Describes the Italian educational system from preschool to high school, along with the events leading up to the implementation of government-mandated total integration of handicapped children into the compulsory school system. Also describes details of this integration in three Verona area schools and discusses problems remaining to be solved.…

Parental rights and state compulsory school attendance requirements are limited by constitutional constraints, as shown in three benchmark cases. The article also cites cases to show the impact of compulsory education laws on home schooling, which is increasing. The state retains the power to impose minimum curriculum requirements. Cites…

Reviews ten western European publications (1971-74) on the education for those who stay in full-time education beyond the age of compulsion. Focus is on the upper-secondary school and lower-tertiary (college-type) system that constitutes an alternative to what went before in the West German, French, and English schools. (JT)

Reviews numerous state court cases involving school attendance laws and home instruction of school-age children by their parents. Discusses legal standards for judging the adequacy of home instruction and for determining whether the burden of proof lies with the parents or with the state. (JG)

Discusses the case of Wisconsin vs. Yoder, now before the courts, in which the Amish defendents refuse to comply with the state of Wisconsin's compulsory school attendence laws. (RB)

Viewing the growing disenchantment with state-controlled schooling, the authors predict that home teaching will become an established educational alternative within a short time, and they reflect on the teachings and writings of Johann Friedrich Herbart, an eighteenth-century advocate of educating children at home. (Editor/SJL)

Examines arguments for and against compulsory education in Great Britain. Arguments for include education for individual growth, government-sponsored child protection, the promotion of national socioeconomic growth, and ideological conformity. Arguments against are the inhibition of individual growth and the infringement of parents' and children's…

Traces the history and development of continuing education in the environmental health profession, defines continuing competency, and considers related issues including mandatory versus voluntary continuing education. Proposes a format to increase interaction among practitioners, employers, faculty, and consumers. (DC)

States that compulsory education was a politically charged subject from 1920-1930 in Great Britain. Declares the political battle centered around the Labour and Conservative parties. Points out the national curriculum movement did not effect the private schools until the 1970s. (KDR)

Schools and higher education institutions in Sweden have developed a wide range of innovative and demanding curricula to meet the objectives of Sweden's environmental policy. Describes the education system of Sweden and the environmental education curricula for compulsory schools, upper-secondary schools, universities, and inservice teacher…

Presents an historical background of changes in the Maltese science curriculum for boys and girls. Describes the levels of the Maltese educational system and briefly summarizes subject areas and objectives for physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, and the arts taught in schools from preschool to postsecondary education. (YDS)

The basic premise of the common-school movement survives today: A well-functioning democratic society requires a well-educated citizenry. Public schools should not try to convert children to beliefs and values that contradict parental teachings; however, schools are responsible for letting kids know such values exist. (MLH)

Provides an overview of compulsory moral education in Japan from 1886 through 1997, tracing the introduction of specific ideals to elementary and secondary students. Argues that moral education was used to instill conformity, docility, and social cohesion in Japanese youth in order to fulfill the priorities of the political system. (CMK)

States that instruction in pedagogics at the lower level of secondary education within the German school system is usually offered as a compulsory optional subject for grades nine and ten and is taught under the name of pedagogics, educational science, socio-pedagogics, social work, or basic pedagogics. (CMK)

Debate over widening access to higher education is narrowing to a focus on preservation of standards. Examination of the discourses of school policy, classroom environment, and peer culture shows how these competing cultures can work against efforts to increase participation. (Contains 17 references.) (SK)