This report covers the first phase of a three-phase research program entitled "Developing Model NYC Programs for Rural Youth". The report contains three sections. The first section, "An Experimental Rural Youth Program for the North Central States" contains a detailed description of the general framework of a program for rural…

The publication provides the basic steps and insights to developing a philosophy of career education. It provides change agents within local schools with the background and results of the program developed in Milford, Nebraska. The publication is separated into two parts; they are: (1) position statements and philosophy, and (2) principles and…

To determine perceptions of school board members, teachers, and principals in rural schools about the quality of their educational programs, the type of preparation they had received in preservice programs, and the inservice opportunities available to them, responses to questionnaires from 2,028 teachers, 119 principals, and 113 school board…