An educational equity expert and outspoken critic of remedial education, Levin says the Accelerated Schools Project he founded serves predominantly disadvantaged neighborhoods and is based on three principles: Successful schools have a unity of purpose; empowerment comes with responsibility; and gifted/talented instructional approaches work best.…

Describes the Hartford, Connecticut, open education program -- possibly the largest urban program of its kind in the country. (Author)

Considers the problems of articulation within the contexts of racism, changing lifestyles, student activism, and educational dehumanization. (EA)

Describes the method and advantages of stratified heterogeneous grouping. (Author)

Suggests that proposed education voucher systems may not serve as a panacea for the nation's educational ills. (JH)

Aside from promoting school choice and easing regulatory restraints, the federal government's role seems limited to continuing Chapter 1 and the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. "First Generation" federal programs are a poor match for the problems afflicting urban schools. A new federal strategy is needed to stimulate local planning and…

Young adults without a college education and their families are suffering declining economic status and diminished opportunities. Real incomes of males aged 20-24 years fell 25 percent between 1973 and 1986. Inspired by time-tested alternative paths to work and learning recommended by Howard Gardner, the Grant Commission on Work, Family, and…

Bold public investment in the expansion and improvement of education will enable the utilization of educated persons for the improvement of education. (Author)

Describes an extended school day program in the Dade County (Florida) schools that was tested on 4,000 Title I eligible elementary students. In all but one case, the pilot groups surpassed the achievement of children in regular Title I programs. (Author/IRT)

Baker and Riordan express disappointment with Father Greeley's sharp comments concerning their September 1998 "Kappan" article. Their major point was that 1990s Catholic schools are no longer educating the disadvantaged, due to changing demographics. Father Greeley's second rebuttal deplores Baker and Riordan's gratuitous scholarship and…

Probes at some of the conclusions reached by Jencks on the effects of heredity and environment on academic achievement. (JF)

Failures in the university-public school partnership to raise student academic achievement in disadvantaged areas is attributed to faculties that hold diametrically opposed views regarding both the dimensions of the problem and the basic aims and objectives of education. (MF)

The new technology coordinator at a Chicago elementary school in a low-income Latino community created a computer course for parents and a neighborhood computer club. The course and club created a means for collaboration between the school and community and for parent involvement in their children's education. (MLF)

Although Virginia's Governor Lowell Weicker comes from a privileged background, he has drawn himself close to the people. A liberal Republican with some strong conservative values, Weicker believes privilege means sacrifice in terms of time commitment and tax effort. Weicker has spearheaded legislation to benefit learning-disabled and economically…