Two educators respond to four questions concerning gifted and talented students. Topics include program development in a small town, a bright student's dissatisfaction, and parents' concerns over their daughter's religious fanaticism. (CL)

Planning and management suggestions are offered to administrators developing gifted programs in rural settings. Emphasis on making effective use of limited time and personnel, creativity in financing and transportation, and dealing sensitively with community feelings. (Author/DB)

Discusses the universal school: its expansion, whether it has meant progress, and some alleged failures of universal education. The author concludes that it has been generally successful in realizing the purposes that control it, but that it can be used to further aims that many people believe to be reactionary or evil or both. (CT)

Discusses the strengths and weaknesses of rural education and calls for the establishment of a rural education network that would disseminate information about exemplary programs dealing with problems unique to rural schools. (FL)

Describes the historical development of educational programs which could enhance the culture and knowledge of minorities in the mountainous regions of China. Identifies current major problems in minority education and lists statistical information for the school population. Provides guidelines for developing a minority education program. (KO)

Devising appropriate service delivery for gifted individuals is never an easy task and is especially challenging in rural areas. Characteristics of rural schools may be both barriers and benefits to gifted education. Limited numbers may mean that programming options for gifted students are unfeasible, but small schools and classes make…

Introduces a statewide child care resource-and-referral network that links programs together at the state level while linking parents and providers at the local level as a model for meeting child care needs in rural areas. Suggests that the collaboration and creativity of rural community members and state-level leaders can ensure the best services…

Identifies unique problems associated with developing gifted programs in rural schools. Makes suggestions to administrators concerning proper emphasis on program planning, sensitivity during the identification procedures, financial and transportation difficulties, and fostering community support. 8 references. (SV)

The term "higher education" should be redefined to give all grade levels and subjects equal educational value. This effort should involve the Appalachian Teachers' Network, which consists of a group of teachers from all grade levels working to make Appalachian Studies an integral part of education. At Radford University (Virginia) the…

This keynote speech discusses the rise of telecommunicated distance education in the United States. Interactive satellite broadcasts for K-12 instruction are now received by more than 1,000 schools in more than 40 states. Similarly, many states are working with two-way interactive television projects, slow-scan television systems, and…

Examines strategies for supporting program development in rural community colleges while simultaneously supporting the institutional mission and ensuring economic feasibility, quality, and excellence. Describes techniques for assessing program viability, ensuring program quality, and taking advantage of new opportunities for change. (14 citations)…

This paper describes a summer institute on poverty offered for graduate degree credit through Western Carolina University. The institute targeted western North Carolina educators by inviting 18 regional school districts to sponsor one participant each. Speaker and seminar topics centered on the nature of poverty, its pervasiveness, its…

Because the traditional methods of adult literacy training frequently fail to achieve their objectives and because their implementation on a vast scale would be too costly, this UNESCO quide is presented as an aid in linking literacy campaigns to national development projects and the motivations for change which these might arouse among the rural…

A merit pay plan can be successful if it contains unified and agreed upon objectives, integration and expansion of present key tasks, and endorsement and involvement of the entire educational staff. The responsibility of developing appropriate goals rests with the board of education, while the responsibility of documenting voluntary participation…

Federal legislation requires that all handicapped children be afforded an appropriate and individualized physical education program. The state education agency of Montana, however, has not assumed this responsibility, and unqualified special education classroom teachers and regular physical education teachers are reluctantly charged by local…