This study translated data reflecting life satisfaction from a large national Japanese survey into English. Perceptions of life satisfaction in Japan were compared to those in the United States. Data for U.S. subjects were taken from Gallup Polls in 1979, 1989, and 1990; Japanese data were based on personal interviews taken during the National…

Through a number of measures, both quantitative and qualitative, this progress report explores the achievements of Southeastern public schools in meeting the continually expanding goal of quality education for all citizens. Quantitative figures are shown, regionally and state by state, for ages of compulsory attendance, public and private school…

Marital satisfaction across the life cycle differs for men and women. To investigate family life satisfaction across positional roles, developmental categories, and socioeconomic status (SES), 100 husbands and wives (families) were administered the Heimler Schedule of Social Functioning (SOSF), which relates social function and stressors (work,…

Suggests that effective educational policy and programs should be based on research and theory which focus on both race and culture and the complex interactions between these and related variables such as socio-economic status. (Author/AM)

Discusses ethnicity from a historical, philosophical and psychological perspective, focusing on some of the problems and opportunities it presents the public schools. (Author/AM)

This paper considers the nature of couple and parent-child relationships when family space is public rather than private, and others are present as audiences, claimants on the intimate territory, and sources of alternative ties. Research on 35 urban communal households found an initial shift in the locus of social control. (Author)

Summarized were results of an analysis of placement factors with 7,427 children enrolled in primary and intermediate classes for the educable mentally retarded in Virginia during 1971-72. (DB)

This study concerns the use of the Friendship Rating Scale, a noncompetitive instrument in which the raters establish hierarchical preferences but without forcing subjects into subordinate positions following higher rating. The FRS is an assessment device for determining the correlation between peer status and academic achievement. (Author/HMV)

The author reviews certain aspects of American marriage and living arrangements, including some facts about what has been happening recently to family life in this country and calls attention to some areas where further research is needed. (Author/PC)

A select annotated bibliography on theory and practical measures of student achievement from seven eastern European countries is provided. Countries included in the references are Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union. (DE)

Exploring the contribution of the home, apprenticeship, and evening schools, the analysis suggests that while sex bias apparently favored males in quality and quantity of educational opportunity, women's education in Colonial America was richer than popularly conceived. (Author/MW)

The results of analyzing age-income distributions by educational categories with cost data suggest that the rates of return have not decreased over the 1960's and that the return to those completing two-year programs may be much higher than previously thought. (Author/MW)

A review of the research indicates a consistent, moderate correlation between self-concept and academic achivement suggesting that school personnel need to pay more attention to the self concept variable in both preventive and remedial interventions. (Author/CS)

Although the old social order of racial segregation has collapsed, much remains to be done to reach full equality of the races. This article analyzes economic trends since World War II to compare the standing of black and white Americans. The findings on five basic questions of equality are as follows: (1) there are more blacks in higher level…