Discusses the objectives for the teaching of English and describes the English program in the public elementary and secondary schools of Ontario, Canada. (RB)

Discusses the objectives for the teaching of English and describes the English program in the public elementary and secondary schools of Manitoba, Canada. (RB)

A survey sent to the administrators, department chairmen, and regional supervisors of the 20 women agricultural teachers presently teaching in California sought their responses to 10 common myths. The responses are reported. (AG)

A recent survey of 473 Minnesota businesses conducted by Parents in the Workplace (a nonprofit organization based in St. Paul, Minnesota) revealed that most area businesses provide or are considering providing a wide range of child care related benefits for employees. Flexible scheduling of employees' work hours, part-time work, leave to care for…

As part of a telephone survey conducted during 1980 by the Coast Community College District, district residents were asked to rate the importance of seven community college missions for them personally and for the people of Orange County. The seven missions rated were occupational training, transfer education, general education, basic skills…

The first article in this report discusses how psychographic measures can be used to describe newspaper readers' life styles and to distinguish readers of different newspapers in a market. It reports the findings of a study revealing that in three markets, different psychographic profiles emerged for readers of morning and afternoon newspapers.…

The Central Region States of the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) were surveyed in 1980 regarding their systems for collecting information and their information needs on teacher supply and demand. The 13 states involved were Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,…

Two studies were conducted to determine educator, student, and parent perceptions regarding school discipline in Tennessee. Nearly 4,000 educators and 3,000 students responded to instruments designed to ascertain existing discipline problems, related influences, and appropriate corrective actions. Various demographic characteristics were used in…

The aim of this study was to determine the perceptions of school superintendents in Mississippi toward the role of principals as members of the management team. The Team Management Opinionaire (TMO), a 12-item instrument designed by the researchers for the project, was sent to the 152 school superintendents in the state. Usable returns were…

Intended to identify the perceived information needs of the residents of California and to determine if and how those are being met, this study conducted a survey of state residents. The report is divided into sections which detail the need for the study, previous research, implications for data collection procedures, technical aspects of the…

A study was conducted to identify new and emerging jobs in marketing and distributive education. Two job survey booklets were constructed and used to collect job information from 397 businesses and 318 distributive education coordinators in Texas. Additional investigations were made to determine if coordinator's background or school location was…

The paper reviews initiatives the South Carolina Department of Education has undertaken in the area of school psychology, particularly as it pertains to evaluating and placing handicapped children. Two brief introductory sections cover the role, function, and certification of school psychologists and national approaches toward the delineation of…

A study described opinions of Kentucky home economic teachers regarding home visits and made recommendations for improving vocational home economics programs in Kentucky. A random sample of 142 home economics teachers employed in Kentucky during the 1975-76 school year completed a questionnaire concerning the value of home visits, constraints to…

This report, based on statistics gathered from the first statewide census of Illinois public secondary school course offerings, enrollments, and cocurricular activities, focuses on English language arts courses. Among the highlights from the report are the following: (1) Illinois junior and senior high schools typically rely on general, grade…

The purpose of this study was to determine what is happening in the day-to-day operation of learning and reading disability programs in various school systems and to survey reading personnel's feelings about existing practices and organizational structures. A questionnaire, designed to discover procedures for helping children with reading or…