This document reports on a project designed to (1) help State departments of education improve their public information programs, and (2) build greater understanding of education by keeping the public informed of new developments in education. The project directed major attention to the following areas: (1) a national survey of State agency public…

This paper reflects the concern and thinking of a consultant group of counselor educators and State directors of guidance about the requirements for pupil personnel programs needed to accomplish their goals. In the panel deliberations, major areas of concern appeared to be the (1) basic philosophy, (2) assigned responsibility, (3) pupil personnel…

This booklet is one of a series of reports addressing the most critical issues confronting state boards of education throughout the United States. Each report attempts to present a concise, informative review and analysis of the best and most current information available on one of these critical topics. This booklet focuses on community education…

The Social Studies Committee of the New England Educational Assessment Project conducted this assessment over a period of two years. The general objectives of this study were: 1) to identify the teaching intentions and cultural orientations of 3,631 secondary social studies teachers and the value orientations of their pupils; 2) to obtain teachers…

The "knowledge explosion" in the world today presents increasing demands that citizens be able to read with understanding, insight, and critical analysis. Every child who enters the public schools must have at his disposal an instructional program in reading from kindergarten through grade twelve that is designed to allow him to develop…

This framework was prepared by the State Advisory Committee on Science Education and is designed to provide assistance to persons responsible for science curriculum and instruction, as well as for writers and publishers of instructional materials. It purports to set forth and define the essential ingredients and structure of a K-12 instructional…

This report is an attempt to establish a statewide philosophy of education for Montana and to recommend methods for incorporating that philosophy at the State, local, and classroom levels. Twenty-two separate recommendations are made for implementing the educational philosophy developed by the Montana Board of Education, and much of the report is…