The monograph asserted that the focus of Navajo education should be on the growth and development of Navajo children and the advancement of Navajo communities. The present system developed negative, anti-school feelings in many adults and children. Changes and improvements were urged. The document assumed that persons concerned with Navajo…

This paper describes support programs and services at the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) designed to provide alternatives for the nontraditional student. All entering students scoring below the 20th percentile on the reading section of the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills are advised to enter a program named Project II, a block…

Under a 1972 grant from the National Science Foundation's College Science Improvement Program (CoSIP), Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) undertook a major educational experiment involving the total reorientation of its educational programs. The encompassing effort is referred to as the WPI PLAN. A major facet of the WPI PLAN involves student…

The intent of this report of the Phi Delta Kappa Task Force on Compulsory Education and Transitions for Youth is to offer a comprehensive model for educational change--to provide both recommendations and procedures for far-reaching change in secondary education. The author emphasizes that simple revision of existing educational systems will not…

Eleven annotations from the ERIC system concern school districts' experiences with declining enrollments. Some of the abstracts deal with forecasting models; some with suggestions for expanding educational services to the community; and others with the effects that declining enrollments will have on teacher tenure and negotiation agreements. (MLF)

A study of the unmet postsecondary educational needs of residents of a five-county area in northeastern Pennsylvania was conducted by means of surveys of 10,000 high school students, 10,000 adults, and 76 area employers. In addition, educational statistics of the area populations and an analysis of constraining geographic and economic factors were…

This publication presents an analytical summary of theories and problems of the honors approach in relation to programs for superior students who plan to enter the teaching profession. It describes some of the problems encountered with the establishment, operation, and evaluation of such programs, and suggests what their impact may be upon the…

This unit has three major purposes: to identify and examine criteria of relevance, to review evidence on the schools' failure to satisfy these criteria, and to survey approaches to making the schools more relevant in terms of these criteria. The unit objectives are to define relevance as related to school programs; list major criteria for judging…

The work experience career exploration program (WECEP), a junior high school alternative education program for potential school dropouts, was implemented at Ben Franklin Junior High School in the Fargo, North Dakota, school district during the 1975-76 school year. Patterned after vocational education cooperative work experience programs, WECEP is…

A radical educational reform ideology fosters conditions that promote conflict and lead to schism in parent-run free schools.

The author recently took a look at how Denmark encourages experimental schools and suggests that, in Britain, there should be a new form of direct grant, which allows and encourages local groups to set up their own schools. (Editor/RK)

A learning experiment at a West Coast cluster college is reported that involved curricular devices designed to modify student-faculty interactions, change the basis of student motivation, and develop new insights into subject matter on the part of both faculty and students. (Author/LBH)

Describes the rationale underlying computerized adaptive testing (CAT), discusses the psychometric and technical developments which make it practical, and reviews some previous work which has shaped the current state of the art. The possible advantages, constraints, and operational requirements, and possible areas of application are examined.…

Discusses modern approaches to environmental education in the context of Western concepts of man's relation to nature. Contends that clear definitions of the terms "environment" and "education" are needed. Concludes that future programs of environmental education will study problems originating in human nature and will dissolve boundaries between…