The Common Core of Standards project has strong national support, but it will not succeed if it doesn't involve teachers in grassroots development activities. The initiative should involve local consortia of schools in working with the new standards, assessments, and support tools. Local teachers would design teaching units and then share these…

Europe's need for multiethnic education results both from its multiplicity of historical ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups and from the more recent immigration of foreign workers. While national and supranational programs have been developed, relatively little money has been invested in them and multicultural curriculums have not been…

Data gathered by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) can be used to analyze the relative effects of educational systems in different countries. A simplified example of such analysis utilizes variations among countries, among age cohorts within countries, and between subject matter competencies within…

Discusses Jesse Jackson and his program to inspire self-help in urban education. (IRT)