This monograph studies the policy-making process of public schools at the elementary and secondary levels. Variables include legislative bodies and courts at the local, State, and national levels and special interest groups (e.g., labor unions and religious bodies, professional educators, and qualified voters). Public expectations have contributed…

This guide to the series of seven, thirty-minute, color, television programs developed for the middle grades deals with the topics of urbanization, culture clash, mobility, nationalism, morality, ideology, and privacy. The films are designed around the inquiry/discovery approach and utilize introductory, simulated situations followed by three…

The book is intended as a relevant teaching tool for schools, churches, and other social agencies interested in upgrading the service occupations. It was developed from the experience of the Household Employment Association for Reevaluation and Training (HEART) in developing such a program into a non-profit, licensed, private trade school which…

This is the seventh of seven resource units for a twelfth grade course on value conflicts and policy decisions. The topic for this unit is: "What is the good life?" The objectives are listed as to generalizations, skills, and values. The double-page format relates objectives to pertinent content, teaching procedures, and instructional…

Attention is drawn to the programs funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, defining this law as a basic attempt to change the interrelationships of social groups in America. This paper presents as a case study the relationships between a community action agency (CAA), on the one hand, and the local school districts (LEAs)…

In this book, twenty-two contributors offer their individual perspectives on teaching the humanities and social sciences to non-majors in secondary and higher education. Rather than a coherent discussion of classic curricular problems, the book offers a collection of pieces of evidence about what teachers chose to when they had a free hand to…

Case studies in each of the parts deal with specific problems in the mainstream of United States history and are designed to help the general level student relate the case study and the theme of the past to similar problems today. Each theme deals with the resolution of conflict in historical ideologies. 1) Studies on intolerance in American life…

Curriculum change and the dynamics of this change were explored by means of a case study of secondary social studies, science, and vocational education curriculums in Gary, Indiana, between 1940 and 1970. The time period is characterized by both unprecedented effort to produce change and slow change in schools. Talcott Parson's hierarchy of…

Six major conference papers cover selected planning activities for eight institutions of higher education. Discussed are academic planning for the University of Houston; circulation, parking, and landscape planning for the University of California at Irvine; planning office organization and staffing at Harvard and Ohio State Universities; building…

The third booklet in a second series of subject presentations intended to advance the effectiveness of small business management is presented. The lecture is designed as the basis for a presentation to the businessman in nontechnical language. The Lesson Plan is an outline of the material covered which may be used as a teaching guide or as a…

The 20th publication in a series of subject presentations in the field of administrative management for use by educators and businessmen who teach management courses is presented. These presentations are intended to be particularly useful to Distributive Education in the smaller community where library research facilities are limited and equipment…

This elective course of study for grades seven through nine is part of a total effort to revise curriculum to fit the quinmester administrative organization of schools. The intent is to equip students to meaningfully analyze current events. Emphasis is placed on understanding the complex underlying political, economic, racial, and religious causes…

This volume, part of the evaluation of the Home Start Program is an informal compilation of the ideas, experiences and insights gained by members of Home Start staffs during three years of family-oriented education and services. Home Start, a federally-funded 3-year (1972-1975) home-based demonstration program for low-income families with 3- to…

Declining enrollment in Minnesota schools is the subject of this collection of five case studies and one planning manual. The information in the manual and in the case studies of representative school districts is published together to provide persons interested in overall state policy with examples in enough detail to provide a sense of what is…

Presented is a description of the Capper Foundation Early Education Project which serves up to 30 physically handicapped children (0 - 7-years-old) at a given time, and included is an explanation of how objective measurement techniques are used to assess performance in class, physical and occupational therapies, and speech pathology. Outlined are…