This article examines how school and non-school policies interact to reinforce or disrupt school segregation in the context of suburban communities and how these systems are maintained by structural and institutional mechanisms. Methodologically, we use a case study approach to delve deeply into the interpretation and implementation of school…

Educators in Allegany, Garrett, and Washington counties in Western Maryland voluntarily formed the Regional Education Service Agency (RESA) of Appalachian Maryland on the basis of their shared problems (relative isolation from the rest of the state and mountainous, remote terrain with very severe winters). RESA is comprised of public educational…

Basic needs of children and youth which cannot be provided by small rural schools could be realized by combining the resources and pupils of a number of local districts. Four types of organization are presented as possibilities for providing cooperative educational services: (1) autonomous districts with line functions; (2) semi-autonomous…

A study was made to determine the adult public's expectations and attitudes about public libraries in the southern Maryland region, which encompasses St. Mary's, Charles, and Calvert counties. Survey instruments and interviewing procedures were developed to make these determinations to create profiles of the library user and non-user based on age,…

Preliminary findings from a study to develop a plan for a community educational television (ETV) system in Appalachian Maryland demonstrate the feasibility of integrating the ETV project and the Appalachian Applied Technology Satellite-F (ATS-F) experiment in inservice training for rural teachers. Through the community ETV project, undertaken by…

This master plan for the Maryland community colleges represents a complete revision from previous editions, including new statements of mission, goals, strengths and problems. Major sections of the plan consider (1) statewide and local governance; (2) trends, current status and projections in the areas of enrollment, programs of instruction,…

The Maryland State Board for Community Colleges is conducting a study of the needs for postsecondary vocational-technical education on the Lower Eastern Shore of the state. This document represents an interim report on the progress of the study. Procedures included analyzing existing manpower and student interest data, verifying this information…

A systems analysis of a community educational television (ETV) structure and of community needs was made in three counties of Appalachian Maryland to see whether an ETV system could meet integrated needs of public school students, disadvantaged families, educators, health service groups, police and fire departments, and business/industry across…

Concern about the adequacy of existing optometry schools to meet the needs and demands for optometric education in the South prompted a study, to result in a proposal for expansion of education in the field. The results showed that there is a shortage of optometrists in each of the 14 states of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) region,…

The Southern Maryland Educational Consortium's Tech Prep Model Demonstration project is described in this final report. The consortium members are Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's county school districts and Charles County Community College in southern Maryland. The project is based on a 4 + 2 model in which ninth-grade students develop career…

In the Southern Maryland Educational Consortium's 4 + 2 tech prep program, ninth-grade students develop career plans and follow career pathways in one of three technologies--health and human services, electronics and engineering, or business. The program was evaluated by an independent social science research firm to identify the different…

The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), with the help of its Educational Technology Cooperative and its Wide Area Networking Task Group, designed a survey to identify the computer networking resources in the 15 SREB states. The survey was conducted to identify: (1) the various statewide educational networks in each of the SREB states; (2)…

Eight public educational institutions serving three counties of Appalachian Maryland (Allegany, Garrett, Washington) have joined together to plan and develop public education on a regional basis in order to: (1) raise the overall quality of education; (2) broaden curricula to meet regional economic needs, especially at post-secondary level; (3)…

The report of the Study Commission on Structure and Governance of Education (commonly known as the Rosenberg Commission), which provoked considerable controversy because of its recommended broad changes, was evaluated by a task force through public and invitational hearings and extensive meetings. The recommendations for elementary and secondary…

These proceedings contain the texts of the following papers: "Relationship of the Governor's Employment and Training Council to Vocational Education and Economic Development" by George Merrill; "How to Manage Vocational Programs to Meet Industrial Needs" by John R. Nauright; "County Connections: The Montgomery County…