Describes a model program designed to improve high school students' preparation for college. The Marshall Plan, developed by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Milwaukee Public Schools, included visits by students and parents to the college, and publication of a brochure listing recommended courses. (JAC)

For the brightest students the most significant reasons why they won't teach relate to frustrating working conditions, bureaucratic requirements, the lack of professional control, and few opportunities for intellectual growth, as well as these students' intolerance for diversity in the workplace and their perception of teaching as a "boring…

The Maryland State Department of Education Task Force on Recruiting Minorities for Professional Staff Positions was charged by the State Superintendent in August 1987 with developing a systematic state plan of action to increase the number of minorities in professional positions throughout Maryland's public schools. The group specifically…

The report reviews the status of black students in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District for the year 1982. It provides information on student enrollment, demographic distribution, achievement, graduation rates, achievement on college admission tests, retention and promotion, programs for low achievers, dropouts, discipline, vocational…

This report documents a consultation held by BellSouth Foundation that examined new routes to the teaching profession, and the changing and emerging philanthropic role in stimulating potential teachers to embark upon nontraditional paths to the profession. Participants included state education officials, foundation officers, public school teachers…

The extension of the professional base for public education is an important recent trend. There has developed an increased use of professional personnel for noninstructional services. The range of professions or services involved includes attendance, guidance, health programs, psychology, and social work. This publication deals primarily with…