Author feels that if the system first provides the in-service training essential for familiarizing each teacher with the new program, and provides time for pilot programs, performance-based teaching may prove to be one of the big advancements of education in this century. (GB)

This article treats the Sunday School Movement, developed in Russia between 1859 and 1862, from the standpoint of the various social groupings - their aspirations, educational theories and their position in the social hierarchy. (Editor/RK)

Describes the role of one school district's school-community advisory councils. (Author/DN)

Describes the used of community councils as instruments for continuous and consistent community involvement in the schools. Considers the rationale, function, role, and membership of community councils. (Author/DN)

Attempts to analyze what happened to the high hopes for ESEA Title III and how its original direction can be modified to achieve its original goal of promoting beneficial change in American education while lessening the time between development of new teaching practices and their adoption in the classroom. Considers the specific impact of ESEA…

Three top educators try to arrive at some meaning in education that would help the schools keep up with, and even outpace, the quick-change artistry of world society. (Author/DN)

The record of nine independent art colleges indicates that union can bring many rewards without stifling identity or individuality. (Editor)

Excerpted from Educational Development Decree of 1972, Presidential Decree No. 6-A,'' Manila, 1972, 13 p.

A discussion of the facilities and services provided by the resource centers in Peel County, Ontario, Canada. (HB)

The rationale underlying the emphasis of current UNESCO programs on renovation and reorientation of formal and nonformal systems of education in rural areas introduces a series of papers which emphasize the need for coordinated, long-term planning for rural development. (SM)

In this article focus is on some aspects of the planning of educational systems, a fundamental issue involved in developing educational and training programs for rural development. The need for planning of the organization and work of individual institutions and services responsible for education in rural areas is discussed. (SM)

Better organization of the agricultural sector, expansion of production capabilities, increased employment, satisfaction of the country's needs, and improved productivity are the guidelines considered in the planning and development of the agricultural vocational training system in Algeria. Charts illustrate and clarify the organization of this…

A look at the Computer-Assisted Instruction Project in the Faculty of Education at the University of Calgary, which has been primarily concerned with the use of a small time-shared computer. (Author)

A description of an intensive training course dealing with all aspects of educational broadcasting. (HB)

A number of methodological conclusions and common recommendations for all regions of the Belorussian SSR on the compilations of long-range plans for the development and location of the school network in rural regions are suggested. (Author/KM)