A thematic literature unit on the generation gap utilizing a variety of materials and in-class activities helps students understand their generation and that of their parents, creates an awareness that parent-child conflict is not a new phenomenon, and emphasizes the inevitable cycle by which the younger generation becomes the older generation.…

An evaluation was made of 38 programs being carried on in Tennessee colleges and universities in 1969 under Title I, Higher Education Act of 1965. During the first four years, 22 Tennessee institutions were involved in 69 proposals, and received a total of $676,385.15 in funds through June 30, 1969. Eight other subcontracts were also awarded to…

A study was made of 20 rural high schools with enrollments of less than 110 and with an educable mentally handicapped student currently enrolled. Administrators, counselors, and educable students, and their parents were interviewed to determine provisions made for these students. In addition, the interviewers were concerned with what these people…

Supervision of instruction and the education of disadvantaged children in rural areas, including parent-school relations, are the subjects discussed in this 1969 document on the schools of Leflore County, Mississippi. The report contains 3 divisions: (1) introductory comments, where the consultant's general reaction to the school situation and to…

This study estimates a model of the schools reflecting what is known of the educational process. The model proposed represents the variables of achievement, students' sense of efficacy, motivation, and parents' attitudes as completely interdependent. Thus, the latter three variables are of interest because not only do they affect achievement…

This report includes abstracts and evaluations of various ESEA Title I programs in the Los Angeles City Schools during 1969-70. In the five years since spring 1966, ESEA funds and programs have produced great variability in density of services, pupil-teacher ratios, curriculum materials, etc. In 1969-70, under new state guidelines, the following…

The objectives of this report are to determine whether there is a need to establish a statewide policy of early education in Ohio, to define what priorities are implied by such a need, and to suggest relevant recommendations for the establishment of a policy, if needed. Sixteen chapters (nine-tenths) of this report present information from…

This comprehensive investigation into the reasons behind the crucial problem of the student dropout in foreign language programs focuses on seven interrelated areas. These are: (1) student, (2) teacher, (3) administration, (4) counselor, (5) parent, (6) community, and (7) teacher training. A fault-tree analysis of the dropout problem provides a…

This case study examines a racial confrontation in the high school of White Plains, New York. The study includes a chronology of the White Plains incident, a report of the community background, discussion of various hypotheses concerning the reasons for the incident (social class factors, youths testing new roles, and breakdown of authority),…

In a 3-year longitudinal study, approximately 300 kindergarten children were selected for testing in the kindergarten and first and second grades to determine predictor variables of future success in reading and arithmetic. Results of the research tended to indicate that age and intelligence test scores were not good predictors of first and second…

This research was conducted to determine whether 6 weeks devoted to the study of communism would develop greater commitments to democratic values among secondary school students. Also studied were the effects of teacher background, fathers' education levels, students' political preferences, and the time, extent and pattern of instruction on the…

This document contains brief summaries of 27 educational projects submitted to the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) by the Model School Division of the District of Columbia public school system. These projects were financed by OEO and non-governmental funds. Each summary presents the purpose of the project, its location, the number of pupils…

Designed to accompany an inservice teacher training program, this comprehensive syllabus presents 12 lessons on behavior problems which each include (with the exception of the first and last lessons) a narrative presentation of instructional material, a relevant case study with treatment, and a selected bibliography. The first lesson serves as an…

A series of eight television programs was prepared by Harlech Television and the University of Bristol Institute of Education. Its purpose was to stimulate discussion of the human relations and management issues that arise in connection with innovation and change in the secondary school. The programs dealt with problems of size and change;…

This is one of four volumes constituting an intellectual history of a pioneer inner city youth project: Mobilization For Youth, a multi-discipline social agency in New York's lower east side Puerto Rican slum, geared to demonstration, research, and social action in eradicating poverty and attendant ills. It offers insights into the techniques…