Analyzes the way the Supreme Court decision in the Bakke case dealt delicately with the meanings of a number of key words, including "quota,""stigma,""equality," and "discrimination." (GT)

The author examines concerns about whether or not, and by what criteria, handicapped students should be included in or excluded from comprehensive competency testing programs, as well as the implications of minimum competency testing for the handicapped. Pertinent legislation from several states is discussed. (Author/SJL)

A procedure for investigating intradistrict distributions of educational inputs is presented and applied to data for the Philadelphia school district. The relationship among public schools of a large number of inputs and the distribution among the schools of the proportion of blacks and the proportion of low-income pupils is examined. (Author/EC)

Examines ways in which females, as pupils and teachers, are linked, in teachers' accounts, to the educational underachievement of Jamaican boys. Interviews with 47 teachers reveal the crucial role sex/gender identity plays in educational failure. Additionally problematic is the lack of male role models. (GR)

This article argues that the education system in Aotearoa/New Zealand relegates children with disabilities, along with Maori and children of minority groups, to the margins of education. It stresses the need for teachers to focus on ways in which inclusion practices are reinforcing the marginal position of many students. (Contains references.)…

This study compared using a minimum IQ cutoff score and a simple difference method versus a regression-based method for identifying specific learning disabilities (SLD) in African American and European American college students (n=117). The regression-based method resulted in a significantly larger proportion of identified African Americans.…

Describes South African farm schools for Black children in the context of apartheid's peculiar racial capitalist relations. Discusses provision of schooling as a quasi-feudal act of benevolence by the White farm owner, and problems of limited access, overcrowding, broken attendance, and inadequate resources. Contains 36 references. (SV)

Reviews three books that seek to broaden historical perspectives on education in England by focusing on the relationship between education and social class, the role of the Church of England in inhibiting the development of secular public education, the disproportionate influence of Oxford and Cambridge graduates, and reform efforts and failures…

Research on requests to transfer to magnet schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, suggests that racial factors play a strong role in school choice. The paper argues that unfettered choice still has the potential to exacerbate racial separation, even in relatively liberal and progressive settings like Montgomery County. (SM)

Discusses Israeli teachers' negative attitudes toward Jews of North African and Middle Eastern origin, who constitute about half of Israel's Jewish population and comprise 90 percent of Israel's disadvantaged. Describes several countermeasures and predicts that change will come as the position of Oriental Jews in Israeli society improves. (DM)

Examines exhibits and discourses about three prominent groups of disabilities at the 1904 World's Fair: individuals with blindness or deafness; individuals with mental retardation; and babies who were premature. The identification of disabled who could improve and the use of education and science to control disabled are discussed. (CR)

Uses a case study of Charleston, South Carolina, to analyze the new, more rational, legally defensible, durable forms of desegregation and discrimination that replaced caste arrangements in public education, focusing on the development and implications of high stakes tests for both teachers and students. (SM)

Discusses the effects of the federal appellate court decision in "Hopwood v. University of Texas School of Law," which found race-based admissions criteria in violation of the Constitution. Reviews issues related to permissible admissions criteria, punitive damages, class actions, and administrator personal liability. (MAB)

This article examines the Office for Civil Rights' (OCR) position on non-discriminatory testing, polices and practices and the role and responsibility of the OCR in securing the civil rights of culturally and linguistically diverse students in the context of gifted education. Possible discriminatory practices in gifted education are outlined.…