This paper provides an overview of selected simulation models pertinent to the problems of educational facility planning. Emphasis is placed on computer simulation models partly because of the greater potential utility of computer simulation models in coming to grips with facility planning problems. The overall objective is to document the…

An information system analysis, development, and implementation program was conducted at Hamline University to create a dynamic, responsive targeted information system that would support curriculum-based requirements. Existing information system inadequacies were diagnosed; a new concept was proposed and empirically tested. The concept was put…

Problems within the United Kingdom are social and political and if our British system is to work successfully, it can do so only on the basis of a skillful, adaptable, and educated people. Education, as our means of social progress, must equip our young people to think for themselves and to make effective personal decisions. Further education is…

In the State of Washington, 297 of 316 local school districts operated Title I, Elementary Secondary Education Act projects during Fiscal Year 1972 with approximately 12,272,000 dollars appropriated. The bulk of Title I funds (85 percent) supported project activities in the 25 largest school districts where most of the target populations are…

This pamphlet is designed to inform the parents of disadvantaged elementary and secondary school students of the provisions of ESEA Title I, and of the possible abuses of Title I funds which might otherwise be allocated to the direct improvement of their children's education. Its contents include: parents' guide to ESEA Title I: what it is and…

The Project NECESSITIES Draft Development Plan, in the form of a Curriculum Development Bank set up to reform social studies education and communication in Bureau of Indian Affairs schools, attempts to establish meaningful guidelines in order to gain the benefits of centralism and regionalism in the creation of multiple Scope and Sequence Plans at…

This pamphlet surveys the research and literature concerned with instructional media. In addition to reporting on research projects, case studies, and the professional judgment of media experts, the document criticizes research techniques used in various reports and studies. An extensive bibliography is included. Research for this review was…

Contents of these hearings include: Existing Disparties in Public School Finance and Proposals for Reform, Steven J. Weiss, a Research Report to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, February 1970; Tentative Proposals for a Master Tax Plan, October, 1970, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts; several volumes of the "Public Tax Newsletter," a…

This annotated bibliography lists curriculum materials for technical education which were produced by Federal agencies and are related to these subject matter areas: (1) engineering, (2) agriculture, (3) health, (4) office, and (5) home economics. Where possible, these subject matter areas are further subdivided into specific occupational areas.…

Books and films that are directly useful in producing the eight thinking-feeling processes of the cognitive-affective interaction (CAI) model on which this complete program is based are listed. (See volume 2, ED 010 276, for the rationale for and discussion of this model.) Ninety-two books appropriate to the pupil processes and teaching strategies…

On May 1, 1972, the Public Education Association held an Educational Forum on Title I, Elementary Secondary Education Act in an attempt to pinpoint and, if possible, clarify some of the major problems and issues, particularly as they relate to New York City. In a decentralized school system, for example, which agency is the Local Educational…

This annotated bibliography lists approximately 50 documents written between 1963 and 1971 relevant to issues and problems at the university level in Latin America. The documents, mainly from Latin America with some from the United States and Europe, concern development problems, costs, curriculum, planning, and resources. (VM)

This annotated bibliography lists approximately 30 documents written between 1959 and 1967 relevant to issues and problems at the university level in Latin America. The documents, mainly from Latin America with some from the United States and Europe, concern development, problems, costs, curriculum, planning, and resources. (VM)

The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) provides access to the world's English-language literature relevant to educators; generates new information products; and utilizes developmental, research, and program findings in educational planning and operations. The components that comprise the ERIC System are Central ERIC, ERIC…

Prepared largely by representatives of Pilot Career Motivation programs from nine Ohio school districts during a summer workshop and subject to correction, revisions, and additions by teachers, this curriculum guide is intended to assist the elementary teacher in implementing a career motivation program, which is the first phase of a 3-phase…