This report examines support for education Knowledge Production and Utilization (KPU) using data provided by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Study Project on Social Research and Development. The scope of education KPU is discussed in terms of social policy areas relevant to education and activities relevant to KPU. The conceptual framework…

This document contains Part II of a transcript of a broadcast from "Options in Education", an electronic weekly magazine covering news, features, policy and people in the field of education. Compensatory Education is the topic that is discussed by government personnel, professionals, and parents. (Author/AM)

This study subdivides chronologically into two portions. The first deals with the conception of the reform and the circumstances leading up to the publication of the scope of the reform, the institutional infrastructure, and the processes of innovation. These subtopics correspond to the division into objectives, means, and processes. The scope of…

Described are federally funded projects designed to provide building standards and codes for the physically handicapped. (CL)

The author contends that the professional standards review organization (PSRO), a national effort to assure high quality medical care, offers a challenge and an opportunity to the academic medical center. He discusses potential impact on role definition, criteria development, continuing medical education, curriculum evaluation, and attitudinal and…

The history of the Bureau of Indian Affairs is reviewed, the implications of the development of the Navajo Division of education are pointed out, and functions of the Navajo Special Education Parents Advisory Council are outlined. (SBH)

A history of educators' concern with systematic production and utilization of educational knowledge (KPU) since the beginning of the century is presented. The influence of Paul Mort on the KPU tradition from the 1930's to the 1960's, and of Federal policies on educational research and dissemination since the 1960's is investigated. (Author/MJB)

The nature of Health Systems Agencies (HSA's) and the role of environmental health professionals in one particular agency is reviewed with the hope that environmental health professionals throughout the country will be encouraged to participate in HSA's in their areas. (BB)

Describes the organizational structure of the National Science Foundation, focusing chiefly on the Science Education Directorate and its three divisions--Science Personnel Improvement, Science Education Resources Improvement, Science Education Development and Research--and how to obtain grants from them for community college science education, as…

This is a discussion of preventive medicine. Included is a historical background, a discussion of improving the environment, moderating self-imposed risks, changing consumer expectations, recommendations, and conclusions. (BB)

Described are the training activities for personnel in special education proposed for project year 1977-78 by the Wisconsin Division for Handicapped Children under Title VI-D. (SBH)

Reviews the proposed 1979 federal budget for basic research for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Defense, and Department of Energy. (SL)

Shifts in funding priorities at the National Institute of Education may indicate significant changes in the types of activities NIE will support in coming years. Less emphasis will be placed on curriculum development activities and more on research and strengthening others' development capabilities and efforts. (Author)

The American presidency assumed a prominent position of influence in the growth and development of American physical education with the founding of the President's Council on Youth Fitness and the Citizen's Advisory Committee on the Fitness of American Youth by Dwight Eisenhower. (MB)

The article reviews the role of Head Start in providing educational services to young handicapped children and discusses the problem of the lack of adequately trained teachers to provide such services, suggesting the Child Development Associate Credentialing and Training Program as a means to alleviate this problem. (JDD)