This publication is designed to clarify and amplify the 1975 booklet of the same title prepared by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW). The requirements for providing education to non-English speakers are first placed in their historical context. Suggestions for the basic elements to include in an affirmative action plan for…

After examining factors contributing to success and failure in the schools, the authors present a six-stage program for success--develop community-based goals, develop a district philosophy for implementing the goals, develop a framework of implementation policies, develop district-level learning objectives, develop instructional programs to…

Contained in the booklet is information gathered from a variety of sources on the education of gifted and talented students. Included are such items as a list of the purposes and goals of the Wisconsin Council for the Gifted and Talented, fact sheets and checklists, characteristics for the identification of gifted children, general suggestions for…

Changes made by new professional legislation governing the professions and their organization in Quebec are reviewed. Focus is on the protection of the public with respect to the distribution of professional services. This is done by (1) setting qualifying standards for candidates for the professions to guarantee high quality professional…

The book provides practical guidelines for the layman who is interested in researching, writing, and publishing local history. Two standards considered to be essential to the writing of local history are ethics and competence. The three aspects of competence which are discussed focus on researching, writing, and publishing. Chapter I identifies…

This publication is designed to aid school food service personnel in implementing effective food purchasing practices and obtaining optimum food quality. Part 1 outlines procedures for sound purchasing practices and presents suggested forms for use in implementing these procedures. Information is also provided on inventory systems and stock…

This booklet is intended to aid local school superintendents and other school administrators in preparing comprehensive contingency plans to meet various emergency situations. Although it was developed by the State of New Jersey Department of Education, most of the booklet is equally applicable to schools in other states as well. It is organized…

A four-step method that can be utilized to make inservice education programs more responsive to the interests and needs of teachers and other educational personnel is presented. The first step involves assessing teachers' attitudes and changes in attitudes toward inservice as measured by responses to 34 statements in an inventory. A copy of the…

This publication is intended primarily to guide private school trustees in the task of finding, selecting, and hiring a new headmaster or superintendent for their school. However, part of the content is aimed at prospective candidates for such jobs, so the booklet has some value for them, as well. The booklet is organized in two major sections.…

The summary report is an outgrowth of a 1972 meeting of the National Advisory and Review Committee of the California State Department of Education, Vocational Education Section. The principal intent of the report is to provide project staff and consultants insight into the problems of career development for public service occupations, as well as…

Purpose of the conference was to develop a set of priorities for sociolinguistic research on the Chicano community over the next 3 to 5 years. The conference was designed to develop guidelines for such research. Workshops dealt with specific areas of sociolinguistic theory, applied sociolinguistics, and sociolinguistic research policy guidelines.…

The Division of Teacher Education and Psychology at Southwestern Oklahoma State University has developed a unique approach to the task ofimproving teacher education. The uniqueness of the approach lies in (1) the attempt to revise an on-going program without additional funding, personnel, and released time; (2) the use of the basic tenents of…

This publication has been developed to assist local boards of education, superintendents, and their staffs in the organization and development of educational specifications. Part 1 presents a conceptual and operating primer on what educational specifications are--the purpose, the process, the personnel, and the product. Part 2 is designed to…

This booklet is intended to encourage and aid local school boards in undertaking training programs that will enable them to function more effectively. Relying heavily on case studies of school boards in Chicago and Minneapolis, the author focuses on two major problems facing school board members today--the phenomenon of increasing…

This booklet presents recommendations for establishing a Certificate of Conformance Program for school systems' annual financial reports. The guidelines, which require substantial conformance to the recommended accounting procedures of the Association of School Business Officials (ASBO), were developed at a research workshop jointly sponsored by…