This report examines the data processing services provided to Eugene (Oregon) School District 4J by the Oregon Total Information System (OTIS) and provides recommendations to the district administration to aid policy-making and planning in the area of computer services. The report focuses primarily on the use of the computer for management…

This planning document was prepared in response to the fourth basic responsibility of the State Board of Education regarding the planning and coordination of postsecondary education in Michigan. Specifically, it is the responsibility of the State Board "to review and make recommendations concerning operating and capital budgets of public…

Considers those factors which impinge on local control in the Florida community college system, as well as existing opportunities for local input. Points to possible future effects of proposed legislation to create a new State Community Colleges Coordinating Board. (LS)

Outlines educational, personnel, legal, and political considerations facing the Los Angeles Community College District contingency planning committee in their efforts to develop plans to meet budgetary limitations foreseen in the passage of the Jarvis-Gann property tax limitation initiative. (TP)

Curriculum policy in Ontario reflects concern for local curriculum development and a return to "the basics" and also (1) developing confidence and self-worth in the individual child, (2) raising proficiencies in the skills fundamental to future learning, (3) preparing for participation in society, and (4) inculcating moral and…

Describes statewide results on minimum competency testing (MCT) programs newly implemented in Texas, and discusses initial efforts to predict the impact of a specific statewide MCT program on retention and graduation in Houston. Suggests that the new MCT requirements, by discouraging high risk students who previously might have stayed in school,…

Discusses the use of instructional systems design for setting instructional objectives in public schools. Goals for elementary and secondary schools are reviewed, the ways teachers use instructional materials and develop learning activities are described, and prospects on the national, state, and local levels are discussed. (24 references) (LRW)

Although California ranked sixth in 1983 per capita income, the state ranks 23rd in 1984-85 public school expenditures per pupil and 50th in student-teacher ratios. To address underfunding and class size problems, a Trust Fund for School Improvement is needed to coordinate fragmented funding sources for well-planned local projects. Included are 10…

This article reviews the current status of school finance in California in the aftermath of Proposition 13 and the Serrano v. Priest decision (which required determination of school funding on some basis other than district property wealth). Specific trends and directions regarding reform issues of the future are identified. (TE)

Analyzes how 13 state education agencies (SEAs) use instrumental strategic and symbolic decisions and structures in attempting to provide leadership for improvements in educational quality. Data suggest that as the difficulties facing them increase, SEAs rely more on the strategic and symbolic dimensions of structure for their own protection. (CMG)

Synthesizes previous theories of the state politics of education and proposes a reconstructed model based on the theories of Tonnies and Weber to explain educational governance changes. Data from 22 states are used to test the proposed model. (JW)

Additional advice is provided, in conjunction with the foregoing article, on coping with legal constraints to school publications urging voter support for an upcoming bond issue. (TE)

The major budgeting problems encountered by a small school corporation superintendent in Indiana show that organizing a school system's finances is similiar to funding a big business. Four major budgetary funds of Indiana school corporations are explained. (DF)

Documents an amazing number of community services, many of which are local Chapter and class activities, emanating from the vocational home economics program in Ohio. (Editor/HD)

This annual report reviews challenges and benefits of family literacy programs and presents a summary of outcomes for 2004-2005. Family literacy comprises four components that build on each other to improve parents' and children's achievements: (1) Adult education, including adult basic and secondary education and ELL; (2) Parent education; (3)…