The number of children in foster care has nearly doubled in recent years. Despite reform efforts, the U.S. child welfare system is not increasing the number of children who get adopted. The federal government spends over $12 billion annually on child welfare programs, but the growing government bureaucracy has allowed the problems to worsen. The…

Presents a retrospective appraisal of the outcome of adoption by comparing perceptions of both adoptive parents and young adult adoptees. (DP)

Four strategies are implemented to further sharing of innovative teaching skills and ideas among teachers: (1) feedback of data, (2) understanding importance of sharing, (3) reduction of fear, (4) survey of innovative practices, and (5) standardardizing format for sharing creative lesson designs. (JB)

Changes wrought by technology create need for adaptive changes in social and educational areas, but these changes must come about through long term systematic planning rather than through short term piecemeal faddism. Speech presented at annual conference of National ACAC, Chicago, 1969. (CJ)

Discusses basic concepts in human and medical genetics and their relevance to the field of adoption. Describes genetic counseling and suggests that adoption agencies use such services. (Author)

Argues that increasing media use in community college instruction will come from active involvement of faculty in developing mediated curriculum. Faculty education through hands-on experience, staff development workshops, and institutional grants will foster faculty acceptance of the technology in use in society at large. An extensive bibliography…

Reasons for variations in the adoption and implementation of federal programs at the local level are discussed. It is argued that there is a case against local problem-solving approaches to change.

The author outlines the basic requirements of moral education, discusses obstacles to it, and suggests that practical possibilities for its acceptance may be found in international cooperation and in research and development efforts. (SJL)

The impact of closed and open adoption for the older adopted child and the adoptive and biological parents is examined in order to provide knowledge that may be useful in choosing the type of adoptive placement that best meets the needs of particular children and families. (Author/RH)

The author defines moral education; discusses the research, teacher education, and school time it requires; and considers the public misconceptions and scholarly fragmentation that are obstacles to its full development. (SJL)

In this second section of a two-part interview, Benjamin Bloom discusses practical aspects of implementing mastery learning in the classroom and presents some evidence on its motivational effects. For part one of this interview, see EJ 224 682. (SJL)

This analysis of an accreditation policy suggests that the policy process in general, and the implementation process in particular, tend to shape the policy outcomes through linkages between the various process phases and policy performance. (Author/IRT)

Describes the background, setting, materials, controls, and a sample of a simulation game on the task of diffusion in a school setting. (CMV)