Access to early childhood education has increased over the last two decades, with global enrolment rates showing gender parity in access among boys and girls. Despite this gender parity in access, the pre-primary education system does not always deliver on its potential to tackle gender inequities and address harmful gender stereotypes while they…

Most school boards still use the accounting methods of the forties and fifties. Outlined here is a method for the seventies - called Responsible Accounting. (Editor)

Describes a curriculum planning approach that employs a systematic process for identifying alleged training needs, investigating the case in a preproject study, setting priorities, and adopting a project list and budget. Discusses the makeup and roles of the curriculum planning council and professional planning staff. Provides a problem…

Planning-Programing-Budgeting systems (PPBS) provide the means for formulating more precise curricular objectives and coordinating curricular-fiscal planning within education. At the core of PPBS is the program budget that reports programs to be accomplished and allocates expenditures in terms of objectives relating to student achievement rather…

This paper identifies the curricular-instructional implications of PPBS. The author (1) describes the purposes of PPBS, (2) proposes a feasible implementation strategy for local schools, (3) identifies potential pitfalls that should be avoided, (4) formulates a possible role description for supervisors, (5) identifies local schools using PPBS, and…

The professional literature contains many definitions and conceptualizations of PPBS, but basically it is a term applied to a set of interrelated organizational activities. (Author)

Advocates that readers reflect upon the state of the National Science Foundation (NSF) pre-college program and send their opinions on program responsiveness to national needs, NSF long-term goals, policy-making improvement, and congressional action regarding long- and short-range funding decisions to their congressman. (GS)

Despite limited monetary resources, a small New York City vocational and technical high school has concentrated efforts to expand its physical education program in three areas: facilities, curriculum, and extracurricular activities. (JN)

This report reviews programs of individualized instruction in the basic skills of mathematics, language arts, science, and social education as well as in new curriculums which foster the skills needed for social education as well and emotional growth. The development and operation of an experience-based model for career education is described, and…

The conference was held to exchange updated information concerning alternatives to the traditional 9-month school year; question motives and methods relating to established and planned year-round programs; and identify problem areas in year-round school operations. Presented in chronological order are all the speeches given at the conference.…

Planning, Programming Budgeting System (PPBS) is advocated for foreign language instruction as a means of helping schools set objectives, determine priorities, decide on a plan of action, measure the results, evaluate, and make future decisions. (Author/RM)

The goals of the project were to strengthen the curriculum management capabilities of the Oklahoma Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center (CIMC); to expand its efforts toward curriculum management in career education through coordination of efforts in development, dissemination, and diffusion; and to maximize resources for curriculum…