This article describes the Soddy-Daisy High School in southeastern Tennessee. It used to be that vocational training and a focus on academic studies were considered completely different means of education. But in Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, the two go hand in hand. Eric Thomas and his brother Mark, teach side by side in adjacent rooms, where computer…

Article evaluated what is too large or too small in the size of comprehensive schools and how that factor affected educational development. (RK)

Considerable attention has been given to organizational effectiveness of public sector organizations at all levels: local, state, and federal. Public education has not escaped scrutiny. Current examinations of the effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of education are more intense than that of other public sector organizations. The organizational…

The purpose of this bulletin is to point out the advantages of small schools (five rooms or less) and what makes them quality schools. Answers are supplied for the question, Why a Lutheran School in Our Congregation? (to provide opportunities through which the Holy Spirit can develop and maintain the Christian faith in each pupil) and When is a…

SEVENTEEN BOOKS AND OTHER GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCES PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1941 AND 1966 ARE LISTED, PLUS 34 UNDATED MASTER'S THESES AVAILABLE FROM TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY. THE MATERIALS DEAL WITH POPULATION, ENVIRONMENT, AND EDUCATION FACTORS IN THE UPPER CUMBERLAND REGION OF TENNESSEE. (DK)

This paper reviews briefly the development and scope of Federal support programs to higher education which relate to the problems of the small college, and discusses in detail Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and Part E of the Education Professions Development Act. Weaknesses of proposals submitted last year for Title III funding are…

Career patterns of superintendents in 100 Illinois school districts in 1974-75 were traced over a 17-year period to examine turnover and career mobility patterns of public school superintendents. Information came from various state school directories and from Illinois Office of Education computer tapes. School districts were categorized according…

This document presents an outline of the processes used in compiling and annotating an approximately 560-entry bibliography dealing with the small college. The entries are comprised of books, articles, dissertations, and other studies published on the small college from 1965 through 1971. The actual bibliography is to be published soon by the…

Graduate school is a game for which students need to know the rules and in which students must be willing to play. It marks the end of undergraduate study and the beginning of entrance into a society of the elite. Some of the problems students usually encounter in graduate school are limited social life, adjustment to work loads, disparity between…

The design and implementation of a rotating class schedule which was put into effect in the Charlo High School, Charlo, Montana in September 1969 is discussed in this paper. The schedule, described in this report, consists of a 75-minute period followed by 2, 60-minute periods in the morning and 4, 45-minute afternoon periods. The program…

A STUDY REPORTED WHAT HAPPENED WHEN PROGRAMED MATERIALS WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO ABLE STUDENTS ATTENDING SMALL HIGH SCHOOLS. FOUR HUNDRED STUDENTS FROM 20 HIGH SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN THIS PHASE OF THE PROJECT. A COLLEGE-LEVEL PROGRAMED COURSE IN FIRST SEMESTER INTRODUCTORY DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS AND A COURSE IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR WERE GIVEN TO THE…

Outlines a procedure that accomplishes the major goals of an accounting system in a manner a small school district can handle. (Author/MLF)

The Saturday Seminars for Able and Ambitious Students, a small schools rural enrichment program at the State University College at Oneonta, New York, is described. (BD)

It was found that there were differences in students' perception of their schools' environment when schools were classified as either large or small. Large elementary schools seemed to have less influence on students' perception than did small schools. Students in small schools perceived a closer, warmer relationship with their schools. (Author/NQ)