(1993). The Humanities in the Schools. ACLS Occasion Paper, No. 20. Designed to serve as a record of the initial public activity of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Program in Humanities Curriculum Development, this collection of three articles offers different perspectives on the humanities in the schools. In the first article, \The Humanities and Public Education,\ Stanley N. Katz discusses the need to determine how the humanities can increase the range of knowledge necessary to the intellectual development and social acculturation of young people from elementary through university education and how some of the new humanities research and teaching techniques can be made to work for school teachers. In the second article, \Cultural Equity,\ Henry Louis Gates, Jr. conveys the message that an equilibrium needs to be established between an untenable celebration of diversity and monochrome homogeneity. Although no guarantee exists, Gates proposes that the mistake would be not to try. A question and answer segment follows his paper. The…
(1995). "E Pluribus Unum" — Creating Unity through the Budget Request Process. In May 1991, the Florida Legislature directed the State Board of Community Colleges to develop a method to equalize the base funding of community colleges, including an appropriate cost differential equation. As a result, an allocation process of legislative appropriations was developed which supported the relative priorities of each college from the budget request, enabling each college to project its funding at any level of appropriations. For example, the 1995-96 Legislative Budget Request contains the following: (1) an urgent call for access, equity, and excellence; (2) indicators of the value of community college, such as figures on student diversity and achievement, range of academic programs, emphasis on instruction, community and economic development projects, and accessible and functional campuses; (3) information on the fiscal losses that have affected the state's community colleges since 1989-90; (4) an overview of the consequences of steady or declining state… [PDF]
(1999). Preparing Our Schools for the 21st Century. 1999 ASCD Yearbook. This yearbook offers a view of the key elements of schooling in the 21st century, outlining the nature of the change process that will be needed to create such schools. These key elements are drawn from the experience of educational reform in several countries and reflect a growing consensus about which elements will help all schools achieve both excellence and equity in student performance. Following an introduction by David D. Marsh, the yearbook is divided into three sections. Section 1, \New Directions for our Schools–Trends and Issues,\ contains the following essays: \Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Education in the 21st Century\ (D. Eastin); \Education and the Demands of Democracy in the Next Millennium\ (M. Tucker and J. Codding); \Education for the Public Good: Strategic Intentions for the 21st Century\ (B. Caldwell); \Rethinking Civic Education for the 21st Century\ (T. Clark); and \Diversity and Education for the 21st Century\ (B. Williams). Section 2, \Creating a New…
(1991). Language and Race: Barriers to Communicating a Vision. This paper discusses the problems faced by Minnesota's Supporting Diversity in Schools organization in communicating their goal of making schools responsive to students of differing ethnic backgrounds. It was found that using terms such as "multicultural curriculum" and "isolation of schools and communities of color from one another," brought out different meanings. While some saw it as equal education with less ethnic bias, others saw it as the creation of special units of study, displays of artifacts, multicultural fairs, and shaded faces in textbooks. Also, people's points of view regarding how they see reality created problems in the sense that, while people of color saw a need for greater multicultural efforts in the schools, whites mostly did not. This disagreement caused a continual barrier to communication and sound problem solving. The dominance of whites in the community power structure limited decision making on issues relevant to racial equity and… [PDF]
(2022). Mapping Inclusive Education 1980 to 2019: A Bibliometric Analysis of Thematic Clusters and Research Directions. Issues in Educational Research, v32 n1 p225-247. The importance of inclusive education receives global acceptance. The current paper presents a bibliometric analysis of 8398 papers dealing with inclusive education between 1980 and 2019. The research aim is to gain information on scientific productivity, international collaboration activities, and the conceptual structure of this research field. Descriptive analyses, co-authorship collaboration analysis and co-word analysis were conducted to obtain a comprehensive knowledge map of inclusive education research. The results show a fast growing body of research in inclusive education over the years with intensive international collaboration patterns. Six research clusters could be identified. Major and intensively studied research themes are disability issues, teacher professionalisation, teacher practices, attitudes towards inclusive education, social processes, support, curricular issues, student perspective, parent perspective, intercultural education, policy, etc. Research… [PDF]
