates to special education and to gifted students, investigates whether separate education hurts gifted students, discusses gifted students and the equitable society, and looks at the…

This essay describes significant legal and policy system changes in America's 50-year crusade to curtail or eliminate racially segregated public school. In hindsight, a more forceful initial policy system stance regarding judicial enforcement might well have resulted in greater desegregation success. However, after 5 decades of judicial and…

To achieve equity in school mathematics, educators must question assumptions about its nature and worth. The article recommends a fresh look at school mathematics and its relationship to societal structure as a whole. A research and reform agenda guided by the constructs of cultural discontinuity and social inequality is suggested. (SM)

A legal framework for resolving disputes in gifted education is slowly evolving. The major components of the framework include legislation, court cases, due process hearings, administrative regulations, Letters of Findings issued by the Office for Civil Rights, negotiation, and mediation. The paper provides suggestions for navigating the existing…

Examines the historical contributions of women's colleges and their role in providing access to higher education for women, exploring contemporary contributions toward educational equity for women, particularly in the areas of positive role modeling and mentoring, leadership, achievement in male-dominated major fields such as mathematics and…

Analyzes patterns in lower income student enrollment and access to direct student aid resources, reviewing the federal government's original objectives with direct student aid policies and subsequent changes that expanded student access, examining recent research on lower income student enrollment patterns in higher education, and analyzing…

This issue of "Peabody Journal of Education" is devoted to a study of one metropolitan school district's attempts to implement Public Law 94-142 beyond satisfying the law's requirements to real changes in services. Chapters cover: (1) background, enactment, and implementation of the law; (2) the school system; (3) elementary schools; (4)…

A study examined blockages to equal educational opportunities for gifted female students. Male-female differences in aspiration for higher education and the relationships of socioeconomic status and financial resources to female college attendance are viewed. Policies are suggested to alleviate the discrepancy in rates of college attendance for…

Increasing alienation and school failure of minorities relates to the decline of minority teachers who provide culturally based approaches compatible with minority student learning needs. African-American teachers understand African-American students' presentation and language styles; their teaching style attends to cultural differences in…

Researchers used the 1981-84 Pennsylvania Educational Quality Assessment Program to study student socioeconomic status (SES), race, and gender as related to mathematics achievement in fifth, eighth, and eleventh graders. At all three levels, Whites scored higher than Blacks, and achievement varied directly with SES levels. There were no replicable…

Examines ethnic diversity and the emergence of differing value systems, noting their impact on educational processes. The article recommends separating educational achievement from cultural affirmation and acknowledging that many minorities do not learn because they are not expected to learn. Education must change to affirm and include students…