Career academies have been effective in reducing the high school dropout rates and increasing academic course taking and course credit accumulation among students (Kemple & Willner, 2008; Kemple & Snipes, 2000). However, not all students have access to career academy programs as they are not universally implemented across the state of…

A computerized system, developed at Florida State University, is designed to locate students and resources on a geographic network. Using addresses of resources and students as input, the system quickly and accurately locates the addresses on a grid and creates a map showing their distribution. This geographical distribution serves as an…

The application of computer programing to construction of maps and geographic distributions of data has been called geocoding. This new use of the computer allows much more rapid analysis of various demographic characteristics. In particular, this paper describes the use of computer geocoding in the development of a plot of student density in…

The document measures the spatial patterns of mental abilities of 94 seventh-grade students within a small town by correlating and mapping four variables--IQ test scores, achievement test scores, neighborhood quality as seen by town officials, and creativity test scores from the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. Objectives were to ascertain the…

THIS REPORT, THE THIRD OF THREE REPORTS INITIATED BY THE MINNEAPOLIS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (YDP), DISCUSSES PATTERNS OF MOBILITY AMONG 798 SIXTH-GRADE STUDENTS FROM 11 SELECTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. SIX OF THESE SCHOOLS WERE IN LOW-INCOME, HIGH-DELINQUENCY "TARGET" AREAS. FIVE WERE LOCATED IN MIDDLE-CLASS, LOW-DELINQUENCY AREAS AND…

An analysis of the number of non-English-speaking school age children in "reception areas" in Toronto, Canada, provides an approximate indication of the relative sizes of ethnic groups. A "reception area" is one in which the residents have not established patterns of permanent residence. Eight maps illustrating Italian,…

Maps are becoming essential strategic components for school business officials. The power of the personal computer is bringing map analysis programs down to the desktop level. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) will help business managers display student data, analyze school boundaries, route buses and maintenance vehicles, chart home values,…

Looks at the "schools map" of facility distribution used as a tool in French educational planning and at criticisms of this technique. (SJL)

One of several papers in a symposium on Kensington School (in Missouri), this document describes the effects on this elementary school of demographic change and racial transition in Milford School District. The authors first present a historical overview of the development of the school district and the role of blacks in the town from the…

The District of Kaski in central Nepal is analyzed as part of a series of case studies on the application of the school mapping technique. The District of Kaski is placed in the Nepalese context of location, economic and social development, and education. A retrospective analysis is made of the first- and second-level networks from 1966-67 to…

This report documents the second-year progress of the Community College Data Base Team in their efforts to build a geographically based data system for use by college researchers and administrators. The primary purpose of the 1973-74 team effort was to expand the 1972-73 data base by adding internally generated district items, aggregated to the…

This case study highlights a typical example of the kind of gap that exists between centralized planning and implementation. Despite the existence of fairly sophisticated central planning machinery in Ireland and an active desire for reform on the part of the government (with an explicit policy on school location, buildings, curriculum, etc.), the…

Ankole District, Uganda, is typical of many developing areas of Africa, characterized by rapid population change (a result of both growth and redistribution), inadequate school provision, and severe financial constraints. The study relates the present patterns and organization of elementary and secondary level educational provision to the existing…

This book contains reports of two projects--one in Ethiopia, one in Palestine--that integrated a Geographical Information System (GIS) into the educational planning process. (A GIS is a computer program that combines two databases: numerical data such as traditional data on schools, teachers, and students; and geographic data such as the location…

The first of 3 final reports from the Department of Education's School Finance Project, this volume presents in 4 chapters, 7 appendixes, 8 maps, and 32 tables the results of analyses of factors affecting elementary and secondary educational finance. Chapter 1 introduces the report and outlines how it is organized. Chapter 2 offers an overview of…