This document describes in detail the history and structure of the Republic of China's educational system. Section 1 includes charts detailing school density and changes in school population since 1950. Section 2 addresses the aim of education and its legal background. Section 3 presents a synopsis of current school regulations at all levels.…

This telephone survey to determine the ethnic composition of the East Detroit school district was done by a team of teachers as part of a teacher workshop training program. As part of the same teacher workshop, another team of teachers wrote an historical sketch of East Detroit, describing its population growth, economic development, and…

Annual desk reference of key education facts is organized as follows: (1) year's education events in review; (2) common measures of education attainment; (3) cost of school construction; (4) demographics of school leadership; (5) gender gap in academic achievement; and (6) key education indicators by region and by state. (MLF)

A pull-out desk reference of key school statistics, this 11th annual edition provides key indicators of school performance and progress in areas such as test scores and educational technology, school construction and school bond issues, demographic profiles of school board members and school administrators, and education indicators by region and…

School board members and administrators are charged with educating a student body that is more diverse than any generation before them. However, top leadership positions remain mostly white and mostly male. Charts display the race and gender of administrators and board members by size of school district. (MLF)

This booklet provides a variety of demographic information about the Alaska school system covering, in most cases, the past 10 years. The Alaska Commissioners of Education from 1917 to the present are listed, followed by a phone directory of the department, and general district and school information. The section on student information gives…

This report presents data concerning the distribution of 1989-90 high school graduates of New York State's public and nonpublic schools. The data were secured through the Education Department's Basic Educational Data System and reflect the status of graduates, as reported by school principals, in the fall of 1990. Table 1 presents trends in the…

This paper reports summary data on the general characteristics, fiscal revenues and expenditures, educational agency and school numbers and sizes, and students and staff for each state, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands). Data are reported for…

This report contains statistical data on all the high schools in the Portland Public School District to provide comparable background information. All data are for the 1982-83 school year unless otherwise noted. Most enrollment data is taken from the official October 1, 1982 enrollment count. Part I displays comparisons between the 10 schools on…

The majority of women enrolled in noncollegiate postsecondary vocational schools in October, 1976, were twenty-five years of age and over and attended school part-time while working full-time. The enrollment of women of age eighteen and over in noncollegiate postsecondary schools in October, 1976, was almost equal to that of men. When enrollments…

This report compiles basic data on students and educational personnel from a sample of operating local public school systems in the United States. The publication provides pertinent facts to Congress, the Commissioner of Education, Federal agencies, and other educational planners to assist them in making decisions on current educational issues.…

The publicly available statistical information on U.S. public school districts to date has been limited to certain demographic characteristics of districts, student enrollment and racial composition, and the numbers of teachers. To enlarge this fund of knowledge, information on the variety of attributes, policies, and practices of public school…

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…

This notebook serves the purpose of informing the Compton Community College District about the student body population, faculty and classified employees in reference to gender, race/ethnicity and age. Findings from an analysis of the period from fall 1991 to fall 1995 included the following: (1) over the period, the enrollment of Black students…

Each year, Compton Community College (CCC), in California, collects statistical information on current trends related to the gender, race/ethnicity, and age of the college's student body, faculty, and classified employees. Findings from an analysis of the period from fall 1991 to fall 1994 included the following: (1) the vast majority of CCC…