(1998). Professional Development Schools: Weighing the Evidence. This book examines U.S. progress in revitalizing teacher education and reforming K-12 education via Professional Development Schools (PDS's). The book discusses whether PDS's are: improving K-12 curriculum and instruction through faculty development; making substantive, positive differences in students' learning levels; addressing the needs of marginalized or vulnerable learners; merging with other reform initiatives; and meeting time and financing challenges. Data come from mainstream and fugitive sources, including student interviews and followup studies with teacher education graduates; surveys with preservice teachers on attitudes, beliefs, and self-efficacy; and reviews in student journals. Chapter 1 examines features and practices characterizing initial teacher preparation and professional development for teachers in PDS's, considering the impact of teacher development on participants. Chapter 2 examines activities, characteristics, and outcomes of PDS programming that target…
(1990). Strategic Master Planning Document, 1990. Developed at Lansing Community College (LCC) through a charrette process, this strategic master plan provides specific directions for action, while retaining room for human judgment in moving toward the college's goals. The seven sections of the plan focus on strategic planning goals, including charrette recommendations, rationales, and strategies within each priority level for action. The planning goals relate to: (1) strengthening instruction with respect to basic skills assessment, cross-curricular competencies, common core of courses, duplication of courses, the Academic Affairs Office, exit competencies, and instructional design, technology, and support; (2) strengthening student services in the areas of computer-based student services, counseling, equal access to services, student support services, child and dependent care, student minority affairs, handicapped and tutorial services, health care activities, and student activities; (3) strengthening the college's financial…
(1998). Dreams of Woken Souls: The Relationship between Culture and Curriculum. This paper examines the relationship between culture and curriculum, combining academic discourse relating to the construction of identity, policy, and curriculum and conversations with 42 members of a New Zealand intermediate school community about the nature of culture. Interviewers' comments and stories illuminate their views of Maori and White culture, cultural differences and interrelationships, intergroup relations in school and community, and cross-cultural communication and learning. The study suggests that while an initial premise of fluidity and complexity in understandings of culture is present in academic and community sources, so too are principles of constancy that emphasize relatedness. In order that these principles may promote understandings of culture in the teaching of culture, a revisionary perspective is needed towards the canon (particularly the sources of knowledge to be regarded as authoritative) and towards the research, interpretation, and representation of… [PDF]
(1997). State of Delaware Visual and Performing Arts Content Standards: Music, Visual Arts, Theatre, Dance, November 1997. This guide to content standards in the visual and performing arts in the state of Delaware is the work of a curriculum framework commission whose members have crafted clear standards for development of curriculum that will prepare Delaware's students to become effective, productive citizens. Standards-based education reform is an initiative for improving academic achievement throughout the state, and is based on the principles that every student has the opportunity to participate in real and meaningful educational experiences and that every student is held to high expectations (standards) of knowledge and performance. All students should be able to reach their full potential and be prepared to lead full and productive lives as citizens and workers in the 21st century. Guiding principles for the standards include: educational excellence and equity for all; close collaboration and partnerships among educators, parents, family, business, and the community support high academic… [PDF]
(1985). Race and Gender: Equal Opportunities Policies in Education. This reader is one of four parts of the Open University (in the United Kingdom) Course E333, "Policy-making in Education." The ten articles included focus on the patterns of race and gender inequalities in British education, and the methods used by central and local government and educational institutions to address those inequalities. Articles were chosen to present the range and diversity of policies and approaches. The five articles (and their authors) on the topic, "Perspectives on Race and Educational Policy" are the following: (1) "Education and the Race Relations Act" (Andrew Dorn); (2) "Racial Inexplicitness and Educational Policy" (David L. Kirp); (3) "Multiracial Education in Britain: from Assimilation to Cultural Pluralism" (Chris Mullard); (4) "Anti-racism as an Educational Ideology" (Robert Jeffcoate); and (5) "The 'Black Education' Movement" (Sally Tomlinson). The five articles on the topic,…
