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Chaffee, John, Jr., Ed.; Clark, James P., Ed. – 1976
This publication is a summary report of a national conference cosponsored by the U.S. Office of Education and the National Association of Secondary School Principals to discuss current concerns in secondary education. The report includes adaptations of general session addresses, reports on each of the 20 workshops, and articles on the general…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Articulation (Education), Conference Reports, Cultural Pluralism
Bothwell, Robert O.; And Others – 1976
In Serrano v. Priest, the California Supreme Court in 1971 initiated a modern era of elementary and secondary school finance reform. This paper first examines the present problems of urban school finance to ascertain why urban adjustments are necessary today in the new school finance formulas. All urban school finance adjustments in use at the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Finance
Morgan, Don A., Ed. – 1975
This monograph presents the papers and addresses of resident and adjunct faculty of the Fifth Rochester Institute, which examined new needs of two-year college students and various innovative institutional responses. Resident faculty papers deal with a variety of issues involving career education: "Career Education: A Humanistic…
Descriptors: Accountability, Career Education, Conferences, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Havens, A. Eugene – 1965
The hypothesis examined in this study is that education as an active force will perform two functions: (1) develop technical innovations and transform the productive structure, and (2) produce men who can undertake social and political innovations in Colombia. The plight of education in rural Colombia is revealed when contrasted with the urban…
Descriptors: Community Change, Cross Cultural Studies, Economic Progress, Educational Sociology
Hall, Marian D.; And Others – 1970
This study is an effort to assess both the internal and external conditions of learning. The sample included 99 first graders in four classrooms of one inner city school in a large midwestern city. The assessment measure was a battery of tests selected from frequently used tests of visual perception, auditory discrimination, language, memory,…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Auditory Tests, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques
Hawkridge, David G.; And Others – 1969
The principal aims of this study were to identify, select, analyze, and describe educational programs for culturally disadvantaged children from preschool through grade 12 which had yielded measured benefits of cognitive achievement. A literature search (mainly through ERIC) and mail inquiries followed by telephone consultations constituted the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Black Students, Cognitive Ability
Inner London Education Authority (England). – 1973
The report looks at the education service in Inner London as a whole and proposes developments designed to enable it to serve more fully the needs of the whole community. Attention is drawn to the important aspects of the community in Inner London and its problems. The report goes on to describe some of the new developments which have taken place.…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Community Resources, Community Schools, Coordination
Kleinfeld, Judith – 1973
This study examined the costs and benefits of alternative high school programs for Alaskan village children. It attempted to determine what actually happens to village adolescents in different high school programs, why it happens, and what, if anything, can be done about it. Research methods studied the effects of 3 types of high school programs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Boarding Homes, Boarding Schools
Miller, Bernard W. – 1974
A proposed project will attempt to alter the attitudes toward disadvantaged urban children which are held by students in an elementary teacher education program. There are both theoretical reasons and empirical evidence to indicate that filmmaking and film viewing are effective means of facilitating learning, interpersonal communication, emotional…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Vogler, William H.; And Others – 1971
In this evaluation report, considerable analysis is devoted to the definition of program development in each of the three years of funding, as well as an evaluation of third year objectives attainment. Emphases include project history prior to 1970-71 and context definition, project inputs, fiscal and staff resources, and terminal product…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Career Planning, Community Involvement, Community Role
Howe, Harold, II – 1968
This book contains 23 addresses delivered by Harold Howe, II, during two of his years as United States Commissioner on Education. The speeches contain recurrent theses, but each address is unique in its emphasis and development. Howe's basic theme is the urgent necessity to provide true equality of educational opportunity for all children.…
Descriptors: Black Power, Board of Education Role, Civil Rights, Educational Change
Goldfarb, Lawrence A.; And Others – 1972
Seven schools located in and around an impoverished West Philadelphia community are highlighted. While all seven schools are representative of a movement toward the decentralization of authority, the involvement of people in their schools, and the humanization of the educational process, each is innovative in its own way. The authors first discuss…
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Community Action, Community Centers, Community Involvement
Katz, Michael B. – 1971
Despite periodic reform movements, the American educational system has remained essentially unchanged since about 1885, when it was established as "universal, tax-supported, free, bureaucratically organized, class-biased, and racist." Bureaucracy emerged as the dominant structure because it is the most practical method of keeping the lower orders…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Bureaucracy, Change Agents, Class Attitudes
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Finn, Jeremy D.; And Others – Urban Education, 1988
Reviews the educational experiences of 106 children and adolescents who appeared in juvenile court either as status offenders or delinquents. Concludes that poor academic performance, low self-esteem, and low school participation may be connected to antisocial and delinquent behavior. (FMW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior
Folts, James D. – 1996
This monograph presents a history of educational services in New York State. Chapter 1 summarizes the history of the University of the State of New York, its Board of Regents, early development, and unification of the university and the Department of Public Instruction. Chapter 2 reviews the State Education Department's history and legal…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Television, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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