Seeking full use of the educational resources available to developing countries in the areas of rural education and agricultural training, this paper is concerned with ways in which the efforts of organizations and institutions concerned with rural development might be improved and expanded. A generalized critical analysis of different facets of…

THE AUTHOR PERCEIVES THE JOB OF THE HIGH SCHOOL AS OFFERING GENERAL EDUCATION AND PREVOCATIONAL TRAINING TO ALL ON THE SAME BASIS. DEFINING THE LATTER AS COLLEGE PREPARATORY, COMMERCIAL, AND VOCATIONAL SUBJECTS, HE DISCUSSES THE PROBLEMS IN THIS DUAL PRESENTATION BY A SMALL HIGH SCHOOL. A CURRICULUM PROGRAM FOR A COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL, SUITED…

The report of general educational policy and planning in Austria was undertaken by the Austrian Ministry of Education. It was prepared for the Educational Investment and Planning Programme of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Committee for Scientific and Technical Personnel. The document is a technical report, based…

This kit provides a summary of a scholarly paper, discussion questions, and activities to promote constructive debate between scholars and ethnic groups about the concepts of cultural identity and multiethnicity in American education. Although in the early 1900s the political ideal of "The Great American Melting Pot" discouraged…

Educational trends in Italy are investigated and case studies are presented of experimental courses in communications at five secondary schools. The study is arranged in five chapters. The first chapter examines the relationships among the creative process, the cultural context, and socio-economic influences. The second chapter presents the…

Dimensions and implications of the role of the federal courts in the formulation of educational policy are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the function of social scientists and social science data and techniques in the legal process. The document contains seven articles. Article I presents background information on the relationship between social…

Educational policy and planning in Norway are reviewed in this booklet. One of a series of reviews of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries' educational policies, this document is presented in three parts. Part I, Examiners' Report and Questions, presents the report of the OECD examiners who visited Norway…

This reprint is said to contain some of the most informative and clearest writing yet published on the complex subject of school desegregation. "School Desegregation: The Continuing Challenge", opens with editors' statement. "Not Just One Judge's Opinion: by Roger I. Abrams is a brief legal analysis of a court decision often cited…

The full texts of all prepared statements and supplemental materials presented during six days of hearings held on four bills (H.R. 19, H.R. 3036, H.R. 3037, and H.R. 4797) to amend the Vocational Education Act of 1963 are contained in this document. Statements are made by (1) State and local directors and superintendents from state universities…

This book contains a collection of 18 papers presented at the 1975 annual convention of the National Organization on Legal Problems of Education. All of the papers are organized around the topic of "Legal Problems in the Governance of Education." Titles of the individual papers include "Legal Issues in the Governance of American Education,""Points…

This report summarizes testimony taken from 103 witnesses during six public hearings on bilingual-bicultural education held between October 27 and December 9, 1975 in San Diego, Los Angeles, Fresno, and San Francisco by the Special Subcommittee on Bilingual-Bicultural Education of the California State Assembly. The report is divided into four…

Textbook and instructional materials selection procedures obtained from a survey of 414 selected school districts in 33 states and the District of Columbia are presented and analyzed in this report. Seventeen states were not included because the selection process in these states occurs at the state rather than at the local school system level.…

This is the final report on the first year evaluation of the Head Start/Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) Collaborative Effort, a demonstration program that was initiated by the Office of Child Development OCD/HEW in 1974. In initiating the program, OCD/HEW set forth the following objectives: (1) to assess the…

Describing the development of Rocky Boy Reservation's American Indian controlled elementary school, this paper addresses the following: Background (the Bureau of Indian Affairs day school era prior to 1960 and the transition in 1970 to a tribally controlled elementary school); Philosophy (equal emphasis on Chippewa-Cree and U.S. culture; parental,…

The primary objective of this report, one of five reports under a project to develop a multi-State consortium, is to provide a collection of information concerning the activities and actions resulting from efforts to form a consortium. Materials presented are the results of actions of representatives of States invited to participate in a…