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Brighouse, Harry; Ladd, Helen; Loeb, Susanna; Swift, Adam – Phi Delta Kappan, 2019
In this article, based on their book Educational Goods: Values, Evidence and Decision Making, Harry Brighouse, Helen Ladd, Susanna Loeb, and Adam Swift encourage education decision makers to give careful thought to the values that underlie the data they collect and use to inform policy. Rather than basing decisions entirely on what improves…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Evidence Based Practice, Decision Making
Weissglass, Julian – Phi Delta Kappan, 2012
Young people without exception always deserve complete respect. They would deserve complete respect even if there were no societal benefits. There are, however, benefits to society. If people are respected as thinkers when they are young, they will think well as adults. Therefore, as a group, human beings will be more effective in meeting the many…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Learning Theories, Listening, Teacher Student Relationship
McGarry, Robert – Phi Delta Kappan, 2013
In order to accommodate the education needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, American schools need to do more than add LGBT information to the curriculum in sex education class. If we believe, as Erikson (1968) suggested--that adolescence is the time when young people try to make sense of who they are--and if we believe that…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Developmental Stages, Identification (Psychology), Self Concept
Pardini, Priscilla – Phi Delta Kappan, 2013
Milwaukee's gay-friendly Alliance High School was conceived to be a welcoming and confirming school for kids who have been teased and bullied and had their interests marginalized in traditional schools. The result is a group of teens who feel they have found a safe place as they explore who they will be and how they will live the rest of their…
Descriptors: High Schools, Urban Schools, Adolescents, Homosexuality
Fantini, Mario – Phi Delta Kappan, 1974
Argues that the humanism movement is imperiled by ill definition, misunderstanding, and resistance. The author redefines it and calls for "real" humanists to advance the cause. (Author)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Philosophy, Human Dignity
Sperling, Gene B. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2005
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…
Descriptors: Human Dignity, Access to Education, Equal Education, Elementary Schools
Swets, Marinus – Phi Delta Kappan, 1969
A Non-fiction short story .
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Human Development, Human Dignity