Provides a commentary on enrollment of children in elementary school for use by the general public and by the makers of public policies affecting education. Considers adjustements which school systems will have to make in response to enrollment fluctuations. For journal availability, see SO 506 144. (Author/DB)

Described are efforts of the Gunderson Senior High School (San Jose, California) in developing improved instruction with the aid of active community participation. Relevance of its efforts to the mandate of the California Commission on Reform in Intermediate and Secondary Education (RISE) is noted. (MJB)

The article briefly describes the new contract between the Center for Vocational Education at Ohio State University and the United States Office of Education, which designates the Center as the National Center for Research in Vocational Education. It outlines the Center's functions and the vocational community's responsibilities in connection with…

The author stresses a need for increased history instruction in schools, better teacher training in the field, and more positive attitudes toward its merits within the classroom as well as outside. Education must relate the present to sets of historical experiences in the past. (AV)

Suggests that human relations education should provide opportunities for gaining self insight, knowledge of group dynamics and communication skills and also tools to diagnose problems and implement programs for individual, group, and organizational change. (Author/AM)

A scale designed to measure and identify antecedents of educational-vocational indecision was administered to a variety of college student groups. Results indicate that the scale is reliable, appears to discriminate career-decided from career-undecided students, and is responsive to interventions designed to alleviate educational-vocational…

This paper reports work that studied past and future demographic trends and their impact on education in Florida, and presents a model for studying variables affecting enrollment. Numerous tables and graphs are included. (Author/IRT)

Reviews issues confronting education in general and aerospace education in particular during the 1978 school year. (SL)

Discusses the status of the competency based education movement, curriculum issues relating to the CBE movement, and potential benefits of the CBE movement. (RK)

Rapid population expansion resulting from fuel resource development in rural areas need not cause undue hardship for small schools if educators plan for enrollment increases. A moderate, one-time growth spurt, followed by a period of sustained higher enrollment, seems the most common pattern. (Author)

This paper summarizes the most apparent implications of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act for the training of teachers and other personnel and contrasts the legislative ideals with educational reality. (MB)

The outgoing president of the Council on Anthropology and Education discusses "areas of substantive concern that our organization and field might wisely attempt to grow into." He focuses on cultural futuristics, global emphasis, macro approaches, quantitative methodology, political economy, dependency, exploitation, life-long and nonformal…

Argues that if black higher educational institutions are to survive, these institutions must redefine their role (s). Then the majority of these institutions can begin to deal with their most salient task--the development of viable educational programs which have as their focus the equipment of black people with the skills to compete, govern and…

In terms of nonformal education in developing countries, the author examines (1) the notion of a basic educational package, relevant to the needs of the poorest rural areas, (2) the potential of alternative indigenous educational systems, and (3) possible interactions between nonformal education and the ordinary school system. (Author/AV)