Parents, guardians, caregivers and school administrators will sometimes disagree over whether a student resides in a school district and can be enrolled in a district public school. The information in this manual is designed to help parents, guardians and caregivers understand the legal concepts involved in residency disputes, and to inform…

This paper estimates the effect of education on participation in crime and incarceration, using data from the U.S. Census and changes in state compulsory attendance laws. Increases in compulsory schooling ages are not correlated with increases in state resources devoted to fighting crime. Research suggests that additional years of secondary…

Home instruction issues involve state laws' implicit or explicit allowance or disallowance of alternative instruction as well as their procedural requirements and their criteria for academic equivalence. Attempts to change laws are being made in Nebraska and Indiana. South Carolina and New Jersey have developed guidelines for home schooling. (RW)

Provides a macrohistorical, conflict perspective on students' resistance to schooling in contemporary America. Proposes that adolescence is not a universal stage of life, but a social category produced only in industrial societies; resistance to schooling thus represents the most recent stage in the struggle between age strata over social goods.…

Educational issues in South Africa have become basic to the struggle for equality. Compulsory education at all levels and higher education for Blacks must be brought up to the quality level of education currently received by Whites. (CJ)

Truancy continues to be a pervasive problem in American education. This article describes the extent of the problem, strategies for early intervention, legal sanctions, and school conditions as a source of students' alienation. (Contains 10 references.) (LMI)

Examines the "special relationship" doctrine as it applies to school officials' duty, under federal constitutional law, to protect students from peer sexual harassment. Examination of the 1871 Civil Rights Act, Section 1983, and relevant case law shows that the special-relationship claim has proved an ineffective avenue for students.…

Uses data collected from London school to explore processes through which inner-city, working-class students leave school at the age of 16. Draws attention to issues of identity and inequality. Highlights the ways in which the young people viewed themselves as "not good enough" and "knew their limits" in relation to…

Part 1 presents data on cohorts born in 1940, 1950, 1960, and 1970 in Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, and Spain that illustrate changes in the qualifications structure. Part 2 tracks forces influencing educational supply and demand. Part 3 compares the five countries in terms of compulsory, postcompulsory, and higher education. (SK)

Documents circumstances surrounding the comparatively recent settlement of the nomadic Innut of Labrador (often called Naskapi and Montagnais) in a central community. Focuses on economic development, formal education, and health concerns of state officials in their efforts to compel Innut assimilation into Canadian society. Contains 45 references.…

Comparison of Great Britain's and other countries' school admission policies suggested that, while Great Britain already has one of the lowest statutory admission ages in Europe and the United States, there is a trend in England and Wales to admit children to school at an even younger age. (Author/CB)

Presents comments concerning Lawrence A. Cremin's, "American Education: The Metropolitan Experience, 1876-1980." Robert Church characterizes this volume as providing further evidence for distrusting mass schooling. Michael B. Katz notes that the work provides insight into Cremin's political stance while Harold Silver discusses its…

Arguing in favor of the Jeffersonian ideal, this article proposes raising the point at which universal education ends and discretionary education begins. A 13-plus-3-year configuration similar to the European model might replace the current 12-plus-4 American model, perhaps with some modification. It is proposed that substantial savings could be…

Most U.S. children have opportunity to participate in one year of publicly supported schooling prior to first grade. Children's school-entry age differs by as much as 18 months. Hours of participation varies widely, as do teachers' academic backgrounds. Rarely are teachers assisted by aides or principals with early childhood education training. To…

Critiques arguments by Harry Brighouse for ignoring the social and political contexts that generate policies concerned with compulsory schooling and school choice. Proposes changes in educational policy that would develop structures and procedures designed to prevent already disadvantaged children from suffering further from increased school…