While many poor people of color have not really benefited from antipoverty and antidiscrimination programs, substantial gains in educational access have been achieved. Educators need to redefine objectives to improve minority children's education, focusing on language skills and character development appropriate to a diverse, multicultural…

Outlines misperceptions about equity issues relating to male and female performance in the educational system. There is evidence that female achievement is declining while male achievement levels exhibit more gains than females. This raises serious questions about the current educational experiences of females and the causes of the achievement…

The clear and unavoidable conclusion is that achieving equality is less important than maintaining inequality. Class inequality by school district is highly valued in American education. Unequal taxes will continue to finance unequal schools. That is how we finance schools in America. (Author)

Contains a comment rebutting earlier articles (see EA 503 995 and EA 503 731) concerned with the controversy over the ways and means to achieve equal educational opportunity. A reply by the original author is included. (Author/DN)

This future-oriented position paper provides a wide-ranging discussion of nine crucial issues identified by Phi Delta Kappa chapters and some guideposts for educators who must deal with these issues in coming decades. (Author/JH)

Describes the failure to raise adequate school revenues through equitable means and the inability to allocate resources in an effective and equitable manner. (Author)

Schools play too many roles; their fundamental purpose is teaching basic skills, computer literacy, sciences, languages, and civics. This report acknowledges the importance of state and local control, but argues that only the federal government can pursue the national interest in having quality schools, equality of access, and quality control. (PB)

Summarizes 16 state court decisions in 15 states concerning equity in statewide school finance systems, in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez" decision. Finds that some state legislatures and courts reformed their finance systems, while others let inequalities continue. (RW)

Argues that the Reagan administration is dismantling the educational efforts of the past 50 years, which could result in chaos. Suggests that state departments are incapable of exercising leadership in the absence of a federal role. Predicts the abandonment of educational research and special concerns and the demise of equality. (Author/WD)

Gives a brief history of Essentialism, which emphasizes basic education and seeks to eliminate peripheral activities, and analyzes its implications for the 1980s, when public education is being called upon to retrench in behalf of school quality. Offers seven steps concerned educators and citizens can take to promote school improvement. (Author/WD)

Declining financial resources necessitate the reevaluation of educational priorities. Those who see the urban problem as financial urge the maintenance of a balanced school budget and suggest new sources of revenue. This view's shortcomings include a lack of social compassion and failure to recognize the problem of racial discrimination.

Outlines the trends in adult education at the postsecondary level, expresses some concerns about what is happening, summarizes the implications for improving equity in adult education, and suggests policy that the federal government should set in the area of adult education. (IRT)

Discusses findings reported in a recent National Assessment of Educational Progress report ("Computer Competence: the First Assessment") focusing on four fundamental concerns: student attitudes toward computer use, failure to integrate computers into subject disciplines, the importance of computer access at home and at school, and…

Support for Minnesota's cross-district public school choice laws is strong. In 1992, 76% of Minnesotans favored choice as 1 part of the comprehensive reforms needed. This article debunks seven widely circulated myths about the state's choice plans, particularly regarding program effects, benefits for disadvantaged students, parental selection…