(1996). U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Cross-Cultural View. American Psychologist, v51 n12 p1257-61 Dec. In the context of the U..N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, this article examines cultural differences in beliefs about: (1) the appropriate distribution of power in families and institutions; (2) the regulation of behavior; (3) individual and societal responsibility; and (4) individual and group rights. (SLD)…
(1988). Accommodating the Religious Diversity of Public School Students: Putting the CARTS before the House. Religion and Public Education, v15 n3 p304-20 Sum. Suggests five guidelines that can be used by teachers and local school district policy committees to accommodate the religious diversity of students while meeting the five historic goals of public schools. Points out emerging issues facing those concerned about religion and First Amendment rights of students and parents. (LS)…
(1989). The Instruction of Students with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). DPH Journal, v10 n2 p43-56 Spr. The impact of legal and policy decisions on education of students with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is discussed, focusing on school district policies, federal legal protection of students, identification of students, eligibility for special education services, hygiene management, recruitment of teachers, and implications for teacher education. (Author/JDD)…
(1995). Living the First Amendment. Contemporary Education, v66 n2 p96-97 Win. Research shows that the American public is not fully aware of the meaning of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The article discusses what schools can do to make students more aware of the First Amendment, including allowing student newspapers to be uncensored by administrators and allowing student councils to really work. (SM)…
(1996). On Finding Common Ground with Religious Conservatives: A Conversation with Charles Hayes. Educational Leadership, v53 n7 p72-75 Apr. There is growing agreement from right to left concerning the role of religion in public schools. Under the First Amendment, public schools can neither inculcate nor inhibit religion. Neutrality means fairness. Students' religious liberty rights must be protected by school policies and practices. Also, religion must be treated fairly in the curriculum. (MLH)…
(1987). The Yearbook of School Law, 1986. Judicial decisions affecting educational policy and management that were handed down in 1985 by state appellate courts and federal courts are summarized and analyzed in this volume. The book is divided into eight topical chapters, each written by one or more experts in education law. The chapters are \Employees\ (Gail Paulus Sorenson); \Bargaining\ (Charles L. Miller and Perry A. Zirkel); \Pupils\ (Henry S. Lufler, Jr.); \Handicapped\ (Nelda H. Cambron-McCabe); \Torts\ (Richard S. Vacca and William J. Evans, Jr.); \Business\ (Steven M. Goldblatt); \Finance\ (Richard A. Rossmiller); and \Higher Education\ (Robert M. Hendrickson). The book includes a 17-page alphabetical index of the more than 1,000 cases cited in the text as well as a 9-page subject index. (PGD)…
(1977). Crisis and Opportunity: Education in Greater Kansas City. Summary Edition. This report summarizes the findings and recommendations of the Bi-State Committee on Education concerning public schools in the Greater Kansas City region, especially with regard to the problem of racial isolation. Educational activities and problems, civic and political leadership in the area, and the significance of segregated housing patterns are reviewed. Suggested remedies for improving the quality of education in the Kansas City area and for providing equal educational opportunities to minority and other educationally disadvantaged students include: (1) more equal allocation of resources; (2) busing; (3) improved leadership; (4) school improvement; (5) instructional improvement; (6) magnet schools; and (7) voluntary desegregation efforts. (EB)… [PDF]
(1975). Symposium on School Desegregation and White Flight. Five papers intended to serve as an introduction to a complex and rapidly growing body of research are included in this volume. These papers represent the work of scholars who have studied the problem of white flight long before the current controversy over urban desegregation plans made it a national issue. Starting from very different assumptions, the participants at the symposium are in agreement on two basic points: (1) most white flight is not caused by school desegregation plans, and (2) metropolitan plans would produce the most stable desegregation. The remaining debate, particularly focusing on the impact, if any, of desegregation plans on increasing white flight is the basic focus of this collection. The contents include the following: school integration 'tipping' in Mississippi; the importance, perplexities, and possible policy implications of white flight research; and the role of the courts in school desegregation and white flight. (Author/AM)… [PDF]
(1975). School Integration and White Flight. Findings of recent studies of school segregation are reviewed in this paper which also tests the idea that school integration is a major cause of white flight from the nation's largest cities. Six major trends in school segregation about which there is agreement, along with three other issues, about which there is less concensus are given and discussed. In reference to the latter, these include the following: (1) whether integration has been a major cause of white flight from public schools in large cities; (2) what techniques will integrate schools given the extent of residential segregation that exists; and (3) in what ways busing has been a success or a failure. In neither region of the country is evidence found that supports the hypothesis that whites are particularly prone to leave public schools in those cities in which the schools are integrated and the proportion of blacks is high. There is no one strategy to integrate public schools which will prove effective in all…
