Intended to aid persons who are directly involved in curriculum planning and development in public school systems, this book treats three general areas of concern. The first three chapters of the book deal with the culture of the school, the next four with various aspects of curriculum theory, and the final three with the reality of classroom…

This report covers the first year of a five-year study of 11 school districts that are involved in school improvement activities. The schools are attempting to create new programs that will increase the effectiveness of linking agents working with the schools in three curriculum areas: basic skills, career preparation, and citizen education.…

THIRTY-FIVE STATE LEADERS FROM 10 STATES WITH RESPONSIBILITIES FOR INSERVICE EDUCATION OF TEACHERS AND LEADERS IN OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION ATTENDED A SEMINAR WHICH EXAMINED TWO DIMENSIONS OF IN-SERVICE EDUCATION -- THE TEACHER AS A CHANGE AGENT IN THE ONGOING PROCESS OF SOCIAL CHANGE, AND THE TEACHER AS AN INTEGRATING AGENT IN TERMS OF VALUES AND…

PARTS ONE AND TWO OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S REPORT ON FOREIGN LANGUAGES COVERS THE GOALS OF THE LANGUAGE PROGRAM IN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLS AND TEACHER EDUCATION. IN THE DISCUSSION ON PROGRAM OBJECTIVES, THE AUDIOLINGUAL METHOD IS ADVOCATED FOR DEVELOPING THE LANGUAGE SKILLS, ALONG WITH EXPOSURE TO LITERATURE AND CULTURE OF THE LANGUAGE BEING…

IN AN ATTEMPT TO FORMULATE SOME POSITIVE RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS OF PROGRAM AND POLICY FOR THE ACADEMICALLY TALENTED, MANY ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM WERE CONSIDERED. QUESTIONNAIRES AND STUDIES SEEKING THE OPINIONS OF SCHOOL PERSONNEL AND AN EXAMINATION OF CURRENT PRACTICES AND PROVISIONS FOR THE ACADEMICALLY TALENTED DELVED INTO THE FOLLOWING…

RESEARCH ON WHETHER PORTLAND'S SCHOOLS PROVIDE EQUAL EDUCATION REVEALED A NUMBER OF FACTS ABOUT THE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL PROCESS. CHILDREN IN DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS IN PORTLAND WERE OBTAINING AN EDUCATION THAT WAS UNACCEPTABLE IN QUALITY AND ACHIEVEMENT. IN THESE DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS WERE BOTH WHITE AND NEGRO CHILDREN. IN A NUMBER OF INSTANCES, THE…

This description of the Erie Basic Educational Skills (BES) Program provides examples of the achievements made by the Erie Public Schools and Head Start toward BES and Responsive Educational Program goals. Staff positions, staff responsibilities, the curriculum, and programs initiated and carried out in the Erie Public Schools are described. The…

The purpose of this study was to investigate inservice teachers' perceptions about a variety of university course characteristics and to solicit their opinions about future courses. A survey form designed to obtain demographic information, personal reasons for course selection, and evaluation of inservice opportunities at the state university was…

The purpose of this book is to explain how urban schools can deal productively with problems found embedded in their organizational structure. Written for persons interested in organizational change in schools, the book focuses on the theory of how problem solving in schools does work, how it can work, and how it can be facilitated by change…

This paper provides a brief review of the Lewiston program and evaluates the vocational education project on the basis of the objectives around which it was originally developed. Each of fourteen objectives listed is discussed in terms of how well and effectively the objective was met during the tenure of the project. Major factors considered…

Following an earlier study of public libraries in Pennsylvania, issued in 1958, this "re-survey" has two purposes: (1) to determine the extent to which the 1958 Pennsylvania library program has been achieved and (2) to propose a revised or new Pennsylvania library program. The basis for the study is 1965-66 data which was obtained from…

The effects upon libraries of the major social changes of the past two decades and the probably future effects of such changes are analyzed in this report, based upon a search of the professional literature, a field survey, and opinion sampling from leaders in the library profession and civic leaders belonging to the National Book Committee. Five…

The Research Division for the Center for Creative Leadership is committed to staying abreast of research on leadership and to developing new research approaches to that topic. This paper examines some of the problems with the accumulated research on leadership, reviews some studies of managerial work that stimulate new ways of thinking about…

This State Education Agency (SEA) Process Model Instrument for ESEA Title I is one of the products developed and validated by the SEA (State Educational Agencies) Management of Compensatory Education, a multistate project funded through ESEA Title V-505. Representatives from each State Educational Agency, their selected Local Education Agencies,…

This Local Education Agency (LEA) Process Model Instrument for ESEA Title I is one of the products developed and validated by the SEA (State Educational Agencies) Management of Compensatory Education, a multistate project funded through ESEA Title V-505. Representatives from each State Educational Agency, their selected Local Education Agencies,…