Author Description

To Teach Or Not To Teach / Deanna Whitford -- Who's Teaching Our Children? / Susan Tifft -- Commitment Of Public Vital Education / Mary V. Bicouvaris -- Back To The Classroom / Melinda Beck -- Education: Getting What You Pay For / Jack E. White -- A Closer Look At The Shortage Of Minority Teachers / Education Commission Of The States -- The Futures Of Teaching / Linda Darling-hammond -- Questioning Cliches Of Education Reform / Chester E. Finn, Jr. -- Parents Are A School's Best Friends / Anne T. Henderson -- A New Generation Of Teacher Unionism / Charles T. Kerchner -- The Professionalizing Of Teaching: A View From The Inside / The Capital Area School Development Association -- Partnerships Between Teachers And Administrators: How They Became We / Albert Shanker -- Accepting Others Values In The Classroom: An Important Difference / Jonathan W. Lambert -- Educating The Children About Race Relations: The Role Of Teachers And Parents / Carol Goodstein --^ Unstated Features Of The Cultural Context Of Learning / Edward T. Hall -- Mission Not Accomplished: Education Reform In Retrospect / Mary Hatwood Futrell -- Urban And Rural Schools Research: Implications For School Governance / Kofi Lomotey And Austin D. Swanson -- Racism And The Education Of Young Children / James P. Comer -- Protecting The Future: A Successful Alternative Program For Dropout Prevention / Larry D. Dorrell -- The New Untouchables / Jonathan Kozol -- Educating Children Of The Homeless / E. Anne Eddowes And John R. Hranitz -- A Cry For Help: Children At Risk / Jane Brooks Moskowitz -- Only The Lonely: The Latchkey Child / Shirley J. O'brien -- A Magnet School For The Creative Arts / Allen Raymond -- Educating Language-minority Children: Challenges And Opportunities / Barbara T. Bowman -- The Styles Of Learning Are Different, But The Teaching Is Just The Same: Suggestions For Teachers Of American Indian Youth / Karen Swisher And Donna Deyhle --^ Computers For Special Populations / Sheila H. Feichtner -- Open Records: A Legitimate Public Interest? / Lisa Jennings -- Schoolhouse Speech / David S. Tatel And Elizabeth B. Heffernan -- Reasonableness: The High Court's New Standard For Cases Involving Student Rights / Lowell C. Rose -- Public Schools And The Road To Religious Neutrality / Daniel A. Spiro -- Attacks On Secular Humanism: The Real Threat To Public Education / Christy Macy And Ricki Seidman -- Outlook Is Bleak For Many Blacks, Study Concludes: Council Says Progress Has Lagged Since 70's / Peter Schmidt -- Site-based Management: Unfulfilled Promises / Betty Malen, Rodney T. Ogawa, And Jennifer Kranz -- Policy Board Proposals Ignore Real Problems / Willis D. Hawley -- School-restructuring Efforts Forcing Principals To Redefine Their Roles / Ann Bradley -- School Financing In Texas Is Ruled Unconstitutional / Michael Newman --^ In Finance Arena, A New Activism Emerges: States Pressed On Equity Amid Complications / Nancy Mathis -- Budgeting For The 1990s / Harry J. Hartley -- The More Things Change-- / Christopher J. Lucas -- Greek Education / Francesco Cordasco -- The Great Didactic / John Amos Comenius -- Education In Colonial America / Robert Middlekauff -- Suggestions Respecting Improvements In Education / Catherine E. Beecher -- Negro Education Not A Failure / Booker T. Washington -- Education's Evolving Role / Wendell Pierce -- Historical Notes On The Growth Of The Women's Movement / Report Of The National Commission On The Observance Of International Women's Year -- Universal Declaration Of Human Rights / United Nations -- The Relevance Of Philosophy / George F. Kneller -- The Vocabulary Of Philosophy / J. Donald Butler -- Dewey's Legacy To Education / Phillip S. Riner -- The Basis Of Education / Robert M. Hutchins -- My Pedagogic Creed / John Dewey -- My Idea Of Education / Ashley Montagu --^ Where Has All Our Empathy Gone / Dea Forney -- The Normative And The Possible: Values In The Curriculum / William Ayers And William H. Schubert -- Implementing An Effective Discipline Program / Sammie Mccormack -- Teaching Thinking Skills: State Mandates And The K-12 Curriculum / George L. Grice And M. Anway Jones -- The Evolution Of Information Technology: Implications For Curriculum / Christopher Dede -- Curriculum Censorship: Values In Conflict / Martha M. Mccarthy -- Structuring For Success: Setting Up A Whole Language Sixth Grade / Patricia Cordeiro -- A Teacher Development Model For Classroom Management / Thomas J. Lasley -- The Back Door: Are We Censoring Adolescence? / Charlie Reed -- A Comparison Of Standardized Achievement Test Scores On Right And Left Brain Dominant Forth-grade Students / Michael L. Bell And Darrell L. Roubinek --^ Effective Instruction: Application Of The Hunter Instructional Skills Model To Staff Development For Mainstreaming / Lisa A. Freund And Sidney A. Freund -- Integrated Instructional Management Systems And Outcome-based Education / Mark Whitman And Phil Lambert -- California's Smart Classroom / Charles H. Slaughter -- Old Baggage, New Visions: Shaping Policy For Early Childhood Programs / Anne Mitchell -- Myths Of Choice: The Governor's New Clothes? / Judith Pearson -- The Future Of America's Schools: What Do These Trends Mean For Education? / Dennis R. Clodi And John Jacobson. Edited By James A. Johnson, Victor L. Dupuis, John H. Johansen. Includes Bibliographical References.