Against the background of expanding parental choices and declining global birth rates, schools are experiencing rising competition regarding student enrolment. Schools have responded by strategically presenting information about their students' academic achievement and whole-person development orientation in the hope of attracting parents'…

This research examines national data and investigates the nature of provincial education in Australia, with a particular focus on students attending schools in isolated areas. Numerous government reports and research findings have acknowledged a range of issues regarding the academic performance of students from "rural" to describe the…

Do schools reduce or perpetuate inequality by race and family income? Most studies conclude that schools play only a small role in explaining socioeconomic and racial disparities in educational outcomes, but they usually draw this conclusion based solely on test scores. We reconsider this finding using longitudinal data on test scores and…

In this study, life satisfaction and its correlates were explored through analysis of the experiences and psychological traits of highly gifted students who were accelerated into an early college-entrance program. Happiness, fulfillment in life, assuredness, and good dispositions are constructs that point toward positive character development and…

Survey of departments offering majors in radio and television provides information on curricula, budgets, and equipment relative to department structure, funding type, campus size, and region. (PD)

Provides current-year estimates of key statistics for public elementary and secondary schools during the 2001-2002 school year. Data, from the National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data, show that student membership in public elementary and secondary education has increased by 1.45 million students since fall 1997 to…

Provides current-year estimates of key statistics for public elementary and secondary schools based on survey data from late 1999. At that time, there were approximately 46.8 million students in prekindergarten through grade 12 in U.S. public schools, taught by an estimated 2.9 million teachers. Estimates expenditures for public elementary and…

Summaries of two recent publications by the National Center for Education Statistics show a continued decline in enrollment. A gradual enrollment increase is expected to begin in 1984. Increases are also projected for school expenditures and teacher demand. (MLF)

Presents universe data on the organization, students, staff, and financial resources of public elementary and secondary education agencies and schools. Data are from the National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data Program. (Author/SLD)

Provides current-year estimates of selected key statistics for public elementary and secondary schools. Data from the National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data indicate enrollment, numbers of teachers, student/teacher ratios, high school graduates, and education revenues and expenditures. (Author/SLD)

Nine graphs and tables present data on past and projected preschool enrollment, birth rates, participation by women in the work force, and effects of preschool programs on first grade achievement. (PGD)

Discusses the trends in journalism program enrollments, using the 1978 figures from an annual survey of journalism schools. (RL)

Analyzes new estimates of elementary education enrollment rates for 126 nations and colonies from 1870-1940. States that the expansion of elementary education was more uneven, tentative, and varied in this period, suggesting that social, economic, political, and religious conditions greatly affected the extension of schooling before World War II.…

Examines journalism enrollment patterns in colleges across the United States based on a 1983 survey of 201 programs. (HOD)

Traces the history of the development of the "Digest of Education Statistics" and describes its characteristics and uses. From 1962 to the present, the "Digest" has been a major compilation of information about U.S. education and has been widely used. (SLD)