THE OREGON PROGRAM IS A 4-YEAR STATEWIDE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM. IT IS A THREE-WAY COOPERATIVE ALIGNMENT AMONG OREGON'S LOCAL SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ACHIEVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS BY IMPROVING CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT THROUGH THE STUDY AND REFINEMENT OF MATERIALS, STAFF UTILIZATION, AND…

EXISTING JUNIOR COLLEGE PROGRAMS IN UTAH WERE SURVEYED TO ASSESS PRESENT AND FUTURE CURRICULAR NEEDS AND TO RECOMMEND GUIDELINES FOR A CURRICULAR PROGRAM FOR THE EXISTING AND PROJECTED JUNIOR COLLEGES IN UTAH. METHODS EMPLOYED IN GAINING BACKGROUND AND IN COLLECTING DATA WERE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, INTERVIEWS, CAMPUS VISITS, AND STUDY OF…

THE DATA IN THIS STUDY WERE COLLECTED FROM ELEVEN COMMUNITY COLLEGES, FROM THE 4-YEAR INSTITUTIONS TO WHICH THEIR GRADUATES TRANSFERRED, AND FROM THE 1744 GRADUATES THEMSELVES, 1296 OF WHOM HAD BEEN ENROLLED IN TRANSFER AND 448 IN OCCUPATIONAL CURRICULA. OF THE OCCUPATIONAL STUDENTS, 19 PERCENT LATER CHANGED GOALS AND CONTINUED AT A 4-YEAR…

WRITTEN BY THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF THE DELAWARE AND WILMINGTON DIVISIONS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, THIS BOOKLET PRESENTS A FIRST PERSON ACCOUNT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION IN DELAWARE. AFTER A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF THE BEGINNINGS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE DIVISION…

THIS MASTER PLAN ESTIMATES FUTURE JUNIOR COLLEGE POPULATIONS AND THE MINIMUM NECESSARY ENROLLMENT PER COLLEGE, PROPOSES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ENOUGH JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS TO ACCOMMODATE THEM, AND SUGGESTS CERTAIN CURRICULUMS. BASED ON THE NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES IN 1963, PROJECTIONS WERE MADE FOR 1968 TO 1977, AND PROJECTIONS ON THESE…

Summarized are results of a survey of Tennessee teachers, elementary school principals, and supervisors of instruction regarding their views of environmental education and its implementation. Of the possible respondents, 35.4% returned the survey questionnaire. Frequency tabulations, percentages, and means show that environmental education is…

Intended for administrators and other school personnel responsible for planning, coordinating, and supervising and conducting screening in their local school district, the booklet gives an overview of screening requirements for New York State public schools and provides information on organizing and conducting screening activities to identify…

Created by act of the California Legislature in September of 1976, the Native American Heritage Commission seeks to identify and protect places of cultural significance to California Native Americans and to safeguard Indian religious rights. The Commission, which is composed entirely of Native Americans, provides community services to solve the…

This guide explains Maine's juvenile justice system so that juveniles and/or their parents can know what to expect or what to do in a situation involving juveniles, public officials and the law. Although it is geographically specific, it could serve as a model to other states. The booklet can serve as a checklist to make sure law enforcement…

Volume 2 of a two-volume series, this document is designed to facilitate research on school finance reform in New Jersey, specifically the Robinson v. Cahill decisions. The purpose of this effort is two-fold: to facilitate access to legal documents submitted during the four-year evolution of the Robinson case and to augment efforts to identify the…

FOLLOWING LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH THE DELAWARE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (LATER CALLED THE DELAWARE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE), A BOARD OF TRUSTEES WAS COMMISSIONED (AUGUST 1966) TO PRESENT A REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY 1967. AFTER EXAMINING TWO CONSULTANT REPORTS, STUDIES MADE BY THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE, BY…

Institutional autonomy is a relative concept affected both by external constraints and by the attitudes and experience of those within the institution. The identity of an institution is the image established by the dynamics of its constituents and the freedom they exercise in establishing this identity determines its autonomy. In California,…

After a brief discussion of the issues prompting concern with competency-based education (CBE) and an explanation of what it is and why it is so popular, this document goes on to discuss action Wisconsin and other states have taken to implement CBE. Very brief accounts are given of the minimal competency-type programs implemented in Sparta,…

More than twenty experts present their views on the strengths and weaknesses of the property tax system, while comparing it with other possible revenue sources. Together, they develop a comprehensive theory and philosophy of the use of the property tax and land value taxation to finance public education. The contributors give thorough…

This issue includes legislative summaries for the 1974 sessions for 47 states and the District of Columbia, including several states whose legislatures did not meet in 1974. (JMF)