Relationships between six home environment measures, achievement and intelligence tests were examined by stepwise multiple regression analyses for a sample of 60 eight-year old children. Home variables were most successful in predicting achievement test scores, less successful regarding culture-dependent intelligence test scores, and least…

The essays in this collection contribute to the ongoing discussion about the state of Irish education on the threshold of a new century. The various contributors examine issues that will be priorities for education planners in Ireland. These essays have been collected as a tribute to Irish educator and politician Michael Enright. The essays are:…

This paper investigated whether educational reforms in England and Wales since 1988 have differentially affected schools serving socially disadvantaged communities, focusing on the impact of marketization and performance regulation in England. Data came from the Impact of Competition on Secondary Schools (ICOSS) project, a longitudinal study of…

Multivariate analyses of questionnaires and standardized test data indicated that performance at age eight could be predicted with considerable accuracy by a combination of teachers' ratings of home and personal characteristics at age five. (Author/PN)

In an attempt to change existing science curricula to make it more meaningful to the new school-age population since the Israeli Ministry of Education's reform seeing more students included in the country's law of compulsory education, curriculum contents and orientation are explored. (CE)

Tim Horton Children's Foundation operates camps for disadvantaged children that build their self-confidence. The newest camp, Onondaga Farms in Ontario, is also a year-round outdoor education center. Its five program streams--environmental education, creative arts, agriculture, adventure, and recreation--all have direct links to Ontario's…

Asserts that these reports were wide-ranging proposals for new statutory services for disadvantaged children. Argues that the impetus for the reports sprang from events and organizations before and during World War II. Reviews child care 1900-39, war and evacuation, and Lady Allen's influence on child care policy. Claims that the Children Act 1948…

Describes two segregation indices, the index used by Stephen Gorard and John Fitz when examining the segregation of students eligible for free meals in Wales and England, and a version of the index of isolation. Uses both methods to present social segregation data in English Welsh secondary schools (1994-1999). (CMK)

A Saturday enrichment program for gifted black children in Soweto townships (South Africa) is described, including development of basic numeracy and literacy skills for elementary students; work in English, mathematics, and science/biology for high school students; creative activities and excursions; interracial activities; and cross-cultural…

Describes survey of mental-health needs of young people in England and Wales considered for secure placement. Findings confirm that highly disturbed young people may present to a wide range of services, and that their mental-health needs are neither well recognized, widely understood, nor adequately met. (Author/JDM)

The case study of an African Caribbean boy in a British preschool class illustrates the ways in which African Caribbean students are caught between a devalued culture and a culture with which they do not identify. Approaches to promote cultural sensitivity toward African Caribbean children are discussed. (SLD)

Studied conditions in higher secondary schools in Pakistan through data collected from all 239 higher secondary schools in the Punjab province. Many higher secondary schools are in remote locations and lack materials and facilities. There is a shortage of principals and subject specialists. Enrollment is increasing in these institutions, but there…

This article has at its centre the project, discourses and practices of modernization and what these mean practically and existentially for schools. The author argues that schools are, at their core, relational organizations, therefore they are primarily concerned with creating the set of relational resources and conditions that enable learning to…

Dutch schools have to deal with policy programs that generally are aimed at the improvement of the cognitive and social functioning of 3 groups of disadvantaged students. These are (a) pupils with special educational needs, (b) pupils at risk, and (c) non-Dutch pupils. The Dutch Integrated School Policy Project examines the implementation and…

Difficulties are outlined in how to consider whether boys and girls have distinctive approaches and needs in relation to spiritual development, especially the lack of any agreed definition of spiritual development and the nature of the research literature relating to gender. I explore this without presupposing, or excluding, any particular…