The Michigan Department of Education's 1972-73 Title III evaluation reports on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Title I Open Concept School program for Indian education in the Sault Sainte Marie Area Public Schools. Of the 190 students in the school, 103 were of American Indian origin; 59% were from low socioeconomic groups. The…

Risk-Taking 2 investigates behaviors of young children who are presented with a choice without prior knowledge of the outcome. The child is asked to choose between a certainty, a toy placed in front of him, and an uncertainty, a paper bag which E had previously explained might contain five toys or none at all. Children who chose the certain toy…

This study is concerned with the role of educational institutions as mechanisms of labor market selection, in particular the role of high schools for terminal graduates. The aspects of this process under primary concern are racial differences in economic achievement generated and sustained by educational institutions in their capacity as…

Documents on American Indian education are cited in this bibliography, a supplement to 4 earlier documents. It contains abstracts of approximately 244 document citations from "Research in Education" (RIE) from 1963-73, and approximately 134 from "Current Index to Journals in Education" (CIJE) from 1971-73. The variety of educational resource…

This essay examines the search for an ethnic identity as conducted by three South American writer-philosophers during three distinct historical periods. The author shows how the thinking of Sarmiento, Rodo, and Vasconcelos corresponds to each one's respective period of time and yet transcends the same to arrive at similar conclusions. Included is…

In this study a review was made of more than 140 publications which deal with the occupational and social adjustment of rural youth in the Southeastern region. This review primarily focuses on publications that concern: (1) the changing economic environment of rural youths, (2) their migration patterns, (3) their educational system, (4) their…

Educational distribution tables were constructed which indicate that, generally, schools and school districts that scored in the upper (or middle, or lower) third of a ranking of Michigan districts on composite achievement also ran high (or middle, or low) on other assessment measures. The same type of relationship was generally found between…

In this landmark educational finance opinion (presented here in full) the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Texas case was not a proper case in which to examine a State's laws under standards of strict judicial scrutiny. That test, according to the Court, is reserved for cases involving laws that operate to the disadvantage of suspect classes or…

Adult basic education programs must teach the "social living skills" disadvantaged adults need, as well as basic literacy skills. In creating an ABE program, one must first assess the needs of the target population--through surveys, group meetings, an advisory council of members of the target population, demographic studies, and consideration of…

This booklet is comprised of three articles. (1) Ethnicity in American Life: The Historical Perspective, by John Hope Franklin, recounts the trends in the last three centuries. It is contended that ethnicity has extended and continues to extend beyond race; that at times it meant language, customs, religion, and national origin, but that it has…

The purpose of this study was to extend a relationship between teacher verbal rewarding and punishing behavior and subject matter growth previously obtained with middle-class postprimary children, with a different population; namely, first-grade, lower-class children. The subjects were 366 children and 20 teachers from first-grade classes…

The attitudes of Canadians toward multiculturalism were investigated in this study. Four attitude domains were examined. The first dealt with the attitudes held by Canadians toward a variety of ethnic groups in the country. The second involved general beliefs regarding cultural diversity. The third consisted of attitudes toward immigration. The…

A self-reporting questionnaire (57 items) was administered to all high school sophomores (599 completions) in 3 rural Ohio high schools for purposes of identifying correlations between selected social factors and acts of vandalism. The variables examined and the student responses indicated: 52% had committed 1 or more acts of vandalism; 37% were…

A typology of ethnic education programs is suggested and a case study is presented where separate education for an ethnic group has been used to maintain and defend a separate ethnic identity. The typology rates ethnic education programs both by degree of normative and structural change being sought and by degree of control by ethnic groups.…

The research project documented in this book is about the allocation of educational resources for secondary education in Great Britain. It re-examines some current assumptions about the allocation of resources in educational administration and in schools. The research attempts to test how far specific or dynamic demand affects the release and the…