Included in this compendium are fifteen documents pertaining to cable television for New York State. Two of the documents deal with the relationships between school districts and the cable operators. The arrangements discussed are from the experiences of the Michigan State School System and the Pasadena, California School District. These reveal…

This speech incorporates a major policy statement regarding school subsidies in Maine. The author discusses equality of educational opportunity; and he comments on the property tax, wealth-connected inequities, and class action suits. The speech focuses on a discussion of the Maine subsidy law and its effects; as well as the Maine property, sales,…

This speech discusses important issues to be considered by educational administrators in arriving at "an operating consensus" on major purposes and goals for education in a complex, pluralistic, and rapidly changing society. The author suggests that educators and lay citizens be concerned with probable developments and needs during the coming…

Although Colorado's present budget system has protected the state from deficit spending, it has not kept up with the additional management requirements caused by post-World-War-II developments. The problems with the current system focus on the roles of the general assembly and the governor as well as on the areas of the institutional budgetary…

Laws and regulations which are the arms of the law, have become solution surrogates, substitutes for mutual citizen and community interaction toward problem identification and resolution. The time is ripe to discourage the passage of more legislation and to encourage the recision of some. (Author)

The current status or viability of the various state action arguments are reviewed, judicial responses to them are discussed in the context of employee discharge cases, and the reformulation of those responses is presented. (LBH)

A new program for recreation in Nw York City involves making contractural arrangements with voluntary organizations, municipal agencies, and the private sector to use existing space and facilities instead of building major new organizations. (JD)

Traces the history of change in relationships between the courts and private universities noting cases on which authority to bring them within court jurisdiction are based and pointing out potential dangers to private higher education. Argues that the dual (public-private) educational system must be preserved. (JT)

Five distinct aims underlying federal support of academic social research are hypothesized, and a different observable funding pattern is associated with each one. Concludes with a possible explanation for the government's interest in producing social knowledge for the advancement of social science. (Author/AM)

The state of Missouri opposed the desegregation plan in St. Louis but the court approved it. Three components of the plan are the following: (1) voluntary interdistrict transfers; (2) magnet schools; and (3) improvement of the quality of education and major capital improvements. Implementation and achievements are described. (VM)

The Georgia General Assembly in 1985 set up a matching gift program called the Eminent Scholars Program in which state matches dollar for dollar the income generated from gifts given specifically to endow chairs and professorships. The program in both Georgia and Florida are described.

Introduces four articles based on an Education Commission of the States study that identified political and demographic elements interacting to improve schools and the states' role in the change process. Discusses several conditions critical to developing successful improvement programs, including political, monetary, and technical support. (MLH)

Reviewed state implementation plans required by Public Law 94-142 to determine whether psychologists were mentioned as appropriate members of multidisciplinary evaluation teams. Results indicated that even though states' implementation guidelines infrequently identified psychologists for participation on multidisciplinary teams, 81 percent of the…

The 76th Legislature authorized the Texas Education Agency to develop and conduct educational technology pilot programs during the 2000-2001 biennium. The purpose of the pilots was to use innovative technologies to deliver curriculum and improve student learning. The programs, implemented in 13 Texas school districts, utilized 28 different…

The North Carolina State Board of Education, as part of the Quality Assurance Program, initially established a computer proficiency requirement for diplomas issued to the Class of 2000. In October of 1995, the Board modified the requirement by making it effective beginning with the graduating Class of 2001. Students who were in grade eight for the…