This document describes the Technology Education Teacher Center, which was designed as a pilot model for a specific field of study--technology education. The first section of the document examines the development of the Center during its five years of operation. The second section discusses the design of the Center, concentrating on the following…

This study on the recruitment and retention of faculty members of Harvard University reviews the developments in higher education and the competition for talent, the Harvard community, recruitment and retention of the faculty, compensation of the faculty, and housing and school in Cambridge. Conclusions and recommendations are summarized under…

From 1971 through 1973, a federally-supported project, Project Upswing, tried to help children with minimal learning difficulties to function better and more independently in school. Upswing was conducted by a volunteer staff from the local university schools of education and the public school system. Half of the children were tutored and half…

The third of three booklets dealing with educational accountability, this booklet describes a method for a school to use in reporting to its community and, in so doing, to revalidate its goals. The process for updating or revalidating a school's educational goals includes four steps: (1) involving the school in preparing a report of past effort to…

Program implementation suggestions are provided for directly involving parents in the formal education of their children, both in the classroom and in the decision-making process. Recommendations are intended to clarify the role of parents and community in the early education childhood programs, to facilitate parental involvement in the classroom,…

Focusing on the experience of the Southwest Texas communities of Laredo, Del Rio, Crystal City, and Sonora, the politics of bilingual education were examined. Emphasis was on school-community relations and community response to bilingual education. Using an informal approach, the study sought to sharpen an understanding of the problems likely to…

This booklet was prepared to assist school administrators in developing effective strategies to cope with school violence and vandalism. Various chapters prepared by different authors address different perspectives and aspects of the problem. Topics of the chapters include early prevention, the interagency team concept, management in a team…

The purpose of the conference was to bring together educational leaders, corporation executives, and spokesmen for minority groups to examine problems in higher education. The papers include: "The Urban Crisis," by Robert C. Wood, and Harriet A. Zuckerman; "Minority Groups," by Charles V. Hamilton; "The Community and the Campus," by Franklin H.…

This study sought ways in which the staff and students of a School of Architecture could work with townspeople, teachers, and teenagers in studying the environmental conditions in their communities. Three types of communities participated. Three types of programs were carried out. They were: (1) townspeople, school personnel and teenagers studied…

Comparing Maine to Appalachia, the author describes the similar educational problems related to school facilities, administrator and teacher attitudes, and practices. A discussion comparing American education to the English system notes the influence of Piagetian psychology and the importance of educational change beginning at the preschool level.…

This first of three related volumes outlines the development and current objectives of community-junior college education in the state of Washington. Beginning as small liberal arts colleges, the 2-year colleges were limited in growth until 1961, when the concept of "comprehensive curricula" was officially recognized through state…

Based on a workshop developed and tested in the Spokane, Washington, School District under Title 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Parents Enrich Program (PEP) approach is designed to improve parent teacher attitudes in urban schools by involving parents (primarily the disadvantaged) in direct support of the educational program…

The Urban Teacher Corps was developed to attract and train young men and women to teach in inner-city schools and simultaneously to have them experiment with and develop curriculum materials appropriate to urban youngsters, particularly in terms of increased motivation and involvement. The three essential components of the training program which…

The limitations on educational resources and the increasing complexity in all phases of social organization demand that the educational process become more efficient and effective. A strong opinion among educators suggests that students can learn faster if the educational forces are applied systematically. To achieve this goal, learning objectives…

This study tests the assumption that social complexity hampers the representative function of decision-making bodies. Data for the study were compiled from interviews with a national sample of 572 school board members in 96 districts. Since size is the basic variable, a series of controls is imposed to ascertain the extent to which variations…