Beginning with the "often overlooked areas", this guide to camping trips for secondary students presents initial planning procedures such as: site selection; number of leaders per number of students (2 leaders for each group of 10-12); parental permission forms; transportation arrangements; public school announcements; medical aid expertise and…

From 1967 to 1971, a total of 742 low income, rural people in east central Arkansas were trained with funds provided by the Economic Opportunity Act (Title III-B). A total of 133 of these people were interviewed and divided into the following subgroups for purposes of comparison; (1) 74 respondents (46 blacks and 28 whites) who had been and…

Presented are 11 technical papers, position statements and instructional programs on the severely handicapped. Included are the following titles: "A Public School Program for Severely and Profoundly Handicapped Students: Zero Exclusion,""Components of Instructional Programs for Severely Handicapped Students,""Procedures of…

This study reports the evaluation of the effects of a mandated busing program which integrated the student body in a K-8 suburban school district. A two phase, three year study gathered evaluation data on achievement, classroom instruction, student and staff attitudes, perceived classroom environments, and student behavior incidents. Evaluation…

This unit contains a number of learning activities which can be incorporated into junior-high environmental education classes. Objectives are to make students aware of local environmental problems and clarify their personal values about environmental issues. Along with general kinds of land-use problems and historical overviews, the unit focuses…

Part of a series of parent and teacher surveys, this portion of the 1975 survey provides information on the attitudes of teachers of elementary and secondary grades toward the desegregation plan and their perceptions of some of the effects that the plan has had upon children in the Pontiac schools; and information on the attitudes of the teachers…

An attempt is made here to trace the development of Coleman's research reports and public statements. Several critical evaluations of this work are then reviewed, including one the authors have carried out. It is suggested the overall research suggests six generalizations: there has been an enormous, long term trend of whites leaving the central…

In early 1972 the district embarked on a reorganization project to solve organizational problems that had lingered over the previous several years. Its objectives were to improve an already high quality educational program, increase the operational efficiency of the district, and provide for demonstrably greater economy. The results presented…

This report spells out the educational needs and criteria in the overall transportation systems field, offering guidelines for the educational community to help renew or develop careers in the changing transportation systems professions. Intended to allow for career mobility for those already employed in transportation, the comprehensive…

The document presents selected California Education Code sections pertaining to programs for mentally retarded pupils. Major topics included are county school service fund, coordination of county special education programs, provisions for schools or classes, transportation, certification of funds required, county tax, admission and placement,…

This book focuses on the question: What is the effect of racial mixing in school on the children involved? Unless the context indicates a more specific meaning, "desegregation" is used here to refer broadly to racial mixing in schools. The term "integration" is reserved for that biracial situation in which the minority group is accepted on a…

This report, written by the defense counsel for the Denver Board of Education, analyzes the events prior to and the chronological details of a law suit, filed in June 1969 against the Denver School District, alleging racial segregation. Events between 1956 and 1962 that led to the litigation are recounted: school board action in regard to boundary…

This study attempts to isolate variables which influence intelligence and achievement scores of disadvantaged black school children in the elementary school years. Based on a study of the mean changes in the IQ scores of third graders since they were in first grade, and of changes in the IQ and reading achievement scores of sixth graders since…

The constitutionally erected wall of separation between church and state is the only viable foundation for maintaining religious freedom and for preserving our public school system. The patchwork of recent court decisions and State and Federal legislation concerning aid to parochial schools threatens to erode that wall. Justifications for such aid…

The report discusses an Ohio regional program for the education of the deaf, blind, and physically handicapped dealing basically with solutions to organizational problems. Recommendations are made for a five county area with the following considerations and arrangements: the location and responsibility for the education of physically handicapped…