This document presents findings of a study that investigated the roles and functions of school-personnel administrators in the United States and Canada. Surveys were mailed to four groups--Canadian school district superintendents, county office of education superintendents, superintendents of educational service agencies, and American school…

This document is the user's manual for utilizing the data files containing the 1980 Census of Population and Housing School District Equivalency Files, Master Reference Files (MARF) 3 and 4. These equivalency files were created by the Bureau of the Census using school district boundary maps, and they pertain to all persons and housing units in the…

Two data files which contain the 1980 Census of Population and Housing School District Equivalency Files, Master Reference Files (MARF) 3 and 4, are presented. These equivalency files were created by the Bureau of the Census using school district boundary maps. MARF 3 contains geographic items from census Summary Tape Files (STF) 1A and 3A as well…

This report presents final data on the number of schools, students in membership, and full-time-equivalent teachers reported for the 25 most populous cities and public elementary and secondary school districts in the United States. Cities are ranked on the basis of 1986 population estimates compiled by the United States Bureau of the Census.…

An estimated 13,600 public school districts nationwide (90 percent) have Chapter 1 compensatory education programs, funded under the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. Nearly all of these districts (97 percent) had State oversight visits (compliance reviews and program audits) from Fall 1982 to Spring 1986. A recent survey of these…

School boards of small Oregon school districts must prepare and adopt policies, regulations, and rules to meet the basic requirements of state statutes and regulations. The suggested policies deal only with a minimum number of issues that come before the school board and for which it is responsible. Seven policies and rules are provided: (1)…

This review surveys recent documents previously announced in RIE that are concerned with school district reorganization. The review begins with a survey of literature on three interrelated variables that affect district consolidation and redistricting -- district size, educational quality, and educational costs. Succeeding sections present a…

Recruiting and retaining teachers and other personnel continues to be one of the most critical issues in rural schools. The need for teachers in the U.S. is expected to grow significantly as large numbers of teachers retire, many taking advantage of early retirement incentives. In searching for ways to meet new federal law requirements outlined in…

This study uses a widely respected method to calculate public high school graduation rates for the nation, for each state, and for the 100 largest school districts in the United States. Graduation rates are calculated overall, by race, and by gender, using the most recent available data (the class of 2003). While this report builds upon a…

A study examined the extent to which demographic factors predict rural values in Kentucky public school district hiring officials. Among the demographic factors considered were school district metropolitan classification, school district size, community racial composition, decision makers' position in the organizational hierarchy, and decision…

A New York school district was forced to consider a grade-level reorganization or possible school closing, primarily resulting from severe economic pressures. Describes the advantages and disadvantages of reorganizing 2 K-5 elementary schools into a K-2 primary school and a 3-5 intermediate school. Cites four basic reasons frequently offered to…

This document is comprised of volume 14 of the Harvard Education Letter, published bimonthly and addressing current issues in elementary and secondary education. Articles in the six issues of this volume include the following: (1) January-February--"Multi-Age Classrooms: An Age-Old Grouping Method Is Still Evolving" (Walser),…

This bulletin contains abstracts of addresses delivered at a 2-day conference of State and county rural-school supervisors of the Northeastern States, called by the United States Commissioner of Education in New York City, New York, April 23 and 24, 1928. Abstracts were prepared from manuscripts submitted by the authors. The conference was the…

Previous explanations of teen pregnancy have often included uncritical use of the notion of adolescents "at risk." More recently, however, attention has shifted to structurally determined contextual factors to explain teen pregnancy. Such factors include economic and educational opportunities and costs, as well as chances for valued…

This final report describes a project that identified the core components of a model program for the delivery of career guidance and counseling to all students at grades 7-12 and then developed and implemented the program. Project activities included selection and use of an advisory committee, provision of inservice training, program development,…