Guidelines are given for planning the elementary social studies curriculum and organizing the classroom in order to promote full understanding of social studies concepts. The book was designed for New York state elementary teachers to use in conjunction with the state guides on social studies understandings. However, this book can be a model for…

The results of a survey of existing membership and program practices of all active commissions for women conducted by the National Association of Commissions for Women (NACW) are summarized. The three-part survey was the NACW's first step in encouraging and promoting appointments of racial and ethnic minority women to local and state women's…

In fulfillment of their federal mandate to support and develop the capacity of states to deliver educational appraisal and programming services to handicapped children, the Northeast Regional Resource Center and the New York Regional Resource Center conducted the Northeastern Conference for School Social Workers, in Saratoga Springs, New York on…

The authors have adopted the stance that the position of the secondary school department head in Ontario is unique. This booklet is intended to contain some theory, but has been devised to be relevant to the everyday needs of the department head. It is hoped that the problems are stated in realistic terms and that the solutions to these problems…

This paper reports the results of an ongoing study of home school programs incorporating the fourth through twelfth grade levels of large urban school districts. It examines the nature and scope of programs designed to improve student learning through parent involvement in tutoring, managerial and socializing activities as they relate to…

This report describes the extent of black-white classroom segregation in desegregated elementary, middle, and high schools; compares the degree of segregation for blacks, whites, and Hispanics; compares the degree of resegregation in major regions of the nation, and investigates the relationship between the degree of school desegregation and…

This report presents an evaluation study of the Recorded Telephone Message Project which used teacher-recorded telephone messages as a means of encouraging parents to help their children learn basic skills. Each week for 31 weeks, three third grade and three fourth grade teachers from an elementary school recorded a 2- to 3-minute telephone…

From 1966 through 1977, 700 men and women were selected, primarily because they had demonstrated some capacity for personal initiative, to be fellows in the $11 million Leadership Development Program (LDP) supported by the Ford Foundation to develop new leadership in rural America. To operate LDP a decentralized organization with offices in Maine,…

Intended for use by administrators, regular education teachers, and teachers of the preschool exceptional child, this document includes guidelines for providing an individual education program for preschool handicapped children. Chapter I provides an introductory overview of the document's purpose, defines terms used throughout the document,…

Approximately 700 Mexican American and Anglo students in grades 9, 10, and 11, who were identified as having superior mathematical ability, were surveyed to identify the factors affecting mathematics participation, determine the relative importance of these factors, and determine their stability over time. Five variables were studied: cognitive…

The literature review reported in this paper was conducted to increase an awareness of the positive effects that parents can have on their children's reading progress. The 36 annotations resulting from the review are organized under the following categories: (1) parental factors influencing reading development in children, including the effects of…

A model proposed for school improvement has two assumptions: (1) The local school, as a social organization, is the optimal unit for educational change; and (2) The local school organization must be linked to other educational organizations. For the model to succeed, teachers and administrators must be directly and continuously involved in all…

A new educational system for primary grades has been in effect in Czechoslovakia since 1976. This new approach demanded revisions in teacher preparation and skills, since much of the burden for the system's success rested with the teachers. The new system calls for primary school teachers to be able to teach all subjects in two consecutive grade…

The English courses at Phillips Exeter Academy (New Hampshire) are designed to challenge students in several areas: philosophy, linguistics, psychology, history, aesthetics, mythology, logic, and grammar. Although emphasis may vary from course to course, the goals in each remain the same: to teach reading and writing and the mental processes that…

This handbook is designed to give present and potential advisors the background information and organizational procedures necessary for establishing and implementing chapters of the American Industrial Arts Student Association (AIASA) in New Mexico. The handbook is organized into three sections. Section 1, the Introduction, explains AIASA's…