The Management and Planning System (MAPS), designed to provide a computer-based information storage and retrieval system to aid school board decision makers, is described. (DB)

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Los Angeles, California, February 5-8, 1969. Contrasts strategic and extrapolative approaches to planning, emphasizing the former's superiority in planning adaptive organizational change to meet changing conditions. (JM)

States that the problems of culturally different children have been incorrectly analyzed; this is considered to have significant implications for educational planning. (DM)

The authors argue that the entrepreneurial aspects of DE can serve as a catalyst to stimulate economic activity. (Editor)

In June, 1968, the U.S. Office of Education (USOE) and the American Association of Junior Colleges (AAJC) initiated the Program With Developing Institutions (PWDI) for 85 small schools. The AAJC provided consulting services and publications, held workshops, and funded recommended programs with

From a paper presented at the Annual Convention of the New York State Association of Teachers of Mentally Retarded (2nd, October, 1968).

The principal is at the crossroads of accountability, writes this author, who feels that plans for change are best brought about (and perhaps only) through the building principal. (Editor)

The author assesses the contributions to educational planning of the National Assessment of Education Progress. He gives examples of the findings and asks questions as to how they can be utilized by school systems. (Editor) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Results (Utilization).

This discussion of microcomputer selection for schools presents three hypothetical plans--ranging from $500 to $15,000--for establishing an educational computing program and examines the best way to budget the money. Purchasing information on a variety of microcomputers is included. (JJD)