Although homosexuality was considered to be a crime in nineteenth-century England, the subculture of the school system promoted it. For example, in the early nineteenth century schoolboys of all ages were locked up in dormitories at 8:00 p.m. and no master entered the building until the next morning. No-one supervised the boys' activities during…

The document presents 19 essays which explore the growth of international relations (IR) as a field of intellectual inquiry and evaluate dilemmas currently facing IR. Authors were selected on the basis of involvement with midcareer students while participating in overseas graduate programs of the Schools of International Relations at the…

Intended as a theoretical and practical step-by-step guide to the implementation of organized reading programs, the ten chapters in this book address issues that have hindered managed program implementation and suggest ways that classroom teachers can help students extend their basic skills through diagnostically planned learning tasks. The…

This handbook contains the tentative secondary school registration standards and procedures approved by the New York State Board of Regents for the 1979-80 school year. It explains the program providing for the registration (or accreditation) of New York schools and outlines the steps that will make up the registration procedure. Most of the…

This proposed magnet school program is intended to provide a fundamental education to Cleveland students at both the elementary and secondary levels. Basic elements of the program's first semester operations are used to illustrate plans for an expanded program. A detailed description of the program covers staffing, staff development, curriculum,…

This paper reports on a survey of Indiana public secondary educator perceptions of student discipline problems. An extensive list of specific student misbehaviors are rated by respondents answering the following four questions. Which misbehaviors are problems in the area of discipline? How often does each occur? How serious would it be when, or…

Course completion rates, as measures of college performance and student success, have been computed at Prince George's Community College for the past 11 years. An analysis of Fall 1979 grades revealed that the college-wide course completion rate was 72%. While the Health Technology and Physical Education divisions continued to have higher course…

A survey of colleges and universities yielded information about current tenure practices; distribution of faculty in selected fields; how the tenure selection system worked as measured by approval rates, deferred decisions, and early releases of tenure-track faculty; and what changes were anticipated in the practices in the next five years. Among…

The results of a study conducted by the Education Committee of the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce are presented in this report. The report discusses (1) a survey of attitudes toward public education, covering problems, ratings of teacher and student performance, and suggestions for improvement; (2) the quality and causes of discipline in…

Two hundred and eleven American Indian students (106 males and 105 females) attending an off-reservation BIA elementary boarding school in a predominantly non-Indian community in the midwest were tested to examine the relationship between the congruence of students' perception of and preferences for dormitory aide pupil control behavior and…

This paper is intended to clarify the nature of and justify home economics education. Part 1 contains an explanation of the approach to conceptualization of home economics followed in the remaining three parts of the report. Part 2 provides an initial categorization of home economics and of education as personal service professions. Topics…

This publication lists a comprehensive collection of over 900 documents and resources that deal with a range of issues concerned specifically with the prevention of school violence and vandalism, and more generally with education, youth, and juvenile justice. The kinds of resources listed include research studies, works designed for education or…

A questionnaire was administered to samples of staff from 38 desegregated elementary schools in Detroit, Michigan, to evaluate the impact of desegregation on staff attitudes. The questions focused on a number of areas including desegregation and busing, student achievement, student-staff relations, student racial relations, and staff relations and…

A questionnaire was administered to samples of staff from 11 desegregated high schools in Detroit, Michigan, to evaluate the impact of desegregation on staff attitudes. The questions focused on a number of areas including desegregation and busing, student achievement, student-staff relations, student racial relations, and staff relations and…

The problems of residence hall damage and vandalism are examined in this booklet. An analysis and control program is proposed to provide a systematic method of dealing with the problem. A list of basic assumptions held by students and staff on residence hall damage is presented for discussion. Problems created by damage to residence halls are also…