(1973). Public School as Political Idea. The American public school is a political idea, as well as an educational institution, that is still awaiting full realization. Public schools fail to deliver the promised indiscriminate availability of educational goods and services. Discussions of that failure frequently revolve around the school's educational agenda and questions of pedagogy and curriculum. It can also be understood as an historical disagreement over the political implications of the equal opportunity objective. Early leaders articulated the idea of education to prepare citizens to use political power intelligently and to transcend the accidents of birth and geography in acquiring economic powers. Those who followed through on the idea saw it as a means for homogenizing society and for imposing on it \needed\ education. At the root of these measures was a fear of the political implication of equal education. Although our schools today are not truly great, the idea, clouded with ambivalence, still has the… [PDF]
(1970). Me and Thee. Symposium: Some Perspectives on Working with the Disadvantaged in an Urban Mental Health Program. This paper first presents a historical perspective of the disadvantaged minority, using black people as an example. The following section presents a clinical perspective of the psycho-social characteristics of this group. These characteristics are laden with some accuracies and many fallacies: (1) the fallacy of wisdom belonging to whites; (2) the belief that ability will be rewarded with success, while the disadvantaged are concerned with survival; (3) the fallacy of white beauty; (4) the belief that the disadvantaged are becoming more powerful by expressing themselves; and (5) the fallacy that middle class Americans are present and future oriented, while the disadvantaged are present oriented and think in terms of immediate gratification. The author feels that at present the Model Cities program has turned into a fraud based upon a revolution of expectancy and is yielding false hopes. Only through unification will the blacks and browns succeed in altering this oppressive and… [PDF]
(1968). Bibliography on the Problems of Southwestern Minority Groups and for Teachers of Adult Students from Different Cultural Backgrounds. The bibliography cites 169 books and articles, published between 1928 and 1967, on the problems of southwestern minority groups. A selected list of 69 professional books for teachers and adult students from different cultural backgrounds is included. Both lists are author-indexed. In addition, a motion picture series, a newspaper, and 6 resource centers are cited. (AN)…
(1969). Public Forum Before the Committee on Urban Indians in L.A., Calif. (Dec. 16-17, 1968); Dallas, Tex. (Feb. 13-14, 1969); Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn. (Mar. 18-19, 1969); San Francisco, Calif. (Apr. 11-12, 1968); Phoenix, Ariz. (Apr. 17-18, 1969). The proceedings of public forums of the National Council of Indian Opportunity are recorded in these 5 documents. These forums were designed to gain information on the condition of urban American Indians living in Los Angeles, Minneapolis-St. Paul, San Francisco, Dallas, and Phoenix. Included in each of the documents are discussions on such factors as Indian education, housing, employment, recreation, social services, and justice. The council was to identify specific problems of urban Indians and make recommendations to the Office of Economic Opportunity and other Federal agencies assisting American Indians. (EL)…
(1970). [Recommendations of Working Committees to Urban Indian Conference]. The main body of the document contains recommendations presented by working committees of National Council on Indian Opportunity (NCIO) to the Urban Indian Conference held in December of 1970. Recommendations as outlined and discussed by various committees of NCIO are presented for the following areas: housing, education, alcoholism and drugs, economic development, contracts and proposals, Indian centers, employment, land, health, communication, political affairs of Indian interest, and treaty rights. The document concludes with a recommendation to the President of the United States that a President's Commission on the American Indian be established to examine the rights, privileges, and administrative policies regarding the American Indian. (EL)… [PDF]
(1962). The Right to Read: An Open Letter to the Citizens of Our Country from the National Council of Teachers of English. Democracy can exist only in a climate in which teachers are free to teach and students are free to learn, a climate conducive to open inquiry and responsible discussion of any and all questions related to the ethical and cultural welfare of mankind. The right of an individual to read rests on the fundamental democratic assumption that an educated free man possesses powers of discrimination and should determine his own actions. To avoid objections from pressure groups, national or local book committees tend to carefully exclude from textbooks and reading lists those sections and volumes that offend such groups. Consequently, several American writers are inadequately represented in the public secondary schools. Cut off from many of the great ideas and feelings of Western man, a student is unlikely to develop into a free, reasoning person who can make up his own mind, who can understand his culture, and who can live compassionately with his fellowman. To preserve the unity of Western… [PDF]
