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Gish, Elmer H. – 1972
A feasibility study was made of the Gallup/Kettering plan for support in locally conducted surveys of public opinion about the public schools by implementing the plan in Richmond, Virginia. The methods used in the local survey, as well as the findings and conclusions of the feasibility study, are reported in this document. A related document is ED…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Attitudes, Feasibility Studies
Miller, Francis T.; And Others – 1974
Based on a North Carolina feasibility study (1967-73) which focused on development of a pattern for providing comprehensive mental health services to rural people, this guide deals with measuring and monitoring stress in the community. Emphasizing the "proactive" efforts developed in a stress model for Vance and Franklin counties, this…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Feasibility Studies, Individual Needs, Information Seeking
Rochester City School District, NY. – 1973
Utilizing a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity, the Rochester Schools Alternative Study has been established to study the possibilities of developing an education system which would: (1) include a variety of learning programs based partially on the best aspects of those previously tried and (2) provide parents and teachers a choice in…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Educational Experiments, Educational Vouchers, Feasibility Studies
Abt Associates, Inc., Cambridge, MA. – 1972
The voucher plan--a proposal to give parents the right and the financial means in the form of a voucher to send their child to the public, private, or parochial school of their choice--was developed as a "model" and, necessarily, without great sensitivity to differences among local school districts. The San Francisco Unified School…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Educational Experiments, Educational Improvement, Educational Vouchers
Washington Univ., Seattle. Bureau of School Service and Research. – 1972
In February 1971, the Seattle School District received funds to conduct a study of the feasibility of implementing the education voucher plan in Seattle. The study was divided into two preliminary phases. Phase 1 conducted over a 4-month period, consisted of an investigation of the areas of the city where the plan could best be tested, an analysis…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Educational Experiments, Educational Vouchers, Feasibility Studies
Glovinsky, Sanford J. – 1971
This report presents a chronology of events and activities which were part of the study aimed at determining the feasibility of the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District as a potential site for a voucher demonstration. In the summer of 1970, the Office of Economic Opportunity issued a general nationwide request for proposals from interested…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Attitudes, Educational Experiments, Educational Vouchers