In 1642, the Massachusetts General Court required parents to attend to the education of their children. Since then, the visions of the early colonists have fallen victim to rapid population expansion and a highly specialized technology, and the close ties between the school and the community have been seriously weakened. Recent reports, however,…

To help teachers make effective use of ten curriculum guides in career education for the seventh and eighth grade levels, the manual comments upon several topics: the career development philosophy, the basic ingredients of the D.C. program, the roles of the classroom teacher and the guidance counselor in the program, and the setting for the…

This survey summarizes, in tabular form, the latest reports of year-round education activities in the United States as supplied by State and outlying district education agencies. Tables cover the period July 1, 1973 through February 1, 1974. Data reported include the number of operational programs and study/planning activities in each State, the…

The primary purpose of the study was to develop, test, revise, and publish instructional materials which would aid in the implementations of "The Wisconsin Guide to Local Curriculum Improvement in Industrial Education, K-12". A major task was the development of illustrative instructional materials which would make the classroom teachers'…

This is a handbook designed to help Idaho schools bring about more effective learning for their students through the application of media: to help individualize instruction; to assist in emphasizing concepts and ideas; to stimulate inquiry and independent thinking, and to help each student develop his potential for ongoing study. It describes…

Addressed to educators who have the responsibility for developing curriculums or educational programs that will serve Native American students, the document does not present new information on the status of education in Native American communities. Rather, it discusses ways in which available information, such as the 1928 Meriam Report, can be…

The Invitational Small Schools Conference, held November 1973 in Tennessee, was the starting point in launching the Small Schools Task Force. The primary objectives of this task force are to identify needs and priorities of small schools in Tennessee, to provide leadership for the development of pre- and inservice education programs for small…

The science of agriculture and natural resources has undergone changes in recent years and now offers new job opportunities, using the term agribusiness to denote this expanded concept. In view of these changes, school administrators need to be aware of the educational opportunities in this area of work. This publication is intended to aid the…

Fourth in a series on public personnel administration, this book discusses problems in personnel and organizational development (OD) and the resources potentially available to solve them, then indicates some of the ways in which employee development might be facilitated. Basic steps in the systems approach to development are outlined, followed by…

Current trends in reporting and discussing the educational progress of disadvantaged urban children seem to be made without the benefits of recent findings in educational psychology, learning theory, studies of the effects of societal conditions on educational progress, or psychometric procedures. When these recent findings are considered, one…

Developed through the Career Options Research and Development (CORD) Project, this report presents, in outline form, a core curriculum for the human services area. Specific objectives of the CORD project were the: (1) application of job analysis to positions in the social and human services, (2) organization of tasks and skills into career…

This volume contains reactions to the career education concept as proposed by the U.S. Office of Education from a panel of 23 educators, practitioners, businessmen, and students representing such disciplines as anthropology, law, political science, sociology, mathematics, vocational education, psychology, philosophy, and counseling. The Foreword…

With the increasing emphasis on the concept of career education, there is a need to integrate World of Work activities and existing vocational education programs. To achieve this, 279 teachers, teacher educators, state personnel, and industry representatives met to formulate objectives and to suggest specific action steps in each of nine areas.…

A survey was conducted to define the career development needs of women in five school districts which form the Metropolitan Adult Education Program (MAEP) area (San Jose, California). (The survey was a first step in a project to demonstrate the transferability of existing career development programs from other school areas to designated need…

Each of the seven case studies in this report describes the school and community, the implementation of Individually Guided Education (IGE) programs, and home-school-community relations programs and activities, and analyzes the home-school-community relations programs and activities. The selection of the seven schools was primarily based on the…