Fundamental beliefs and organizational structure represent an important part of comprehensive guidance programs serving students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. These programs help students gain competencies in the areas of personal/social, educational, and career development at all educational levels. Comprehensive programs guarantee that…

This paper provides data on the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration (CSRD) program in the mid-continent region. Started in 1998 and part of the Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning and Model Developers Plan, the CSRD program aims to increase student achievement by assisting schools across the country to implement successful,…

This catalog describes 44 school-reform models. It was prepared for the U.S. Department of Education in direct response to the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration program. The catalog's purpose is to aid schools, school districts, and states as they investigate external models that can be incorporated into comprehensive school-reform…

Defines the concept of comprehensive high school, reviews the inadequacies of the present system of academic and vocational high schools, and discusses changing high school programs to satisfy student needs. (JM)

Comprehensive manpower planning at the national level to meet manpower needs is impossible because there is no single agency authorized to affect such a planning effort. (SB)

Describes comprehensive planning of vocational education at the state level. (SB)

Management by objective is the key--cooperation with other vocational services the watchword. (Editor)

Team planning in Kentucky provides the curriculum materials specialist with competent assistance. (Editor)

Much has been said about educating the whole child, not enough about educating the whole adult. (Author)

Describes a continuing comprehensive care program to train medical personnel to care for ambulatory patients. (Editor/IR)

A study is reported that hypothesizes that (1) empathic behaviors and other interpersonal skills are usually not new to internal medicine residents, and (2) that the educational issue is primarily one of skill elicitation and reinforcement rather than learning new content and behaviors. (MLW)

The author explores a number of issues which he feels will affect English schools, particularly comprehensive secondary schools, in the 1980s: standards (mixed ability teaching, testing, articulation); declining enrollment; parent/community participation in school governance; and external social change. Related trends in Europe and the United…