School districts in Vermont are organized generally along town boundary lines with no clear distinction between town and school governmental units. State financial distributions are usually made to the town, and taxes are billed and collected by the town. There is a need for school district reorganization in terms of larger unified or 12-grade…

The 1963 language arts project in Wagon Mound, New Mexico, was designed to make administrators and teachers aware of and concerned about the problems of teaching English to Spanish-speaking children in grades 1-12. General and specific objectives and instructional techniques stressed improvement of oral and written communication. An analysis of…

This study of Nebraska's existing school structure (i.e., costs, curriculum offerings, and organization) is part of an interstate project on school district reorganization. Historical development of education in Nebraska and national trends in school district reorganization are discussed. Seven guidelines for planning and implementing a statewide…

Individualizing instruction was the theme of the 1964 Western States Small Schools Project summer workshop for Nevada participants. The report contains a summary, written by a participating teacher, of ideas and concepts presented to the workshop, and extracts from papers and speeches on such subjects as the value of the individual, creative…

Basic needs of children and youth which cannot be provided by small rural schools could be realized by combining the resources and pupils of a number of local districts. Four types of organization are presented as possibilities for providing cooperative educational services: (1) autonomous districts with line functions; (2) semi-autonomous…

Presented in condensed form, this document represents the general and concurrent session presentations offered to 191 participants attending the 1975 Tenth Annual Small Schools Summer Institute held in Oregon. Identified as major speakers and resource people in attendance at the Institute are: representatives from nationally validated Title III…

Most of this conference report is made up of papers presented on miscellaneous campus safety topics: two papers titled "Handicapped on Campus," by Charles Wingstrom and by Joseph F. Kuchta, Sal Mazzata, and Charles A. Cofield; "Radiation Hazards and Control" by Howard Browne; "Safety in the 70's" by Harold E. O'Shell;…

The report, covering 1965-68, deals first with a program entitled Improved Preparation for Culturally-Deprived Rural Children, which was designed to improve reading skills of elementary school students. Background of the Western States Small Schools Project for New Mexico is described, as well as how Carrizozo Public Schools were selected for the…

The document presents 8 observational studies of interaction of the poor and the Canadian school system in an effort to gather data on inequalities in education. An ad hoc committee formed by the Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF) asked the member organizations to undertake observational studies following 1 of 2 main types of designs: (1) an…

Determining what factors influence high school seniors to want or not to want higher education was the focus of this 1965 pilot study wherein 1 school with an appropriate sized graduating class (ranging from 12-51) was selected from each of 16 Kansas counties categorized as either high- or low-ranking counties in terms of number of graduates going…

Experimental programs in the teaching of science, introduced in two small schools in Colorado, are discussed and evaluated by the teachers involved. The first program is a student-directed approach to the teaching of biology, with an emphasis on scientific processes rather than traditional subject matter. The second program of individualized…

A tool for staff involved in scheduling for the small high school, this guide takes a look at priorities, schedule design and implementation, building the master schedule, and research approaches for better scheduling. Specific teacher and student responses to various schedules are tabulated. Methods of data analysis are presented with samples of…

In 1973, from the 291 public high schools, there were 40,956 graduates, or 70% of the 58,544 ninth grade enrollment in 1969-70. From the 46 non-public high schools, there were 3,481 graduates, or 71.5% of the 4,870 ninth grade enrollment in 1969-70. This report provides data on the holding power and graduates of Kentucky public and non-public high…

In 1975, from the 321 public high schools, there were 42,975 graduates, or 68.4% of the 62,822 ninth grade enrollment in 1971-72. From the 59 non-public high schools, there were 3,277 graduates, or 83.4% of the 3,930 ninth grade enrollment in 1971-72. This report provides data on the holding power and graduates of Kentucky public and non-public…

Paints a nostalgic picture of one-room schools, then identifies some of the current problems in rural school and cites some innovative solutions. Topics include problems and advantages of consolidation, regional services, sharing between districts, and the potential of telecommunications and other educational technology. (JHZ)