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Download full textCollege Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. – 1962
Presentations include: the origins of student aid in the United States (Frederick Rudolph); measuring the economic effects of education (Burton A. Weisbrod); the social and political arguments for extending the reach of education (Robert J. Havighurst); our worldwide stake in developing talent (Dael Wolfe); what part the states should play in…
Descriptors: Educational Economics, Educational Needs, Educational Responsibility, Finance Reform
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1980
This manual provides school personnel with guidelines for developing school policies on drug-related problems and the prevention of future problems. Although the guide is designed for specific use in Oklahoma schools, it can serve as a model for other secondary schools. The need for a school policy is discussed and the role of the principal,…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Education, Guidelines, Police School Relationship
Dorman, Gayle – 1981
This manual is for educators, parents, and policymakers who wish to evaluate the responsiveness of middle schools to the developmental needs of twelve to fourteen-year-old students (young adolescents). A leader's manual and a slide-tape presentation complete the training needed to use this Middle Grades Assessment Program. A preliminary discussion…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Developmental Stages, Educational Assessment
Ambury, George G. – 1979
Both a description and an evaluation of the Correctional Education Project conducted by the Faculty of Education, Queen's University, in cooperation with the Correctional Service of Canada are provided. Components of the program described include the following: (1) the negotiation stage and early months of the contract; (2) functional aspects such…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Criminals
Rendon, Laura I. – 1980
After discussing several issues related to the disproportionately large number of minority students who initiate baccalaureate studies at two-year colleges, this paper urges minority community colleges to strengthen the college transfer function. The paper first summarizes the problems and characteristics of today's community college transfer…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Hyland, Timothy F.; Schrenker, Robert J. – 1981
This description of the Merrillville Substance Abuse Program initially reviews the problems that student drug abuse poses for school administrators. A community needs assessment is described and the evolution of a developmental drug education program is presented. Educational strategies targeted to parents, teachers, and students are discussed,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Coping, Curriculum Development, Decision Making
Block, Eve E.; And Others – 1978
This report focuses on underschooling in the State of New York. The study provides statistics on dropouts, examines students' reasons for leaving school, and analyzes the school histories of dropouts with respect to patterns of disruption, truancy, and academic failure. Suggestions of school administrators and dropouts on how students might be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Discipline, Discipline Policy
Gleazer, Edmund J., Jr. – 1979
The search for a mission for the community college of the 1980's must begin with an examination of what the institution is. The community college has proven itself to be adaptable, in that it has, since its inception, changed in response to new conditions and demands. It operates with a continuing awareness of the community it serves. It has a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Role, Community Colleges, Community Development
SALTZMAN, HENRY – 1961
IT IS HELD THAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE ONE OF THE MOST STRATEGICALLY PLACED STAGING AREAS FROM WHICH TO MOUNT VIGOROUS, COMPREHENSIVE AND PREVENTIVE PROGRAMS TO ACHIEVE THE MAXIMUM DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUMAN POTENTIAL LYING UNCHALLENGED IN URBAN SLUM AND DEPRESSED AREAS. STRONG CRITICISM HAS BEEN DIRECTED TOWARD SCHOOLS FOR NEGLECTING THEIR JOB OF…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Organizations, Community Schools, Coordination
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1980
Prepared by the General Accounting Office (GAO), this document is a report to Congress on the major factors inhibiting expansion of the School Breakfast Program. Based on information gathered at federal, state, and local district levels the following were identified by the GAO as the major factors retarding expansion of the program: (1) many…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Community Attitudes, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Needs
National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1979
The 1979 Nationwide Teacher Opinion Poll conducted by the National Education Association was sent to 2,148 of the nation's approximately 2,185,000 public school teachers. The response rate to the poll was 82.7 percent. In this report the analysis of the responses are grouped according to the following topical areas: (1) teacher demographics; (2)…
Descriptors: Certification, Class Size, Demography, Discipline
Wason, Walter P. – 1976
Electronic media, particularly television, influence children to develop composite, plastic personalities striving after unreal goals, but the teacher can help children identify and develop rational goals and role models without completely abandoning media. Television has influenced children, and many adults, to create personalities assembled from…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Children, Commercial Television, Educational Media
Zigler, Edward F.; Abelson, Willa – 1968
A 1967 conference on the nonlearner focussed on an examination of broad, major issues in contemporary American education. Among the facets discussed at the conference and briefly summarized here are educational goals and social change, the responsibilities of the schools, and controversies about the educational strategies. Also noted is the…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Behavioral Sciences, Cognitive Processes, Conference Reports
Kimball, Kenneth Robie – 1967
This study was done to ascertain indicators (if any) of leisure as an emergent social institution, the opinions of suburban adults on leisure, and their opinions about the role of the schools and other social institutions in preparing youth for leisure. A literature survey confirmed leisure as a growing social force. Survey respondents (185 heads…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Background
Brown, Donnise – 1978
This bulletin speaks to the major issue of providing equal opportunity for handicapped students through implementation of the program accessibility requirements of Section 504, Subpart C of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The purpose of this bulletin is to share significant highlights of a conference on "Barrier-Free Environments and the…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Architectural Barriers, Check Lists, Doors