(1975). Desegregation and the Private School Alternative. Summarized are findings of an intensive study of southern white parents' decision to transfer their children from desegregated public schools to essentially segregated private schools (in seven desegregated school districts in the state of Florida, with data drawn from surveys of white parents of school age children in each of the seven districts). Findings indicate that contrary to expectations, Southerners in the sample are no more likely to avoid desegregation and place their children in private school than non-southerners. Avoidance of desegregation transcends racial views and regional upbringing, but not the ability to afford it. The findings also appear to support multiple district desegregation plans of the type proposed for Detroit. Results also indicate that avoiders are not more racially prejudiced than compliers. Moreover, while resistance is commonly attributed to lower-class persons, avoidance of desegregation through the private schools appears to be an upper class…
(1975). Schools That Quit "Tipping" in Mississippi. As described by some observers, white flight rapidly and irreversibly leads to black or nearly all black schools, once the ratio of blacks to whites in a school reaches a tipping point. Research in Mississippi, however, has uncovered school districts where tipping has not only stopped, in some cases it has even reversed. Events there call into question the universal applicability of tipping theory and suggest that white flight may not be the insurmountable barrier to desegregation that some analysts have feared it would be. Changes in enrollment patterns in thirty Mississippi school districts make sense if looked at from a perspective that assumes that, in racially balanced school districts, white flight ultimately depends on the black/white ratio in the population as a whole rather than just the ratio in the schools. The results should be taken with caution since the study encompasses only a short time period and a limited number of districts. The districts are not typical of the…
(1975). White Flight Research: Its Importance, Perplexities, and Possible Policy Implications. The difficulties of sorting out the various forces working toward accelerated suburbanization are first discussed in this paper. Secondly, it describes the very severe long term problem of flight not caused by desegregation plans but tending to undermine their viability. Thirdly, it suggests that not only central cities but some inner suburbs as well are vulnerable to ghettoization in the absence of policies to alter the basic demographic trends in urban areas. The analysis suggests that discussion of housing integration as an alternative to school integration is probably misleading. It discusses the policy implications of the imperfect information now available. Among the policy implications noted are that existing research on white flight and urban desegregation can support only limited policy recommendations. The current research findings suggest that the implementation of a desegregation plan, in itself, would have little or no impact on racial patterns in most communities where…
(1975). School Desegregation and White Flight: The Role of the Courts. In the debate about the existence of a link between court ordered school desegregation and white flight, a good deal of confusion has arisen over that courts have actually decided in school desegregation cases and what factors influence their decisions. This brief article represents an attempt to dispel the confusion by summarizing the major legal principles that govern courts in determining whether a wrong has occurred, and, if so, what remedies may properly be applied. In posing questions about the role of the courts, the article uses quotations by sociologist James Coleman because his quoted views illustrate popular misconceptions about what courts do and why they do it. In sum, Federal courts in determining both whether a wrong has been committed and the appropriate redress have been actuated by legal principles, not by sociological or educational theories. In deciding on the existence of a wrong, the courts have been insistent that psychological or sociological evidence of harm…
(2008). The Quality Framework in Norway. Intercultural Education, v19 n2 p177-182 Apr. The quality framework summarises and elaborates on the provisions in the Education Act and its regulations, including the National Curriculum, and must be considered in light of the legislation and regulations. The quality framework helps to clarify the responsibilities the school owners (the local and county administration authorities in Norwegian public schools) have in providing education pursuant to the legislation and regulations and the principles of human rights, and adapted to local and individual aptitudes, expectations and needs. The quality framework is an integral part of the foundation on which the quality of primary and secondary education and training can be further developed and on which the school and apprenticeship-training enterprise can be systematically assessed. The comprehensive school for all shall be based on and address the diversity of the pupils' backgrounds and aptitudes. The education shall promote the versatile development of the pupils and their… [Direct]
(1994). "Into Your Hands His Life and Liberty…." A Collection of Significant Cases from the Rhode Island Courts. First Edition. Six cases from Rhode Island court history are presented in this document. The cases, dating from the time of Roger Williams to the 1970s, examine religious freedom, personal freedom, treason, robbery, murder, and drug possession. Each case is summarized and questions are supplied to help students understand crime and punishment in Rhode Island. A glossary of words and phrases concludes the document. (RJC)… [PDF]