Although social science has contributed much to the student of schools, the perspectives of earlier thinkers about school effectiveness can fill some of our present need, too, by emphasizing the social values most important and then applying them as educational standards. Former generations viewed good schools normatively rather than empirically…

This report was prepared in response to a request from the 70th Texas Legislature that the Texas Education Agency implement a voluntary missing child prevention and identication pilot program on school campuses. The report consists of four brief sections. "Historical Introduction" reviews legislative actions taken by the Texas…

This speech, before a Canadian conference on curriculum, instruction, and leadership, discusses the role Canada's public schools and universities will play in making that country internationally competitive, culturally distinctive, and socially humane for the 21st century. By reviewing the environmental and organizational contexts of public…

Designed to provide accurate and up-to-date information about nutrition and health, this booklet is centered on the nutritional needs of pregnant and lactating adolescents and on the role of schools and the California State Department of Education in meeting those needs. The first section presents information for pregnant adolescents regarding…

This fact sheet presents teenage suicide as a reaction to stress in adolescence compounded by increasing stress in the environment. It can also be examined as part of a three-step process: a previous history of problems, problems associated with adolescence, and a precipitating event. Contrary to popular belief, suicide is not an impulsive act but…

This paper examines potential roles vocational education could play to assist the military in meeting its training responsibilities within the context of three major military and training issues: survival of the All Volunteer Force, use of the Total Force Management concept, and demands of high technology. Discussion is divided into three…

This report documents a hearing to extend authorization of appropriations under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. The discussion focuses on the role of vocational education in economic revitalization and reindustrialization. Testimony includes prepared statements, letters, and supplemental materials from four individuals representing the…

The importance of Wilhelm von Humboldt's work in educational philosophy is little known outside of Germany and even there he is more often criticized than praised. This is unfortunate because his contributions to education and other areas had an important impact on other philosophers of his period and are well worth considering today. In his main…

The family and the school are among the crucial sociocultural institutions that can be harnessed to the cause of world peace. What is needed is commitment to modes of childhood conditioning that focus on themes productive of resolving international conflicts at the bargaining table. (Author/SDH)

Investigates the relationship between school climate and the black females' academic self-concept in different elementary school settings and to determine which of the social-psychological variables comprising school climate most strongly affect the academic self-concept of the black female. (Author/JM)

Concerned about the differences that sometime arise between teachers and administrators in implementing the curriculum, the author clarifies some educational and personal relationships between the two to promote a more effective instructional program for students. (Editor)

Learning disabled (LD) and juvenile delinquent (JD) adolescents have many characteristics in common and alternative educational approaches should be considered to prevent school failure and socially deviant behavior. (DB)

There is little use in seeking to identify educational strategies to overcome socio-cultural handicaps since there is no political will to apply them. Schooling functions to maintain the status quo. Therefore, the ruling parties and classes do not want the true democratization of education as it would threaten their position in the social…

This article synthesizes the opinions of parents, primary and secondary school pupils and teachers, secondary school administrators, college and university students and professors, and employers, polled at the request of the Ministry of National Education, on the state of education in France. (JH)

Results of a survey, made by a teacher educator, of first year performance of 93 teachers with a variety of preparation, indicated that teachers trained on the job did not differ substantially from teachers trained in colleges. (MC)