This article examines federal policy in the context of professional development and in-service education for school personnel. (MM)

A two-week summer institute for teachers and administrators of kindergarten and grade 1 gifted children is described. The purpose of the Institute was to plan strategies for meeting the needs of the young gifted and talented children in their classrooms, schools, or districts. (Author)

This article describes a research project carried out in a secondary school that switched from a traditional to full-credit semester system. (PB)

A physician and an educator organized and conducted an in-service course to prepare school physicians for involvement in sex education programs. One year later, a follow-up study revealed a wide gap between the school physicians' expressed intentions to participate and action. (Author)

A leader in the field of education will be a man or a woman who has reflected and who continues to reflect on the values inherent in human life and on what constitutes the "good life." The principal as leader will challenge both teachers and students to seek their vision of human value and to engage in a dialogic search for truth. (Author)

Author revealed the findings of Task Force '74, i.e., the problems American education will face in the next 25 years are problems the country has not dealt with before: declining school enrollment, aging teaching staff, and general decline of interest in education. (Editor/RK)

An inservice program for 20 practicing administrators holding degrees in school administration was conducted at the University of Illinois during the 1969-1970 academic year. Program objectives were (1) to provide administrators with an opportunity under guidance to strengthen and develop conceptual bases and to improve their administrative…

The Interagency Training Programs Catalog is one of four publications published by the Civil Service Commission that are specifically designed to provide agencies information on available training resources. This catalog is intended primarily for clientele in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and contains information on interagency training…

This study was to evolve a new model for inservice training of teachers and administrators in rural and urban areas of California. Initially, 1,600 individuals were surveyed regarding their inservice activities. The data were then evaluated using "Filep's intersect theory of assessment" which employs an analysis of consensus as well as…