(1971). Fifty-Eight Lonely Men. Southern Federal Judges and School Desegregation. Revised Edition. United States district judges have, regardless of their personal views the awesome assignment of forcing compliance with the Supreme Court's 1954 school segregation decisions. In the District of Columbia and in the border states of Missouri, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland, for the most part authorities have completed, or are completing, school integration. They did not wait for a judge to order them to do so. Here the courts' function is primarily to prod a few laggard districts. Those men who serve as Federal judges in the 11 Southern states have a much tougher assignment: school boards, responsive primarily to white voters, have been unable or unwilling to act. The full burden of forcing compliance, of presiding over this major social revolution, has fallen on 48 district judges. This book describes how these important but still little-known men, and their 10 immediate superiors on the Courts of Appeals, have responded to the challenge. Today, the judge and his…
(1971). The Fourth Estate: An Informal Appraisal of the News and Opinion Media. Aimed at helping readers become more understanding and more discriminating consumers of the information that the mass media provides, this book explores the rights and responsibilities of a free press within society. Subsequent chapters consider the medium's organization, the \disappearing daily,\ some weaknesses of the press, the objective-subjective reporting dilemma, ethics in the newsroom, the opinion and editorial function of the press, cartoons and other visuals, the impact of magazines, books and publishing, television news and cable television, advertising, public relations news, and conflicts among various constitutional rights and the right to free speech. (SH)…
(1979). Women's Lives in the Asian Tradition. Social Education, v43 n4 p248-57 Apr. Reviews depiction of Asian women in literature by Asian writers within the context of development of basic human rights for men and wormen. Information is presented to help students analyze the literature selections. (Author/DB)…
(1978). Education for the Handicapped. Journal of Law and Education, v7 n4 p523-38 Oct. This examination of the trends in education of the handicapped may seem to indicate that education of the handicapped is now ensured and certain to be appropriate. However, even Public Law 94-142 has inadequacies. It is likely that further legislation and litigation are on the horizon. (Author/IRT)…
(1978). The Bakke Case and Affirmative Action: Some Implications for the Future. Freedomways, 18, 1, 5-8, Win 78. Concludes that beyond any judicial fiat, affirmative action is a simple moral and political imperative, with its justifications deeply rooted in history. (Author/AM)…
(1978). Learning Disabilities and the Professional Educator. Learning Disability Quarterly, 1, 1, 5-12, W 78. Available from: The Division for Children with Learning Disabilities Council for Exceptional Children 1920 Association Drive Reston, Virginia 22091 Identified and related to the educator are four central issues in the field of learning disability: (1) determining the true parameters of the field, (2) monitoring tests and materials presumed relevant to educational practice, (3) insuring appropriate instructional opportunities to learning disabled students, and (4) determining professional standards necessary for competent and ethical practice. (IM)…
(1978). Patterns of Black Leadership: Implications for Social Work Education. Journal of Education for Social Work, 14, 1, 87-93, W 78. The historical relationship between social structure and black leadership patterns is shown. It is suggested that since the current race relations policy is one of tolerance, social work education should prepare black leaders to operate within that social context. (Author/LBH)…
(1977). Should a Service Setting Be Used as a Learning Laboratory? An Ethical Question. Nursing Outlook, 25, 12, 771-6, Dec 77. To develop better guidelines for its use, the experiential service setting is examined ethically and the conditions under which this setting can and cannot be used as a learning laboratory are specified. (TA)…
(1977). Males, Fathers and Husbands: Changing Roles and Reciprocal Legal Rights. Family Coordinator, 26, 4, 327-31, Oct 77. Discrimination toward men can be found in the legal definition of marriage, legal age requirements at marriage, support, child custody, unmarried fathers' rights, abortion, and cohabitation. With the increasing equality between the sexes, men will gain in their legal options of roles. (Author)…