Two investigations were conducted to determine whether rural school districts receive a fair share of federal education funds: a quantitative analysis of the distribution of federal funds between rural and nonrural school districts and a qualitative exploration of the special needs and disadvantages of rural school systems. The quantitative study…

This report discusses teacher organizing, strikes, collective bargaining and negotiations, contract settlements, economic issues, legal developments, and state legislative activities. The first section contains fact sheets and organizing literature from the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). A…

The guide, a support document to the Oklahoma State Plan for Special Education, presents a policies and procedures manual for special education in Oklahoma in accordance with the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142). The manual is intended to establish the minimum standards for special education program approval, to establish…

Historical processes, cultural values and socioeconomic conditions that contribute to the current status of Hispanic families are examined in this book. The eight papers in the collection focus on selected aspects of the diverse roles and impacts of the family in Hispanic communities and explore the implications of these roles and impact for…

A comparative analysis of federal and state student financial aid programs assesses the impact of federal student aid on the attendance behavior of individuals, on the financing behavior of colleges and universities, and on the financing behavior of state and local governments. Enrollment, student budget, residence and migration, student…

This set of thirty-four national standards for vocational education programs in corrections describes a set of ideal conditions in five areas of vocational education program operations within a correctional institution or system. By providing ideals to which existing conditions and objectives can be compared for evaluation purposes, the standards…

This profile in outline form of the English language teaching situation in the United Republic of Cameroon discusses the role of English within the society and within the educational system. Cameroon is an officially bilingual state consisting of five francophone provinces and two anglophone provinces. In the anglophone provinces, English is the…

A supplement to a project begun to devise methods of handling budgeting in a more systematic way in the Princeton setting, this final report examines budgeting procedures that have been revised, discusses new procedures that have been implemented, and explains procedures now in use at Princeton. Chapter I provides an overview of the Priorities…

This study investigates "burn-out" and turnover among workers in child care settings. A total of 95 persons working in 32 child care centers in San Francisco were interviewed by telephone. One-fifth of the centers in the city were represented and both public and private centers were included. Each category of center was proportinately…

In November of 1975, in response to disputes over the federal role in curriculum development and in response to changes in its own circumstances, the National Institute of Education (NIE)--the federal agency having primary responsibility for educational research and development--established a Curriculum Development Task Force. The task force…

While the Federal Government of Canada has the legal responsibility for Indian education, only Indian people can develop a philosophy of education based on Indian values. A conflict of cultural values, which is imposed through education, causes many drop-outs and failures among young Indians. Indian children must be able to preserve their own…

This book is the product of an international symposium on the child in the world of tomorrow which took place in Athens the first week of July 1978. Contributors come from more than 10 scientific disciplines, among them pediatricians, architects and town planners, sociologists, economists, teachers, and politicans. Participants came from all five…

Regional aspects of educational policies are discussed as they relate to member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The document contains 12 technical reports which were presented at OECD meeting of national education experts in 1977. The document is presented in four sections. Section I discusses regional…

THE STRUGGLE FOR EDUCATIONAL EQUALITY DEMANDS DIRECT CONFRONTATION OF THE PROBLEM, DETERMINED AND ABLE LEADERSHIP BY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, AND COORDINATION OF COMMUNITY AND AGENCY SUPPORT. THE LACK OF FIRST-RATE SCHOOLS IN NEGRO COMMUNITIES AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT UPON THE INDIVIDUAL ATTENDING A SCHOOL WHERE EVERY PUPIL RECOGNIZES THAT HIS…

FROM A 1964 NATIONAL QUOTA-PROBABILITY SAMPLE OF INTERVIEWS WITH 1,500 CITIZENS 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, MAJOR VARIABLES WERE DEFINED RELATING TO COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES. PRIMARY CONTENT OF THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS STUDIED WAS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR SCHOOLS. FOR PURPOSES OF CORRELATIONAL ANALYSIS, RESPONDENTS…