The State Board of Education is required by the Texas Education Code Section 16.201 to make recommendations to the legislature concerning the cost of education. This report is a summation of the State Board of Education findings. After more than a year of study, the board has determined the minimum basic program costs to be $2,197 per student in…

Austin Community College's (ACC) fact book series is designed to inform internal decision making and planning by providing data and projections for programs and services, enrollments, staff, facilities and finances. The 1986-87 edition contains: (1) a historical profile of the growth of the college, an examination of enrollment and population…

This is Volume I of a two-volume report of a study on the exchange and use of knowledge for school improvement in three paired educational systems in Boston, Massachusetts. The pairings, which involved the collaboration of a college/university with one or more of the Boston public schools, were among 26 such collaborative arrangements mandated by…

This is the Executive Summary of a 1979-81 study of factors and conditions that affect the exchange and use of knowledge for school improvement in three collaborative systems in which a college/university was paired with one or more public schools in Boston, Massachussetts. The pairings were among 26 such collaborative arrangements mandated bv…

The experiences of a delegation of college and university presidents during a visit to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in July 1981 are recorded. The delegation visited over 20 universities as well as primary schools and middle schools in 5 provinces, hospitals, museums, and a commune. The mission resulted in a formal educational exchange…

Faced with an enrollment decline of over 50 percent since 1962, the board of the public school system in Seattle (Washington) decided in 1981 to close 18 of the district's 112 schools. This report details the decade-long process that led to this decision, treating in particular the changing relationships among the school district, the city, and…

Based on research as well as on the down-to-earth experiences which come from running a large military child care center, this director's manual provides guidelines for running an effective program. The guidebook, one in a series on the subject of military child care centers, presents advice on the following seven topics: becoming a center…

In 1984 the General Assembly of South Carolina passed the Education Improvement Act of 1984--the "New Approach", a comprehensive educational reform measure. The following action initiatives were mandated: (1) increase academic standards; (2) strengthen student discipline and attendance in the schools; (3) provide more effective use of…

The Chapel Island Indian Reserve is a community of fewer than 300 Micmac Indians in Richmond County, Nova Scotia. In September 1981 the Chapel Island Board assumed responsibility for the operation of Mi'kmawey School (grades 1-6). This evaluation of the second year of the school's operation addresses community expectations, organization and…

Head Start program performance standards set by Administration for Children, Youth, and Families are presented in five sections. Subpart A sets out the goals of the Head Start program, emphasizing the implementation and enforcement of performance standards. Subpart B sets out education services objectives and performance standards concerning…

This case study describes the development and management of academic and research space at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It illustrates through historical and current examples the ways in which the institution, with its principle emphasis on science and technology, manages over four million square feet of academic and research space…

This master plan for the Maryland community colleges represents a complete revision from previous editions, including new statements of mission, goals, strengths and problems. Major sections of the plan consider (1) statewide and local governance; (2) trends, current status and projections in the areas of enrollment, programs of instruction,…

Education, in many countries, is in a state of contraction due to declining enrolments and to economic factors which cause a high rate of unemployment even among the educated. To prevent closing or consolidation, the maintenance of many rural schools by the community seems likely in the future to depend on widening their activities beyond the…

This handbook, produced by the School Environmental Impact Program (Indiana) was developed to improve school environments and to create more positive attitudes and behaviors in school participants (all those involved in the school and its environment). It is designed to help in the assessment of school conditions by individuals, groups, or school…

The relationships between schools' physical environments and the teachers who work in them were explored. Eleven middle school teachers were interviewed about their orientation toward and operation in their schools. They were asked what they thought were their schools' most important features, how they felt about the buildings, what were its good…