THE FORD FOUNDATION SPONSORED A CONFERENCE INVOLVING SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS AND THE STATE COMMISSIONERS OF EDUCATION FROM THREE STATES. LEADERS OF THREE NATIONAL NEGRO ORGANIZATIONS SERVED AS CONSULTANTS. MAJOR ISSUES CONFRONTING PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS WERE DISCUSSED WITH REGARD TO THE BASIC CHALLENGES AND PROBLEMS PRESENTED PRESENTED BY DE FACTO…

DELEGATES TO THE CONFERENCE REACHED A CONSENSUS ON SEVERAL FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES. PROVISION FOR EXPANDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES REQUIRES ACTION AT EVERY LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION, FROM PREKINDERGARTEN TO POST-GRADUATE TRAINING. THE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO ACT IMMEDIATELY AND DECISIVELY TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION AND REMEDY ITS…

THIS ACQUISITIONS LIST IS A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MATERIAL ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF EDUCATION. OVER 300 UNANNOTATED REFERENCES ARE PROVIDED FOR DOCUMENTS DATING MAINLY FROM 1960 TO 1966. BOOKS, JOURNALS, REPORT MATERIALS, AND UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS ARE LISTED UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADINGS--(1) ACHIEVEMENT, (2) ADOLESCENCE, (3) CHILD DEVELOPMENT, (4)…

THIS IS THE REPORT OF A COMMITTEE WHICH IDENTIFIED FIVE STUDIES WHICH IN ITS OPINION WERE SOUNDLY BASED UPON CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTATION AND TEXTUAL ANALYSIS. THE FIVE STUDIES ARE BRIEFLY SUMMARIZED AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF EACH FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHING ENGLISH COMPOSITION ARE PRESENTED. (JK)

THIS PAPER WAS PRESENTED AT A TWO-PART CONFERENCE ON PLANNING AND OPERATING LANGUAGE LABORATORIES. DISCUSSED WERE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF CONSTRUCTING TESTS OF ORAL PRODUCTION. TEST EXAMPLES WERE GIVEN IN FRENCH. METHODS FOR DEVELOPING MORE OBJECTIVE TEST PROGRAMS WERE PRESENTED. THIS DOCUMENT IS PART OF A SERIES, ED 003 919-ED 003 924, AND ED 003…

To provide a background against which news and other information about world affairs will become more meaningful, this pamphlet describes the processes through which the mass media provides world affairs information to the public. It also discusses how various groups in the population make use of the information that is made available to them. The…

This bibliography of free materials, which supplements the bibliography of trade materials of Canadian origin for school libraries, provides bibliographic descriptions and sources of availability for books and pamphlets suitable for school library collections. Primarily concerned with health, industry, careers, and science, these materials are…

This sampler contains selected lessons, activities, and materials produced by ethnic studies projects funded under Title IX of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Items were selected for the sampler that would be useful to a variety of target audiences--elementary and secondary classroom teachers, university professors, teacher educators,…

One of a series of materials developed by Project APT (Administrators, Parents, and Teachers/Assessment, Programing, and Training), a program designed to foster home/school coordination in educational planning and program implementation for severely mentally retarded and/or multiply handicapped students; the booklet provides information on…

The 70 citations in the annotated bibliography represent a selective sampling of resources focusing exclusively on Hispanic women (Mexican Americans, Chicanas, and Puerto Ricans) in the United States. The items cited are generally topical, of wide interest, readily accessible, inexpensive, and current (some in-progress and forthcoming works are…

This catalog contains an overview and a table of contents (where applicable) for each of five documents designed for use with MISVE--Management Information System for Vocational Education. (MISVE was designed to provide users with an advanced management information system (MIS) capability that could effectively respond to current information needs…

To help classroom teachers select materials for handicapped students, information is presented on 10 commercial instructional materials retrieval systems. Suggested are considerations in selecting instructional materials. Publisher's address, implementation information, and a brief description are given for the 10 systems, including the Behavior…

These program materials from the Library Sign Systems Workshop include a news story on the workshop; notes in outline form for a speech presented by Joe Sonderman, president of a graphic designs firm; and an annotated bibliography on signs and sign systems. The news release summarizes a presentation by Dorothy Pollet and Peter Haskell, editors of…

The procedures, process, problems, and policies of the career information cataloging system are described for librarians. Of the many tools for the delivery of career information for which the librarian is responsible, the card catalog is emphasized as having the highest priority in permitting access to information dealing with specific…

The pamphlet provides tips for the consumer on how to save energy and dollars in and around the home; on the road in traveling for work, shopping, or leisure; and in the marketplace while buying a car, home, or appliance. (Author)