Part of a 13-volume series designed to help Lutheran communities assess the feasibility of starting a Lutheran elementary school and to assist ongoing schools in current operation, this volume focuses on the response of Lutheran elementary schools to community changes. The publication begins by discussing the problem of sensitizing congregations…

The Urban High School Reform Initiative was a Federal effort designed to review the educational and related needs of large city high school students, explore the Federal role in urban secondary education, and develop recommendations for a more effective Federal response to the continuing needs of these students and schools. This report contains…

The prevention of resegregation should be planned during the implementation of desegregation so that integration can be fully achieved. Although white flight and housing patterns influence resegregation in schools, it may also be linked to suspensions and expulsions, tracking, and testing and classification procedures. In order to prevent…

This book represents the culmination of a twelve-month management training and development program conducted by the New England Teacher Corps Network for its project directors and staff. Wesley Brown and Perry Zirkel trace the organizational evolution of Teacher Corps projects. William Smith presents a theoretical analysis of the management system…

The current status of the program for the reform of higher education in Sweden (enacted in 1977) is reported. Principles of the program, which is designed to monitor program implementation and collect information concerning the reform, are outlined. Among the principles identified are that the evaluation was designed to pinpoint problem areas and…

This report describes NIE's Dissemination Grants Program, documents dissemination activities in 29 state education agencies as of November 1978, and highlights similarities and differences among states participating in the program. It is primarily descriptive rather than evaluative, and reveals that while each state is committed to building…

The disproportionate enrollment numbers of males and females in various classes in the Hayward, California Unified School District were investigated. A needs assessment was conducted to identify the subject, teacher, total enrollment, and sexual composition of the classes. Results indicated that 39 classes were disproportionate in their sexual…

The school-community process is a system that brings citizens and educators together to help solve school problems and plan educational improvement. This handbook describes that process and how it can foster a three-way partnership among local, regional, and state education agencies. Some of the topics covered include planning for change,…

In August of 1978 the Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC) published an annotated bibliography on Education Needs Projection and Rural Development; this synthesis paper follows that bibliography and is intended to relate some of the useful applications derived from the survey of the literature. Five papers are included in the synthesis. The…

Six major barriers face scholars in community colleges who seek grant monies; however, certain policy solutions can eliminate these barriers. Increased instructional workloads, less diversified faculty resources, lack of administrative encouragement or assistance in grants development, faculty attitudes against grantsmanship, and superfluous…

This report examines the efforts of a secondary school to develop comparable alternatives to those implemented at the elementary level in one Chicago school. Specifically, it examines the decision-making process of the staff to develop a 9-12 open school within the high school. The report traces the history of innovation in the high school and…

In this document the implications of rapid social change and the need for educators to prepare teachers and administrators for future educational innovation are discussed. Suggestions for change in schools of higher education are made in the following areas: (1) Anticipating problems. Educational change will inevitably be faced with criticism, and…

This report presents an evaluation of the Federal Interagency Day Care Requirements (FIDCR) conducted by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The evaluation focuses on the appropriateness of the requirements for federally supported day care programs authorized by Title XX of the Social Security Act. The first chapter of the report…

This module consists of materials designed for use in an inservice program which, in its entirety, runs 16 hours. Instructions for conducting the Workshop Activities are included at appropriate intervals throughout the module. The program is divided into three units: (1) awareness of sex sterotyping in self, society and schools; (2) setting goals…

This document provides a dynamic action plan for social work services in secondary education. It defines, develops and evaluates social work services for students, parents and staff of one high school district. Questionnaires and evaluation criteria are included. The authors take the position that a primary function of social work in schools is…