This position paper describes several aspects of ideal family day care. The importance of a mother substitute and a "home away from home" in which both preschool and school-age children are free to be themselves is emphasized. The key to an optimal relationship between the natural and day care parents is mutual cooperation, friendship…

This is a study of the constitution and development of a community school in a town near Belgrade. It is one of numerous community schools which expresses the characteristics of its particular commune and which participates actively in the development of the commune. Part 1 of this study lays out the basic principles and social demands for the…

Discussions and studies carried out by students enrolled in a year-long economics curriculum seminar are reported. The seminar was organized to study and make recommendations to an economics department about changing the content and teaching of principles of economics courses at a State university. Thirteen students, masters candidates-teaching…

Results of the evaluation of the 244 Title I programs in South Dakota for the fiscal year 1970 are provided. The sections of the report are as follows: Purpose of Evaluation; Basic State Statistics; State Department Staff Visits; Changes in SEA Procedures; Effect upon Educational Achievement; Effects on Administrative Structure and Education…

Outcomes of the State Department of Education project at Petersburg City and Radford City, Virginia were the development and implementation of an elementary school and eighth grade level career awareness program (including primary and intermediate special education), improved guidance and counseling service at the elementary level, and the…

This study is concerned with an analysis of similarities and differences in role expectations among the populations of principals, teachers, superintendents, and board members in two suburban school districts in Oregon. It attempts to identify the levels of agreement within each of these populations regarding the principal's role in…

A high school in the New England area was the setting for experimenting with a potential model for effective prevention and intervention in drug abuse and other areas of social concern. The method used is called Partnership in Research. It breaks with the traditional research model by involving the subjects as partners and participant researchers…

The biannual Newsletter, directed to secondary school teachers, now has a supplement, Bill of Rights Today, for student use. The student newsletter contains materials intended to stimulate discussion and class work on the subject of change in the school, community, and nation. In this issue articles on Common Cause, National Rifle Association, and…

This report, volume I of an indepth study of special levy problems in Washington State, represents the results of a study commission examination of finance and curriculum and contact with commission counterparts in the Federal Government, and a review of the work of other States. Included in this volume are (1) a survey of Washington State's…

This is the report of an observation of the Finley elementary school in central Harlem, New York City. Its reading program is projected by the principal as the instructional leverage for the organization of the school. The program is described in detail, including how parents are described and how the program is used to foster self-esteem for…

This fourth year report summarizes the services rendered during 1969-1970 by the New York State Experimental Prekindergarten Program and includes a partial evaluation of the accomplishments of the program as compared to its stated goals. The report is based on questionnaire responses by 49 of the 50 programs, including New York City. Because of…

In response to allegations of blacks that broadcasting stations, especially in the South, discriminate against their interests, the Office of Communications of the United Church of Christ undertook a two-year project (1968-70) to combat discriminatory practices. The project attacked two widespread practices: non-employment or under-employment of…

This report evaluates California's ESEA Title I compensatory education program for 1969-70 and disseminates the results of activities designed to strengthen the educational programs for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. While most of these activities were planned for those disadvantaged youngsters regularly enrolled in grades K-6,…

The assumption is often made that economically and academically disadvantaged students constitute the same basic population within disadvantaged schools. This paper seeks to ascertain the relationship between these two target-group sectors and to identify the overlap of academically disadvantaged pupils with the other five prevalent target groups:…

A questionnaire was sent to 350 people representing heads of Federal agencies dealing with education, all state commissioners of education, superintendents of schools of the largest cities, heads of selected professional education organizations, outstanding community leaders, university researchers, directors of some ERIC clearinghouses, regional…