Recommendations to increase the relevance of information, improve the communication of information, and increase user responsiveness to information are presented. Recommendations include the following: (1) the Department of Education (ED) should institute a flexible planning system for evaluations of federal education programs; (2) congressional…

OVER A PERIOD OF 2 YEARS, A DRAMATIC TRANSFORMATION HAS OCCURRED IN THE LEARNING CLIMATE OF THE SCHOOL. THE TENSION AND HOSTILITY, PRESENT IN MANY OF THE CLASSES OBSERVED IN 1961, HAVE LARGELY DISAPPEARED. WITH A MINIMUM OF STRUCTURAL CHANGES, THE PHYSICAL FACILITIES HAVE BEEN GREATLY IMPROVED. BRIGHT COLORS, LARGE BULLETIN BOARDS, AND DISPLAYS OF…

The Linguistic Bibliography is a general-purpose tool which provides a comprehensive listing of references to archival documents in linguistics and related fields, with a retrospective coverage of almost thirty years. The measures of the Linguistic Bibliography Project, which were implemented during 1963-1966, are summarized with an amphasis on…

The Wells Fargo Gamefield Program grants can help reverse the downward trend in the health of American youth. Used from the elementary through the college levels, the program can bring fitness for life to communities. (MLF)

A new federally funded program designed to recruit and train people from the larger society to help cure the ills of city schools is described. (CK)

A program designed to upgrade the quality of life of low income people in urban and rural areas is described. (CK)

An innovative plan for achieving racial integration and interracial harmony in the public schools is delineated. This plan would make use of public facilities for classroom purposes, foster interschool cooperation, and initiate field trips and outdoor activities for students. (CK)

Volunteer groups improve the life of residents of New York's Harlem district. (CK)

Tested an algorithm for directing novice counselors in making empathic responses. The independent variable was assessed using a computer simulation program. The second experiment employed a completely randomized design. In another, the algorithm was modified and a randomized block design employed. Experimental groups performed significantly…

Chaffey College, a three campus college with approximately 20,000 students located California's Inland Empire, has become the destination of many community college practitioners from around the country. The reason why? Over the past ten years, the college has become nationally-known as an institution with a "risk tolerant change-oriented…

To meet the more rigorous expectations embodied in new college- and career-ready standards, students will need teachers who teach in ways that are distinctly different than how most have been teaching. Students will need, for example, English and science teachers who give students more guided practice in reading nonfiction texts that are more…

Great leaders make great schools. The most successful school leaders create a school climate of high achievement and continuous improvement, give teachers a voice in decision-making, use data to drive curriculum and instruction, and assure students and parents that everyone at the school is focusing on student success. They know what is going on…

This monograph offers an in-depth look at the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Rural Systemic Initiative (RSI) efforts, an investment of more than $140 million to reform mathematics and science programs in rural K-12 public education and tribal education. The authors seek to promote a foundation of contextual understanding for improving public…