Presented are the proceedings of a 1976 conference on rehabilitation of the deaf. The complete texts of the following addresses are included: "Rehabilitation Imperatives" by C. Mills; "What Must Be Done?" (ten priority areas such as early identification of children with hearing loss) by J. Melcher; "The Current Scene as Viewed by the Deaf" by M.…

This report of the Fourteenth National NEA Conference on Civil and Human Rights in Education focuses on equal educational opportunity for Asians and Pacific Islanders. Included in the document are various summaries of interest group input sessions. These were concerned with the following topics: 1) violence in the schools, 2) curriculum and…

Proceedings of nine "mini-conferences" (each consisting of four representatives from each of three associations) on career education held during the period January-April, 1977, are contained in this report. Also included are a series of statements/documents prepared independently by association subcommittees. Various issues of concern to the…

Provided are 11 presentations given at the research seminar of the First National Conference on Creative Art of the Developmentally Disabled, a conference which also included an art exhibit, lectures, and workshops. Following two introductory speeches (by E. Katz and F. Ludins-Katz) are papers with the following titles and authors: "Creativity" by…

Presented is the annual evaluation report on the Instructional Model Program for All Children and Teachers (IMPACT), a project for training both regular classroom teachers and special education teachers of students in grades k through 8 to alter the educational environment, thus enabling many handicapped children to be served as they are…

The prefatory section of the Library of Congress (LC) annual report lists library officers, library committees, consultants, and an organizational chart. The body of the report begins with a narrative overview of recent LC activities in such areas as organizational changes, copyright law, Bicentennial Program, publications, and projects. Separate…

The emphasis of the new accountability is upon the fact that, regardless of how intense competition among institutions may become, there are certain basic ethical and legal obligations that should pervade student-institutional relations. These are cited in recommendations of two invitational national conferences on consumer protection in…

This study measured the thoroughness of reported research which appeared in seven journals in the health education field. Evaluation was made of articles, appearing between May 1980 and May 1981, in the "Journal of the American College Health Association,""American Journal of Public Health,""Health Education Quarterly,""Health Values: Achieving…

This report, submitted to the President and Congress in accordance with the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Act (PL 91-345), describes the activities of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for the 12-month period from October 1, 1979 through September 30, 1980. The report contains: an outline of…

This publication contains abstracts of papers presented at the 53rd annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), held in Boston, Massachusetts, April 11-13, 1980. Papers relate to research techniques, learning, cognitive development, instruction, science curriculum, teacher education (preservice, inservice)…

In criticizing the New York City Comptroller's Report on selected school systems in the United States, this analysis cites methodological errors in the design and execution of that work which, it is indicated here, invalidate many of the conclusions reached therein. According to this critique, the Comptroller's Report possessed a conceptually weak…

This fourth annual report on Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA) programs highlights the major areas addressed by the National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs in 1978. The report begins with an introductory summary of the Council's work since 1975 followed by brief discussions reporting the 1978 revisions in WEEA and the…

This is the first in an annual series of studies on the circulation of media and the operation of educational media centers in United States Public Schools. The plan is to gather three types of data in each annual survey: (1) baseline data gathered each year, (2) an in-depth probe of a particular part of media programs, and (3) a compilation of…

This study is the first of a five phase program of the American Association of School Administrators directed toward reducing energy consumption in existing schools. This report summarizes the results of the field investigations, computer simulation and evaluations of the energy conserving opportunities available in the Scott Elementary School in…

In this report, the proceedings during a conference on women in public life are described. Four papers given at the conference, "After Mexico City, What?" by Elizabeth Reid, "The American Woman In A Changing World," by Barbara Jordan, "American Women and American Foreign Policy,.. by Carol Laise, and "Power--How To…