To provide a better understanding of improved school districts and their characteristics and actions, the Research and Evaluation Office at the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction collected and analyzed more than 80 research reports and articles. The studies shed light on the relationship between school district policy, programs, and…

Prejudices between these subjects begin at college and are strengthened by professional associations, whose conflicting objectives and competition for funds ignore students' needs and block comprehensive programs. Finding common goals is imperative; one school has built facilities for dual usage, utilizes team teaching, and schedules students on…

Clinch-Powell is the Regional Education Service Agency serving 4 counties in the heart of the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee. (NQ)

Discusses State actions relevant to aiding private higher education, including types of State aid and the role of coordinating agencies. (MK)

Institutes of higher learning are faced with the task of making crucial decisions with respect to intercollegiate cooperation, ways of handling forces disruptive to education and curriculum development and instructional techniques. Until the issues are solved, universities cannot survive as a cohesive and effective force in society. (CK)

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale offers baccalaureate degree programs in occupational education and other vocational areas for off-duty military personnel on their bases. The program illustrates how a university can fill a need for communities at some distance from the campus. (PP)

Discusses a study that explored the attitudes and perspectives of training managers concerning their educational priorities, the costs and benefits actually experienced in cooperative programing, high priority areas for education-industry collaboration, and barriers to effective cooperation. (JOW)

Problems of the Conference of Ministers of Education (KMK) in Germany are discussed. Organized in 1948 to maintain a minimum of uniformity in the German educational system before the Federal Republic was founded, the KMK currently needs to coordinate efforts with the Lander's Ministers of Education. (KC)

The effects of school personnel's perceptions of community dissatisfaction are examined on school structures of normative consensus, upward communication, and exchanges of help. The analysis uses questionnaire data from school personnel of 34 schools to compare the explanatory utility of four theoretical perspectives. (Author/PN)

For years, schools and businesses have been uniting in a cooperative effort specifically designed to serve students. Such a relationship between physical education programs and businesses would extend the significance of physical education and would provide the public with a better understanding of its value. (CJ)

Reports results of student teachers' evaluations of one university's course offerings in the Department of Education and the English department, their English methods course, and the degree to which the two departments worked together. Concludes that cooperation between the two departments could be improved. (FL)

The Oklahoma State Department of Human Services, the Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension, and other support organizations have formed a network to provide suitable and accessible child-related training for child care careers. (SK)

Outdoor education programs can enrich a school's overall curriculum, especially when updated approaches are used. A guide for evaluating outdoor programs and suggestions for building administrative, public, and financial support are provided, and sources of further information are described. A Phoenix, Arizona program illustrates the value of a…

Organizational consultation employs the same strategies and interventions organizational development does, but it is of shorter duration and is less all-inclusive. This article describes a program in which organizational consultation was used to facilitate site-level planning in three parochial schools. (Author/JM)