An independent evaluation report (May 1971) by Educational Coordinates Northwest, this document examines the Oregon Small Schools Program (a Title III project of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act). Three major areas were considered: the extent to which member schools implemented methodological and organizational changes, the established…

This brochure is designed for elementary school administrators, and reports some of the administrative problems and responsibilities involved in the operation of programs focused on the disadvantaged, briefly points up the nature and extent of the elementary school problem, and summarizes the efforts of school systems to cope with it. The brochure…

A project to upgrade the vocational skills of Indian workers is presented. This project is designed to plan and develop integrated educational and training courses of various duration for workers and prospective workers, through the establishment of Polyvalent Centers. These centers are institutions providing opportunity for many-sided education…

A study representing a new level of involvement in the problem of dropout prevention is presented. The point is made that a dropout generally is a person who does not see his public education as related to his particular needs or goals. Recommendations of the study are: (1) Establish a regularized school-community input and feedback system to…

The classroom interactions and activities described in this document are intended to provide experiences that will increase the probability of the occurrence of each of the response constituents of motivation to achieve in learning in school. These materials have been organized into five units; each unit emphasizes one of the five constituents:…

This unit of the Flexible Learning System (FLS), the second of a 3-volume series on children's thinking, focuses on the development of order relations (seriation) in children between 3 and 8 years of age. The series is based on the application of Jean Piaget's work to early childhood education. Seriation concerns the way children reason about…

A consolidated summary of information submitted by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agencies and State Rural Development (RD) Committees, this sixth annual report on USDA information and technical assistance includes USDA organizational arrangements for rural assistance, some assessments, research supporting RD information and technical…

The 1-year project reported here was undertaken for World Literacy of Canada to survey the nature and extent of functional illiteracy in Canada, with a focus on those activities currently being undertaken in Anglophone Canada. An introduction provides background on the extent of the problem, comparing 1961 and 1971 Census statistics, and defines…

Constituting the first material accomplishment of the recently formed International Network of Rural Youth Researchers (INRYR), this annotated bibliography presents abstracts of 19 papers presented at the Fourth World Congress for Rural Sociology during the summer of 1976 at Torun, Poland in a seminar entitled "Rural Youth: Human Resource or…

This paper investigates family patterns and value orientations of rural blacks with regard to twelve categories of behavior, among which are education, health, recreation, occupation, housing patterns, and ethnic attitudes. Data presented are based on 100 interviews, and impressions from non-structured interviews with community leaders, public…

Although Chicanas have played an equally significant role in the shaping of the Chicano experience, traditionally they have been relegated to a substandard position. They have been ignored, their accomplishments have gone unrecognized and their needs have been neglected. Their role has been rigidly defined as passive. The Chicana's effort and work…

The background, current structure, and functions of the Czechoslovakian educational system are described in this booklet. Topics include history, legal basis, structure, administration, financing, academic calendar, language of instruction, and the grading system. The following seven educational categories are discussed: (1) preschool education…

Suggests that with a modified staffing plan using teacher interns, peer teachers, and community volunteers, better coverage of teaching needs could be provided with less salary cost. Presents proposals for a teacher staffing pattern, salary schedule, and a possible daily schedule implementing the suggested staffing pattern. (MM)

This report identifies and explains the issues, challenges and options affecting formal and informal arts education in Arizona today. It ascertains the feasibility of mechanisms to track formal and informal--or school- and community-based arts education over the long term. The Morrison Institute for Public Policy (School of Public Affairs, College…

"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) House Committee Approves Education Funding Bill: Striving Readers Program Would Receive $5 Million Increase; (2) Role…