The Centre for the Economics of Education was asked to investigate the factors that influence a range of children's academic and non-academic outcomes, including their enjoyment of school, whether they take unauthorised absence from school and whether they feel they are bullied. The study also investigated whether schools can influence these…

Across the United States, policy makers and early childhood experts are focusing on implementing and evaluating a range of interventions designed to improve school readiness for young children living in poverty. This article provides an overview of the various factors that threaten optimal development of young children living in poverty and that…

This article uses a school finance equity framework to examine the distribution of resources across the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) during a policy shift toward neighborhood-based student assignment between 1999 and 2004. Findings from this analysis confirm that MNPS schools are resegregating. Additionally, this study finds that,…

This case is developed for use in classes in which key ideas related to democracy, accountability, inclusion, finances, and social justice are introduced. It could be useful in a course on school reform or on democratic leadership. Although the case is fictional, it is a composite in which all events and information provided are "real." The intent…

In an excerpt from his new book, Kozol writes to a first-year teacher about what he considers the most damaging issue in today's public education system--vouchers. Kozol writes that while advocates argue that vouchers greatly benefit poor and disadvantaged children, the self-selectivity of the voucher process guarantees just the opposite.

Part of the special section, EDUCATION IN THE GHETTO, prepared by Saturday Review and the Committee for Economic Development to explore the problems of the education of the disadvantaged.

NEWS ITEMS AND SPOT ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR BROADCASTERS ARE PRESENTED. TITLES INCLUDE--"SCHOOL DROPOUTS--A MILLION DROPOUTS IN 1963,""SCHOOL DROPOUTS--THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS,""SCHOOL DROPOUTS--SUMMER'S HARVEST,""SCHOOL DROPOUTS--GUIDANCE IS CHEAPER,""SCHOOL DROPOUTS--IMPORTANT FACTS,""SCHOOL…

This booklet contains descriptions of the programs under the Education Professions Development Act (EPDA) administered by the Bureau of Educational Personnel Development during fiscal year 1971 (July 1, 1970 to June 30, 1971). Material on each of the 14 programs includes a list of objectives, an outline of eligibility requirements for applicants…

To use devices aimed at combating our major educational problems with the disadvantaged, we need criteria based upon learning theory which will reveal for each of the types of media their competetively established efficiency. In the meantime, in the areas of greatest educational need, we need technology that involves many senses; permits the…

TO ATTRACT OUTSTANDING ARTS AND SCIENCE GRADUATES INTO TEACHING CAREERS, AND TO GIVE THEM THE SPECIAL TRAINING NEEDED FOR WORK WITH DISADVANTAGED YOUTH, JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY IN COOPERATION WITH THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OFFERS A TWO-SUMMER PLUS TWO-SEMESTER PROGRAM LEADING TO A MASTER'S DEGREE, A SECONDARY TEACHING CERTIFICATE WITH 1/2-YEAR TEACHING…

Parents ofsuccessful children, regardless of class, encourage their offspring to do well in school. (CK)

The author gives a guide line for essential changes that should be made in communications curriculum for disadvantaged students. He gives suggestions that stem from student-defined needs and goals. (Author/MS)