Equal opportunity is more attainable than universal scientific literacy. Society should instead invest in improved science education for the disadvantaged. Science is a difficult subject. Educators can arouse curiosity and awaken self-interest, but they cannot create lifelong learning by force-feeding a concentrated dose of science. (Contains 15…

Summarizes findings and data about income level and equality of educational opportunities, conditions of Alabama school facilities, and factors affecting a student's level of academic orientation in high school. (PKP)

The May 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision came in the midst of a national preoccupation with taking care of very young baby boomers. There was a focus on the cheapest way to staff classrooms; build schools; get textbooks and other resources to students and teachers. The desegregation of schools proceeded with about the same level of…

An estimated 110 million children between the ages of 6 and 11--60 percent of them girls--will not see the inside of a classroom this year, and another 150 million are likely to drop out before completing primary school. Yet this is a disease with a known cure. We know what tools are needed and what models are proven to work. We also know that the…

The lesson of Serrano will be the lesson of social policy in general: government can allocate resources but it cannot specify results. Serrano and its predecessors were aimed at promoting better education for needy districts and are likely to equalize spending with no systematic effect on educational outcomes. (Author/IRT)

Horace Mann's goal of creating a common school that brings our society's children together in mutual respect and common learning need not be frustrated by residential segregation and geographical separation of the haves and have-nots. Massachusetts' new common school vision boasts a Metro Program for minority students, 80 magnet schools, and…

Education in the United States has expanded over the years in the pursuit of two goals: individual growth and societal development. Pursuing these goals simultaneously creates problems in setting educational standards, identifying objectives, and integrating students from varied backgrounds, but continued efforts to reach both goals must be made.…

This article briefly discusses the reasons for national leaders' recent interest in education and makes recommendations for sustaining the renewed concern, sorting out priorities, and dealing with major unattended issues, especially financing proposed reforms. Suggestions are made for appropriate action by the federal government, states, and…

Based on interviews with Reagan administration officials and informed observers, this analysis chronicles changes in federal education policy since 1981 and summarizes the current positions of the administration, Congress, and the professional associations. The next two years are seen as crucial to the future direction of federal education policy.…

The propositions for tuition tax credits have changed since the fifties. The current bill (SB 528), the major issues, and their implications are reviewed. (MD)

Presents a feminist case against the elementary school by summarizing existing documentation in this area. Shows the limits of a liberal approach to sexism and suggests directions for future analysis and activity. (Author/DN)

Describes an effort to provide alternatives in education within the public school framework. (Author/DN)

Examines the findings of the reanalyses and argues that spending more money on schools is not futile. Also indicates where additional or redistributed resources for schools should be spent. (JF)

Provides seven guidelines for those community college administrators attempting to implement meaningful community education. (JH)

Multiethnic education requires that the total school environment be changed so that students from diverse ethnic and racial groups will experience educational equality. Because of inconclusive data and hypotheses on the education of poor and ethnic minority youths, policies for the changes must be guided primarily by our values. (Author/RW)