"How the Long Island Educational Communications Council demonstrated modern teaching methods, materials and equipment in support of school budgets and set a pattern for taxpayer enlightenment worthy of emulation across the country." (Editor)

A demographic fact is that the population is made up of an increasingly larger percentage of old people. Senior citizens will vote in the same pattern as the rest of the population if they are informed. Presents ways schools can communicate better and gain the suppport of senior citizens. (MD)

Suggestions for making the local taxpayer aware of the value of instructional technology in the hope that he will, with his vote, support the cost of this vital equipment. (LS)

Adapted from the author's remarks at the 1969 convention of the American Association of School Administrators in Atlantic City.

This article deals with a typical school system's dilemma of dealing with the problems of presenting the proposed budget to the voters who decide what monies should be spent on education." (Editor)

Describes how one district mounted a successful campaign to get its budget passed after the same budget was defeated three months earlier. (IRT)

This document describes the public relations strategies employed by the Lakewood (Ohio) City School district to obtain voter support for a school levy. Various aspects of this successful campaign are described, including the formation of administrative committees to oversee campaign activities, steering and citizens' committees, the use of…

Specific factors that characterized successful 1976 election campaigns in Michigan school districts. (MLF)

The first part of this article deals with how to build an effective public relations program, which is essential in securing voter funding support. The second part outlines a step-by-step way to win funding issues. (Author)

A random sample of 750 adults stratified on the basis of age, sex, and employment status was surveyed to determine attitudes toward the importance of a college education for high school graduates in the college district, college plans for their children, attitudes and knowledge about the college, and voting intentions on a future bond issue. On…

A Michigan school district asked local trade specialists to identify school building problems and estimate repair costs. A citizens' committee reviewed the recommendations and the community approved a bond issue to finance the school improvements. (MLF)

The U.S. Commissioner of Education assesses the progress and problems of our schools and colleges and outlines the challenges of the future. (Editor)

Ohio schools are particularly hard hit by the taxpayers' rebellion." (Author)