This is the descriptive and evaluative report of the Garfield Educational Complex, a cooperating group of schools serving a predominantly Mexican-American Area of East Los Angeles, California. The complex is federally funded and conducted a three-year experiment to develop a relevant bicultural and bilingual program. Program components included:…

This report reviews the Compton Bilingual Plan during its third year of operation at Thomas Jefferson High School in South Central Los Angeles. After a brief introduction giving background on the program, the second section describes in some detail major activity of 1971-72. This section includes a narrative report, a description of project…

The objectives of this pilot study were to study the operation of the farm labor market in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, to analyze the functions of the labor market institutions in the Valley, and to formulate a series of policy recommendations to assist in relieving the short and long run problems of both farm workers and employers.…

The possible causes underlying the differential response to local control over education in the American Indian Ccommunities of San Juan and Santa Clara, both of the Tewa branch of the Pueblo Tribe, are reported in this paper. Results are described for the 10-week study (summer 1969) that consisted of observations of community reactions to…

The purpose of this booklet is to provide a brief and concise outline of those Federal education programs which are of most interest to the Spanish-speaking community. The programs described are those funded under Title I and Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. A description of Title VII, how it works, who…

The first year of a new program, in which students were expected to take responsibility for their own education, is evaluated in this report. Study was almost entirely independent; students usually worked at their own rate and used the teacher as a resource person. Parental and community involvement was emphasized. Volunteers worked at the school,…

This paper sets forth the position of the Nebraska State Department of Education regarding career education in order to provide a basis for the development of additional materials and assistance which will facilitate the establishment of career education programs in Nebraska schools. Career education is viewed as a comprehensive, systematic, and…

This newsletter seeks to promote the concept of bilingual-bicultural education. Among its articles are "The Indispensable Community Contribution,""Meaningful, Enjoyable Musical Experience,""A Breakthrough for Bilingual Science," and "Six Readers for Spanish-Speaking Fourth-Graders." There is a short essay on the importance of local participation…

A guideline for providing quality secondary education in situations where only a relatively small number of students are involved, this manual describes the organizational options for high school programs. The options discussed are regional high schools, area secondary schools, and local high schools. Local high schools can be further classified…

Financing college education for American Indians is the topic of this report on a short-term institute conducted at Arizona State University, Tempe, by the University of Arizona's Division of Indian Affairs and the National Indian Training and Research Center. The objectives of the program were to enable the participants to (1) improve their…

This report discusses the State role in providing education for its citizens in a changing society. The author suggests that, although the idea of local responsibility for education is still valid, States should be responsible for developing adequate educational policies for local systems to implement. The report also suggests that the States, in…

"Goal-Setting for Organizational Accountability: A Leadership Strategy" (GOALS) is a program designed by the National Laboratory for Higher Education to provide a realistic strategy for integrating the people and purpose of 2-year colleges. The development of the GOALS product is accomplished in two steps: (1) identifying and classifying…

This instrument provides questions for determining parental attitudes toward aspects of the bilingual education programs in which their children participate. The questions appear in both English and Spanish. Techniques for administering the questionnaire are suggested along with possible uses of the information. (VM)

American Indian people, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and the nation all have a common interest in assuring a quality education for Indian children. No education program can be truly effective, however, unless it has the support and the involvement of those directly benefiting from it--the Indian students, parents, and communities.…

The eight papers in the report are tied together by the theme of pluralism and social change in an attempt to determine information needs in the area of inservice teacher education (ISTE) and to identify the contemporary issues surrounding ISTE. The first three papers describe case studies of substantial efforts in inservice education: a…