Responses from inquiries to the superintendents of 32 urban school systems across the country provided the basis for classifying and evaluating modes of decentralization and extent of community control. Main features of the school systems' operations are reported under nine categories: (1) decentralized decision making with centralized…

Volume I, (Education Plan) of the Midterm Report is a detailed description of the goals, objectives, materials, and activities of the Fort Lincoln New Town (FLNT) elementary school curriculum and includes placement, recordkeeping, and reporting procedures; and provision for special education and pupil personnel services. References are made to…

The Prototype Schools Project endeavored to design and disseminate an inservice program to expedite and facilitate desegregation in the Houston Independent School District. A ratio of 35 percent Negro to 65 percent white teachers was accomplished, or vice versa, as the individual school situation indicated. The six pilot schools in the program…

In late 1969, Glassboro State College initiated a VISTA volunteer program as a further extension of the community service commitment evidenced by its yearly admission of students from disadvantaged groups on special Martin Luther King Scholarships. Although any Glassboro student (most of whom are education majors) may volunteer for the program,…

Leaders in public and institutional vocational education discussed the needs, characteristics, and problems of inmates in correctional institutions at a 2-week seminar, in order to provide a basis for program planning and curriculum development. The general objective was elaborated into twelve programatic objectives which include the following:…

The growing complexity of urban industrial society necessitates adequate planning techniques to insure future livability, but traditional methods of training planners have emphasized technology and ignored the human element. To remedy this deficiency, training programs should be expanded to include the social and political aspects of planning.…

While the main activity of veterinarians is the care and treatment of animals, they are professionally trained personnel who have a history of involvement in community action. Their full potential has not been tapped to help alleviate the inadequacies of rural health services. Cited in this paper are specifics relating the number of trained…

The School University Teacher Education Center (SUTEC) began in 1966 a demonstration program for the comprehensive training of elementary teachers for the urban complex. Prospective teachers (525 during the 5-year project) begin their professional studies early in the college sequence in a typical large-city school and receive continued…

The author surveys the history of attitudes and approaches toward educating Mexican-Americans and reviews some of the most outstanding contributions in the field. "The Invisible Minority" (National Education Association, 1966) states that the most acute educational problem in the Southwest is that which involves Mexican-American children. Dr.…

The California State Colleges at Fresno and Hayward were designated Project "Centers" for the operation of the project evaluated in this report. The "Centers" were authorized to develop experimental teacher education programs which would lead to more effective preparation for teaching disadvantaged children and youth. The…

The Fifth Cycle Teacher Corps Project was undertaken by the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle to a) fulfill a stated mission of a university especially created to help resolve urban problems, b) find effective ways to help an inner-city community utilize its own resources, and c) conduct research on the effective uses of evaluation in…

This manual, aimed at all levels of educational development, presents procedures and suggestions for designing and conducting workshop in community-school relations. Part A discusses situations in which workshops can be beneficial, the objectives for a community-school workshop and the cost. Part B offers explicit directions for conducting the…

Basic information about cable television (CATV) and significant related issues is presented. The book is designed to serve both as a college text for communications students and as a reference and guide for government officials, educators, and other citizens. The individual chapters deal with the following topics: 1) an introduction to cable…

Implementing the concept that there are two unchangeable factors of economic society (the dignity of the worker and the dignity of work), the handbook is designed for professional personnel concerned with elementary education in Department of Defense Dependent Schools in the Pacific Area and is to be used in all educational programs. Written by a…

The findings, implications, and recommendations of a Texas migrant education study were presented in this report. Objectives were to determine how educational achievement of migrant students in 6-month programs compares with that of students in 9-month modified programs for migrants and with other students in the community, the effects of…