If needed significant educational change is to be achieved, some countervailing power source capable of confronting administrative bureaucracy and making it conform to the present needs of the public must be established. Community control, the subdivision of the large system into appropriate communities and the control of each community by its…

The purpose of this field study was to test a "macro-model" stemming from earlier research on ability grouping. Dependent process variables such as methods of instruction, and time for school and homework were studied as a function of grouping characteristics of the class. The main data are "macro" in the sense that they refer…

A bilingual program, thought to be the first of its kind in the United States, is described in this report. Forty-five non-English-speaking Puerto Rican students participated in a two-year project designed to enable them to enter and compete favorably in regular classes held in English and leading to an associate degree at Bronx Community College.…

A compilation of presentations on programs for the gifted includes the following: increasing opportunities for education, notes on Project Talent, talent development and national goals, talent identification in California, problems and recommendations in the area of the talented, innovations in talent development, issues and problems in modern…

The Prince George's County, Maryland Board of Education developed this curriculum guide for teaching German to high school students in a 3-level culturally-based audiolingual program. A brief introduction consists of teacher recommendations, guided study period suggestions, and an article reflecting a teaching philosophy. Following are three…

Details of programs funded under Title I (PL 89-329) in South Carolina during 1966-68 are described in the areas of Community Development and Government, Community Economic and Human Resources Development, and Community Health and Recreation Services. Colleges involved, funding, objectives, programs, and institutional capacity are reported for…

Responses of all 54 district superintendents of schools in British Columbia to a 40-item questionnaire on educational provisions for emotionally disturbed children are reported along with the results of interviews and visits. Discussion and recommendations concern the following areas in education for the emotionally disturbed: general educational…

Presented in this book for prospective and practicing foreign language teachers is an historical review of language teaching and teaching techniques--some new, some traditional. Presentation and method in relation to scholastic level and pupil interest are discussed, as well as language teaching in the elementary school, the use of audio-visual…

A two volume, 200-item bibliography with English abstracts of books and articles in English and French dating from 1957 offers information on various aspects of education in Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia. Emphasis is placed on sections dealing with educational organization in primary, secondary, vocational, and higher education; and…

Nine papers read and discussed at the Skytop, Pennsylvania, Colloquium are presented along with discussion summaries by Theodore Andersson. Opening the colloquium with a paper on the importance of language style in education, Moses Hadas urges the cooperation of teachers of modern foreign languages and of classical languages in order to achieve…

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…

The position of the Utah State Board of Education is that career education will be a major thrust of the total public education system from kindergarten through secondary, postsecondary, and adult levels, with the State Education Agency providing the leadership for development and implementation of the career education concept. Basic objectives of…

One of four teaching guides published by the Houston Independent School District for teacher use in developing career education units in the classroom, this document provides a teaching unit for five career areas: environmental control, public service, health, hospitality/recreation, and personal services. In each area, the behavioral objectives,…

Without well-defined criteria for success, all radical innovations are doomed to failure. To facilitate successful experimentation the following are necessary: an outside agency to conduct evaluation; criteria of success acceptable to innovators and critics; and, in control and comparison groups, assessment and accounting of the initial versus…

An oral language program was instituted at DeZavala Elementary School (San Antonio, Texas) for pupils from kindergarten and grades 1 and 2 who were identified as having difficulty with oral English expression and in understanding instruction given in other than Spanish. The program employed a bilingual teacher and aides who worked with 4-8 pupils…