Issues pertaining to the administration of technical education within the postsecondary education system of Western Australia are examined, as are new developments in postsecondary education and procedures adopted by the Western Australian Post Secondary Education Commission to study this topic. Excerpts from Commonwealth Government reports on…

As part of a project of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest to strengthen relationships between liberal arts education and professional education in the health sciences, three reports were prepared by consultants. In "The Role of Distinctiveness in College Development," Burton R. Clark discusses an investigation he carried out in the…

There are a large number of elementary schools in the U.S. which are in the process of developing or implementing highly organized programs of individualization. This study examines the organization and implementation of some of these highly individualized schools. It examines the correlation between high levels of individualization and the…

After an explanation of the current organization of primary and secondary education in Sweden; the present state of adult education; the general forms, historical background, and organization of educational research and development work; and the four main sources of financing for education research and development, this document discusses research…

The Project PRIMES (Progress Research in Meeting Elementary Standards) System examines elementary schools in light of minimum standards set by the Ohio State Department of Education. This evaluation instrument is divided into the following five sections: (1) Policies and Procedures, (2) School Records and Reports, (3) Instruction, (4) Statements…

This paper discusses different approaches to analyzing the internal control structure of organizations and describes a model interview structure that was developed for use in a longitudinal study of decision-making in 41 elementary schools. The model is designed to garner objective accounts of school decision-making through periodic interviews of…

This newsletter briefly discusses the question of whether or not large secondary schools suffer from more problems than smaller schools and then examines the possibility of subdividing large schools through use of the "school-within-a-school" approach. Two different variations on the school-within-a-school approach are described, including…

The author, editor of the National Society for the Study of Education yearbook on secondary education, reports some contentions and observations presented by the yearbook's chapter authors. Each author addressed one of nine central issues. The issues are in the areas of the individual, values, social realities, man's experiences, education's…

The Stress of School Project attempted to find new ways by which the school can help children learn more effectively. The resulting information system, APPLE (Anecdotal Processing to Promote the Learning Experience) was designed to process anecdotal data obtained in schools and integrate it with quantitative measures of pupil characteristics. Many…

This report describes goals, results, and work-in-progress for each of the programs through which the Center is attempting to develop a scientific knowledge of how schools affect students and to use this information for the invention of better school practices and educational forms. The major programs are 1) school organization--to determine how…

This study tested two hypotheses: (1) that the frequency of oral and written communications between a principal and his teachers was related to teacher morale, and (2) that the communication frequency was related to school organizational climate. The sample consisted of 37 Ohio elementary school principals and 310 teachers. Principals kept 20-day…

With the beginning of the 1968-69 school term, the Atlanta Public Schools implemented the four-quarter plan for reorganization of the secondary school curriculum. The year is divided into four quarters of approximately the same length. Pupils were compelled to attend the first three quarters of the 1968-69 term. Fourth quarter attendance is…

Organizational development in education views the school as a social system and is directed toward growth of the school's internal staff relationships so that the school can attain and sustain an optimum level of organizational performance. During a 1-week training session, involving administrative and teaching staff members at an experimental…

Special features of a nongraded elementary school program are reviewed as a guide to those wishing to implement the concept as a way to provide individualized instruction and quality education for all students. Emphases include the individual differences of students, the restrictive character of graded schools, curriculum patterns, levels of…

The rationale and master plan have been developed, in accordance with legislative mandate, for the planning and implementation of a Flexible Staff Organization (FSO) feasibility study involving the operation of model FSO projects in selected Florida elementary and secondary schools. Objectives will be to explore patterns of staff utilization…