Experience of the Liverpool Middle School, Liverpool, New York, provides a rationale for organizing school systems to include ungraded middle schools. If, as evidence indicates, today's youth are maturing earlier, are more sophisticated, and are capable of greater accomplishment, then the traditional grade 7-8-9 arrangement does not meet the needs…

The purposes of the document are to report on the status of social studies minicourse programs in selected midwestern high schools and to provide information to schools regarding obstacles to minicourses as alternatives to traditional programs. A 1976-77 survey of 265 midwestern high schools determined that only 60 (23%) of the schools offered…

The final report describes a project at the Florida State University at the end of its third year and an assessment of the degree to which project goals were attained. The project goals were to: (1) establish mastery standards for degree programs; (2) create open, time-variable educational programs; (3) verify that the program product can serve as…

This book is intended to acquaint students and professionals in educational management with those activities in educational organizations requiring technical, business-related competence, and with selected management tools that aid in the analysis of those activities. Part 1, Fiscal Systems, includes discussions of fund accounting, direct costing,…

Fourteen program outlines of elective English curriculums, representing 13 school systems, are collected in one package to serve as a convenient resource for examples of elective programs in English--two junior high school programs and 12 senior high ones. For all of the programs, descriptions of the contents of individual courses, indicating…

Four- and six-year language programs emphasizing the development of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, writing, and cultural understanding are outlined in this guide. Major sections cover guiding principles in the development of the foreign language curriculum, teaching techniques, and evaluation. Subclassified materials include coverage…

A microeconomic theory is applied in this book to computer services and costs and for the benefit of those who are decision-makers in the selection, financing, and use of computers. Subtopics of the theory discussed include value and demand; revenue and profits; time and risk; and costs, inputs, and outputs. Application of the theory is explained…

When Armour and Company faced a shutdown of six plants, it joined in a cooperative program of vocational retraining with two labor unions; an Automation Fund Committee was formed, with representation from management, the unions, and "public" (college professors); and an experimental program in Oklahoma City provided experience which was…

Following an introduction of the systems approach for handling information, a proposal is made for an educational data system for the South Carolina school system. Input data provided by schools, school districts, and professional personnel are to be processed for use primarily by various units of the State Education Department. This department…

This committee report considers premises for foreign language instruction in elementary schools (FLES) and offers ideas culled from analyses of FLES syllabi. Major attention is directed to administrative problems and indicated solutions including student selection and election, teacher recruitment, suggestions for certification, choice of language…

To help investigators become more aware of hidden limitations in their work, some important supportive systems to the application of interactive computing in education are described. Support systems are grouped under the headings of technical support, pedagogical and logistical support, and administrative support and are further illustrated by…

A primary annex, built to relieve overcrowding, is attended by children registered in kindergarten through grade 3. The building consists of an open area organized into a number of learning centers plus three closed classrooms. The school's program is based on two concepts adapted from the British Infant School system: (1) family or vertical…

This pamphlet describes briefly the process of restructuring a traditional educational program into an individualized program in an industrial area school district. A four-quarter plan was designed to replace the traditional 2-semester system, with the objective of encouraging greater learning experiences for all the children of the district. With…

The Cogito Conference Report is a record of speeches and practical workshops by 35 quest speakers on 18 current concerns in secondary school education. General session topics were: priorities in education; and hard schools vs. soft schools or the false liberal consciousness. The workshops discussed topics such as: student responsibility and…

This is the first of a series of Capsule Bibliographies on current issues in urban and minority education. It is a selection from a computer search using suitable descriptors matched against a standard Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse profile for urban and minority concepts. Such descriptors (subject headings) as…