The experiences and results of the Urban/Rural School Development Program, a federally-sponsored effort to improve education in poor communities, are reviewed in this study. The thrust of the program was to involve community members and school staff from 25 extremely poor neighborhoods in equal decision making focused on the use of staff…

Presented in this document are the percentages, level, and basis of charges filed with the Commission regarding discrimination in the areas of housing, employment, credit, and public accommodations. Statistical information provided is based on such factors as racial, religious, and sex discrimination and handicap based charges. Other,…

This Child Development Associate (CDA) training module, one of a series of 18, provides the CDA intern with the knowledge and skills necessary for meeting the developmental levels and needs of individual children. Early sections stipulate the module's competency-based objectives, define terms, and suggest procedures by which trainees can evaluate…

An examination is made of two separate programs in neighboring communities in western Massachusetts which have approached the development of a teacher center in essentially different ways. One of the programs has, since its inception, responded to the need for teacher-generated and controlled programs by providing inservice activities, staff…

Project EPIC (Educational Preparation for Involvement in Careers) was conducted to study the best methods and techniques of infusing career education into the curriculum in five schools with high proportion of low-income children in the Jefferson County School System (Kentucky). The project had five basic goals: (1) provide low income children…

This program attempted to plan, develop, and implement a comprehensive community-involvement career education program for grades K-12 in the Uintah School District (Utah), which has approximately 5,000 students in a remote, rural setting. Project activities included (1) conducting a needs assessment of students, teachers, and parents for career…

IN CHOOSING BETWEEN SCHOOL DESEGREGATION AND SEGREGATED COMPENSATORY EDUCATION, POLICY MAKERS MUST CONSIDER THE CAUSES OF THE EDUCATIONAL RETARDATION OF NEGRO YOUTH AND THE SOCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND FISCAL COSTS OF EACH POLICY. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN SOCIAL CLASS AND THE RACIAL COMPOSITION OF THE SCHOOLS RATHER THAN "CULTURAL DEPRIVATION"…

THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS FOUR REPORTS PREPARED TO ASSIST EDUCATORS, LEGISLATORS, AND LAY CITIZENS TO SEE MORE CLEARLY HOW INTEREST, INVOLVEMENT, AND CONCERN CAN BE TRANSPLANTED INTO PLANNING AND ACTION. AUTHORS AND REPORT SUBJECTS INCLUDE--(1) EDGAR L. MORPHET, "THE FUTURE IN THE PRESENT--PLANNING FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN EDUCATION," (2)…

This is an evaluation of a Title VII Bilingual/Bicultural Education Program conducted in a New York City high school in 1979-1980. The population of the school's attendance area is discussed along with student characteristics. The program's organizational structure and its instructional component are described and the funding sources for the…

It is apparent that the circumstances and environments that surround getting an education in this generation are more complex than in any other generation. One cannot point to any one set of circumstances, curricula, or personnel and make valid generalizations about education, educators, and students. With the so called "knowledge explosion," more…

Project SEISMIC (Sex Equity in Schools: Modules in Careers) grew out of a federal mandate to the New York State Educational Department to reduce sex bias in its educational system. Under the project a kit was developed containing four modules for use in staff development, secondary school classrooms, and workshops with the business community.…

The contents of this volume are directed to designers and managers of staff development programs. It is designed to provide a systemic consideration of all factors involved, including the long-range goals of staff development, the behaviors of the people involved, the interface of existing organizational structures, and the mechanisms for program…

A search of the literature was made on the effectiveness of recruitment and selection procedures for identifying and retaining administrators and school staff who are effective in managing student conflict and alienation. A classification scheme devised to fit approaches to school discipline within a theoretical framework includes (1) the…

Provided is data resulting from a project to develop profiles of state special education programs. An introductory section reviews the project's background, purposes and objectives, value or significance, and procedures. The bulk of the document consists of profiles for each state and U.S. territory which include information pertaining to the…

This implementation handbook is second in a series of three handbooks developed for individuals, school districts, and agencies interested in implementing career education programs. This handbook is divided into the following eight units: (1) clarification of program objectives; (2) management planning; (3) budgeting; (4) staff development; (5)…