One goal of the May 1968 reorganization of the Columbus Public School System, was to provide for a system capability in evaluation and research. (Author/MB)

To contribute to the development of community education, 4-year colleges and universities will have to acknowledge the continuousness and individuality of education and redefine the role of higher education vis-a-vis other educative institutions. (Author/JH)

American high schools are more rigidly scheduled" than their British counterparts, which use the form" system. Author, an English schoolmaster, describes the two systems in detail. (SP)

Description of adoption-diffusion model used in Minnesota program to increase school administrators' awareness of mental health problems. (SP)

It is believed that current demands by the Brazilian establishment to bring about educational reform will result in a better social order for all people and classes in Brazil. (CK)

Survey of efforts made in Philadelphia to meet the pressing needs of children in an urban environment. (KJ)

Describes an improved method for solving typical timetabling problems which was developed for the American University in Cairo. The article outlines the 26-step algorithm, indicates computer storage requirements, shows how the algorithm copes with conflicts, and explains how to obtain the final output in convenient format. (EAO)

Contrasting American education with that of other countries, compares systems that differ profoundly in objectives, values, and organization. The American decentralization, lack of a national examination system, and values of egalitarianism, utilitarianism, and individualism work against the single-minded concentration on academic goals of other…

Discusses the advantages of centralized services (including materials selection, acquisitions, cataloguing, processing, loan of expensive and unique materials, and production of local materials) as practiced by the Calgary Board of Education. Notes how costs savings should be measured. Stresses the essential cooperation between school-based…

Many educators have been too quick to use traditional statistical data as measures of school effectiveness. Instead, educators should develop means of understanding and communicating to the public measures of social variables that operate in effective schools. (JW)

The author examines four categories of context variables (teacher characteristics, school policy and organization, instructional setting, and student characteristics) relating to teaching and learning in studies of teacher effectiveness, and argues that, by identifying contextual constraints within which teachers make decisions, teachers will be…

Summarizes trends in Portugese higher education. Recent changes in the organization of institutions of higher education, the types of academic degrees granted, and characteristics of the student population are described. Factors affecting employment of college graduates are discussed. (AM)