Dropouts were interviewed and the results are tabulated. (SP)

Summarizes preliminary observations and hypotheses made in a pilot project. (Author)

An educational program, conducted at the Nassau County Jail in New York, enables youthful offenders to complete their high school education. (MF)

Describes development of K-12 aerospace education materials. The ninth-grade component, adopted as a pilot program, consists of four parts: history, applications (principles of flight, weather, navigation), spin-offs of research, and careers/organizations. Program evaluation results are reported. (JN)

Describes the development of the Computer Tutor project in Palo Alto, California, a computer literacy pilot program in which tutors are used to teach high school students and other interested persons computer programing. (JJD)

Leadership repertoires of public school superintendents are analyzed in terms of the Humanistic Leadership Model. Factor analysis was used to uncover four leadership dimensions. (Author/RL)

In 1980, the Colorado State Board of Education adopted amendments which allowed school districts to modify their school calendars to reduce energy consumption. Fourteen school districts applied for and received permission for pilot programs reducing the school week from five to four days. (Author/CM)

Provides the results of experimentation with telephone conferencing systems. Notes that Ivy Tech charted 47 conferences involving 509 participants held via telephone during a 12-month period; that the 152 hours of conferencing saved 1,406 employee hours and 66,432 travel miles. (MP)

An initial project that uses a computer-controlled, laser-read videodisc as a tool in ballet instruction at the University of Iowa is described. (MP)

The concept of Personal Major Events is proposed as a methodological approach to the study of death and dying with retired couples. A pilot study which elicited the personal major events during retirement of retired couples indicated that these couples tended to place different emphases on death. (Author)

Reviews the history of the "pilot scheme" for introducing French into the curriculum of British primary schools, highlighting the project's limitations and the negative findings of the National Foundation for Educational Research report, and assesses the prospects for the future of the project. (AM)

Describes Saddleback Community College's involvement in California's Flexible Calendar Pilot Project, listing the activities undertaken by faculty during the 15 days of noninstructional time built into Saddleback's schedule and the benefits of the program. (AYC)