Suggests that many schools are falling down on the job of keeping their children out of trouble. (Editor/RK)

Organizations are looking at ways to manage their information resources. Both the capture and the use of data created by the organization have come under scrutiny. Part of the concern comes from their desire to enhance the business process and part comes from the explosion of data available to any organization. In this context the role of…

This handbook, created by the British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT), serves as a guide to individuals who serve on postsecondary articulation committees in British Columbia. The handbook is divided into four parts. Part A includes a chart detailing the major activities of BCCAT and a description of the membership, purpose,…

The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) is the accrediting agency for the California Community Colleges. This report offers information regarding the role of faculty in the accreditation process. WASC Accreditation teams--made up of administrators, faculty members, and governing board members--evaluate institutions. The process…

This document contains issues of "The Educational Record of the Province of Quebec" from January 1907 through December 1907. Issues typically include articles on pedagogy, poetry and prose, inspector's reports, superintendent's reports, examination reports, financial statements, official notices, and financial data. Most issues also…

Developments in three major directions are a result of the British Food, Drink, and Tobacco Industry Training Board's activities. In efforts to help all their companies, they have encouraged a systematic approach to training. An advisory service was designed to help use this approach and provide specialist guidance with dominant problems. (DS)

A school district audit committee has the capacity to unearth pertinent information about the operating efficiency and effectiveness of a school district, as well as providing a more professional audit. (Author/WM)

Suggests basic mathematical requirements on the General Certificate of Education A level in an effort to improve student inability of using mathematical skills in learning sixth form physics and subsequent advanced courses. Indicates that conformity with new styles of mathematics teaching is preferable in curriculum formulation. (CC)

Discusses the criteria for council affiliation with the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges. (RK)

Discusses guidance for the development of consumer and home making education with the emphasis on bringing the consumer who needs consumer education into the program. (Author/RK)

Suggestions are made at a meeting of trustees for their guidance in decision making. (RK)

Discusses the measures needed to promote the study of science in the educational system of Great Britain. (Author/RK)

Following a careful re-evaluation of the entire testing program by the students, parents, staff and administration it was concluded that the problems, the unmet educational needs, of an urban community will not dissipate by doing away with the state or local testing programs. (Author)