Results of a two-year study to measure the extent of Title IX compliance in randomly selected California school districts are reported. Carried out by the California Coalition for Sex Equity in Education, the study was designed to demonstrate that districts which make an active effort to promote Title IX implementation by involving public…

A SOUND HONORS PROGRAM IN THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS PROVEN SUCCESSFUL ONLY WHEN BUILT UPON A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM FOR HIGHLY ABLE STUDENTS BEGUN IN THE ELEMENTARY GRADES AND CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. IN ORDER FOR THIS COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM TO OPERATE AT ALL LEVELS, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO ESTABLISH COORDINATION IN THREE MAJOR AREAS. THESE…

A SOCIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT-COLLEGE INTERACTIONS WAS UNDERTAKEN WITH INTEREST CENTERED ON SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS AND ATTITUDES. STUDY OBJECTIVES WERE TO (1) IDENTIFY THE SALIENT ROLES OF COLLEGE STUDENTS, THE SETTINGS IN WHICH THESE ROLES ARE PERFORMED, AND THE ROLES OF OTHER PERSONS WITH WHOM THE ACTION IS CARRIED OUT, (2) DESCRIBE AND…

OVER A 3-YEAR PERIOD, THIS STUDY INVESTIGATED MANY FACETS OF THE ACHIEVEMENT, BEHAVIOR, AND INTERESTS OF GROUPS OF STUDENTS WHO BEGAN THE EXTRACURRICULAR STUDY OF THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN THE FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADES. IN ADDITION, SEVERAL CONTROL GROUPS WERE STUDIED TO ALLOW COMPARISONS OF THE EFFECTS OF THIS LANGUAGE PROGRAM. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT,…

This annual report describes, in English and Spanish, District 3's individual school and multiple school program activities undertaken in the 1977-78 school year. The accomplishments of more than twenty elementary and intermediate/junior high schools are highlighted. Among the programs described are: the New York State Experimental Prekindergarten…

THIS BULLETIN GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THE 1967 FESTIVAL AND LISTS THE ACTIVITIES AND ENTERTAINMENT PLANNED FOR 1968 (APRIL 20, ST. PAUL), IN WHICH ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN MINNESOTA MAY PARTICIPATE. WORKSHOPS FOR BOTH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, AND NUMEROUS FOREIGN-LANGUAGE SPEAKING PERSONNEL PROVIDED BY STUDENT, SCHOLARSHIP, AND WORK ABROAD ORGANIZATIONS…

This program of exploring occupations seeks to use existing vocational programs to help the upper junior high and high school student: (1) understand himself in relation to various occupational roles, (2) plan for achieving his occupational goal, (3) show an awareness of himself as a productive citizen, and (4) learn of the available community…

THIS BOOKLET, ONE OF A SERIES, HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR THE PROJECT, A PROGRAM FOR MATHEMATICALLY UNDERDEVELOPED PUPILS. A PROJECT TEAM, INCLUDING TEACHERS, IS BEING USED TO WRITE AND DEVELOP THE MATERIALS FOR THIS PROGRAM. THE MATERIALS DEVELOPED IN THIS BOOKLET INCLUDE (1) NUMERALS AND GEOMETRICAL PATTERNS, (2) ACTIVITIES FOR DISCOVERING PATTERNS…

The planning and evaluation method (Management by Objectives/Results) briefly described in this booklet is intended to help leaders and participants at all levels in school activity programs. MBO/R provides for goal setting, objectives identification, identification of resources, allocation of responsibility and time, and, finally, evaluation.…

In order to determine the effect of school organizational patterns on learning and school adjustment, the author conducted a study that compared twelfth-grade students who attended self-contained schools on a K-8 pattern with students who attended self-contained schools on a K-3, 4-6 plan and then a 7-8 departmentalized school. All the students…

In 1975, Quill and Scroll gathered responses from high school yearbook advisers about the student journalists on their staffs. Separate tables summarize data on (1) sources of staff personnel in terms of specified categories; (2) competing interests which interfere with yearbook work; (3) factors that limit participation on yearbook staff; (4)…

The methods and specific job requirements for producing a high school newspaper are delineated in this handbook. Chapters are devoted to (1) the newspaper staff and audience, (2) planning the paper, (3) getting and writing news stories, interviews, feature stories, and sports stories, together with copyreading and proofreading, and (4) processing…

Important changes in Soviet education since the 1958 reform have been described in detail by staff and members of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. Chapters include: (1) Marxist-Leninist Ideas and Polytechnical Education, (2) Soviet Experience in Polytechnical Education Before the Reform, (3)…

This report, the sixth in a series of ten, was prepared by the Steering Committee, the Study of Education at Stanford. The series, based on the concept that education should be a continuous process of discovery throughout life, sets forth recommendations for strengthening the academic enterprise at Stanford. To enhance the educational value of…

In May 1968, the Special Committee on Community Life and Structure of Maryville College recommended that an All-College Council be organized by January 1969. Following approval of this recommendation by the Executive Council of the Faculty, the Special Committee proposed the nomination of 15 council members who were subsequently chosen in a…