"Brown" had a tragic consequence: the displacement, dismissal, and demotion of thousands of African American educators, in particular principals, in the South. Although the lack of diversity in today's teaching force has multiple origins, a reexamination of one of its roots deepens our understanding of the past, illuminates the present,…

How do marginalized parents construct their role in promoting their children's access to educational opportunity? What lessons might their experience have for our understanding of parent involvement beyond the parameters of traditional models? This qualitative case study examined the beliefs, goals, and practices of 16 working-class African…

Examines the Title I, E.S.E.A. projects in Philadelphia, and argues that the overall federal effort has been confused about its purpose, evaluation criteria, and the relatively short span of time that has elapsed between its inception and the measurement of program impact. (JM)

This article draws on two research studies conducted in London, UK, to problematize choice policies. It argues that, although in both the United States and the United Kingdom choice has often been promoted as a solution to social inequalities in urban schooling, evidence from the London data points to detrimental rather than positive effects.…

Discusses nonacademic variables that must be considered in attempts to upgrade educational opportunities for youthful offenders. Describes the preventive, rehabilitative, and integrative roles that schools play in this enterprise. (Author/GC)

Discusses attempts to find suitable technology to solve city problems, and to search for ways to heal the breach between planning and politics. (DM)

Analyzes Girls' High School, one of the two original secondary schools in the Atlanta public system, in order show that, contrary to the claims of nineteenth century educational boosters, social class and race were important factors which determined how far a scholar advanced up the educational stairway. (Author/JM)

Two imaginary success-oriented high school boys, one lower class and one upper middle class, discuss their respective attitudes toward school, friends, college, career goals, parents' and society's expectations, and their perceptions of other social classes. (SF)

This study focuses on an upwardly mobile female school administrator as she struggles to establish and retain a career in school administration. (Author)

Educators recognize the importance of staff development but funding such programs can be problematic. Securing school district commitment for professional growth opportunities depends on the following factors: (1) does the program address a recognized need? (2) is the program acceptable and comfortable? and (3) is it the right time to propose the…

Arguments over student discipline tend to overlook that: most students are not at school because they choose to be. Compulsory education has not lived up to its promise. A viable alternative is to repeal coercive laws and to offer twelve years of free schooling, to be taken at any time. (KH)

Uses cluster analysis techniques to show that egalitarian policies in secondary education coupled with high financial inputs have measurable payoffs in higher attainment rates, based on Max Weber's notion of power'' within a community. (Author/JM)

Using statistical data collected during a 30-year period, the article reports on the significant movement of females into all of the line administrative positions in the largest school districts in the country (by student population) since the passage of Title IX with one notable exception, that of superintendent. The position of superintendent…

Discusses (1) how schooling for social and economic mobility worked invidiously against poor Black migrant children; and (2) how the school's role as a mobility agent was subsumed under the immediacy of averting disenchantment with the social system through measures of social control. (Author/BE)

Analyzes trends in educational reforms in the context of conflicting needs for both educational excellence and equal access to education. Discusses the difficulty of balancing these demands in the preparation of school personnel and in school reform through choice programs. (FMW)