(1996). Caring in an Unjust World: Negotiating Borders and Barriers in Schools. Authors of this collection address the difficulties and complexities of apprehending the reality of "others" when the caregivers or those receiving care or both are from historically marginalized groups. Caring across social barriers as demonstrated in caring relationships in schools is explored in: (1) "Caring and the Open Moment in Educational Leadership: A Historical Perspective" (Jackie M. Blount); (2) "Justice or Caring: Pedagogical Implications for Gender Equity" (Jan Streitmatter); (3) "Uncommon Caring: Male Primary Teachers as Constructed and Constrained" (James R. King); (4) "Forbidden To Care: Gay and Lesbian Teachers" (Rita M. Kissen); (5) "Understanding Caring in Context: Negotiating Borders and Barriers" (Jaci Webb-Dempsey, Bruce Wilson, Dickson Corbett, and Rhonda Mordecai-Phillips); (6) "Caring and Continuity: The Demise of Caring in an African-American Community, One Consequence of School…
(1994). A Resource Management Framework for Designing Rural Service Delivery Programs. As many as 15 million people living in rural areas report one or more long-term impairments that significantly affect their quality of life. In general, disabled people living in rural areas receive fewer services than do people in urban areas. For example, counties in Montana with the largest population centers received significantly more rehabilitation services than small population centers per adult reporting a work disability during 1988. This report examines rural service issues and describes an alternative model for providing rural rehabilitation services. Barriers to rehabilitation in rural areas include fewer professional resources, low incidence rates for specific disabilities, the multiplicity of rural provider's roles, economic factors, cultural diversity, and rural attitudes that may impede effective service delivery. In addition, the application of urban-based medical and multidisciplinary models to rehabilitation in rural areas has resulted in services that are both…
(1988). Educational Options High Schools Admissions Policy Study. OREA Report. For the fall 1987 semester, New York City's Board of Education modified the admissions policy for the educational options high schools in order to enhance the equity of opportunity to the desirable programs in these schools and to make the schools more accessible to at-risk students. Of the 17,236 students in educational options schools and programs, 56.8 percent (9,791) were randomly assigned to their school or program, and 43.2 percent (7,445) were selected by their school or program. Analysis of the data on these students leads to the following conclusions: (1) approximately two-thirds of all students admitted were ninth-graders; (2) over 80 percent of both selected and randomly assigned students were admitted to a school or program in the borough in which they lived; (3) there were few differences in the percentage of males and females admitted; (4) a student's program choice was based more on the probability of obtaining a job with a career path than on pursuing further… [PDF]
(1996). The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, 1995-96. Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, v6 n1-26 1995-96. This document consists of all of volume 6 (26 issues) of the serial "The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education," a biweekly journal which addresses issues in higher education for Hispanic Americans. Each issue presents four feature articles, a policy update called "Outlook on Washington" and several opinion pieces. Feature articles address the following topics: political activism, racial harassment, the freshman year experience, the status of minorities 40 years after the Brown decision, Latino leaders, Hispanic education, Hispanic colleges, bilingualism, race-based scholarships, Black-Latino coalitions, affirmative action, recruitment/retention of minority students, the Latino immigrant, Latino political organization, Columbus Day controversy, Latino businesses, diversity education at the elementary level, racism and tenure denial, African influence in Latino culture, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, the Scholastic Assessment Test, gifted… [PDF]
(2003). Major Trends and Issues in Early Childhood Education: Challenges, Controversies, and Insights. (Second Edition). Noting that understanding the contexts, continuities, and controversies of early childhood education is especially challenging because of the diversity in the field, this book provides a critical examination of the issues and controversies surrounding early childhood practices, policies, and professional development. Following an introduction describing the books framework, philosophical stance, and the emerging key questions, the book is organized around three themes: examining the child, family, and cultural contexts; curricular trends and issues influencing practices; and policy and professional development issues. The chapters are: (1) \Development Issues Affecting Children\ (C. Stephen White and Joan Packer Isenberg); (2) \Young Children's Affirmation of Differences: Curriculum That Is Multicultural and Developmentally Appropriate\ (Edwina Battle Vold); (3) \Perspectives on Inclusion in Early Childhood Education\ (Doris Bergen); (4) \Working with Families of Young Children\…