In this collection of papers, a number of educational innovations of recent years are applied to the language arts curriculum. Section one, compiled by recorders in conference study groups, examines (1) new materials and methods which are relevant for today's English teacher, (2) research findings and their implications for the classroom teacher,…

Most of the important educational issues for the country are represented in problems of urban education. This report concentrates on one of the practical issues for the urban education policy maker--education policy for the poor minority child who lives in the inner city. It concerns educational policy for the inner city over the next 10 years.…

This document contains abstracts of approximately 300 papers presented at the 1967 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. A sampling of the varied subjects covered includes: dynamics of the school board role, concept learning, programed instruction, administrative behavior and organizational characteristics, correlates of…

An overview of the status of Russian and non-Western studies in American schools serves as a handbook for educators and administrators at all levels. Three major essays include: (1) "Graduate Study of Russian," (2) "Russian and Other Non-Western Areas in Undergraduate Education," and (3) "The Study of Russian in Secondary…

English abstracts of fifty-five research projects commissioned by the National Board of Education in Finland between 1971 and 1973 are cataloged in this bulletin. The research reports are available from ten different centers listed in the front of the bulletin. The reports are listed consecutively based on an internal numbering system; abstracts…

One of twelve case studies growing out of the Educational Governance Project, this report contains a description and an analysis of the process through which Minnesota State government establishes policy for its public elementary and secondary schools. This process is affected by many factors, such as the availability of fiscal and human…

A comprehensive report on the 82 Office of Education programs is provided in this evaluation of the programs for fiscal year 1972. The status of the evaluation function itself is briefly discussed; a general overview is made of the effectiveness of the Office of Education programs; the highlights of new findings from recent evaluation studies are…

This document is the third volume in a 5-part series that reports the results of a project undertaken to critically review and analyze major longitudinal studies of child and student development. These studies were conducted to discover the variables, techniques, methodologies, and problems pertinent to evaluative studies of the effects of schools…

An empirical study of the way children talk about art experiences is described and the meaning of this talk in terms of the cognition it represents is investigated. The criteria serving as the basis for creation of content analysis categories are subject matter, sensory elements, formal properties, technical competence, expressive elements,…

This study takes a critical look at the current status of elementary school principals and their schools. The report concludes that the causes for a leadership crisis which exists in the elementary schools are both pbulic and professional. Through the use of questionnaires and personal interviews, the researchers talked with 291 principals in 50…

This document evaluates the first year of an experimental continuous progress program in a Pennsylvania elementary school. The report covers (1) a summary and a discussion of the evaluation implications, (2) a compendium of other nongraded school studies, (3) a description of the experimental school, (4) a discussion on program structure and staff…

An economic framework that melds the theories of human capital and internal labor markets in a probabilistic matrix has been developed to analyze teacher mobility. This framework is general and could be applied to other labor markets possessing similar institutional structures, such as those in the Civil Service sector. Several important…

The following papers were presented at the Adult Education Research Conference in Saskatchewan: (1) Three Channel Theory of Communication in Small Groups; (2) Communicating with Low Income People: CSCS Research; (3) Focus on the Future: Futurology for Correctional Education; (4) Using Experimental Design in Educational Research in a Volunteer,…

This book contains a series of articles which grow out of the assumption that American public schools and teacher-training institutions can and will renew themselves and adapt to the needs of a changing society. A further assumption is that an emerging new discipline -- educational development -- can play a catalytic role in the change process…

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of the experimental bilingual education programs in Bridgeport, Hartford, New Britain, and New London, Connecticut, during the first year of operation (1970-71) with respect to selected pupil and parent reactions. Specifically, the evaluation seeks to compare the experimental bilingual…