Exclusion from mainstream American culture and perceptions of marginality drive some youth to create their own subgroups. As cultural elements of the subgroups reach further from what most Americans deem "acceptable," the alienation of these youth is intensified. Community agencies can use an ecological perspective to work for changes…

This paper reviews, in two parts, discoveries about control in 12 instructionally effective school districts (IESD) in California. In part one, after describing six ways to view administrative control, this report provides a brief description of the study, presents findings on the use of selected control mechanisms, and reviews what was learned…

This paper reviews the effectiveness and practicality of various educational approaches for increasing racial tolerance and calls for developing strategies that have been formally evaluated to avoid the waste of time and limited resources. The first section discusses the racial inadequacies of most programs which purport to affect racial…

This conference presentation, which is divided into three parts, deals with problems facing the educational system, the concept of entropy and its relationship to vocational education, and the need to develop "technical generalists." The first part stresses the responsibility of the American school system in remedying the many social…

Described are characteristics of the Employer-Supported Parental Involvement in Education program (ES/PIE), designed to foster collaboration between education agencies and employers. An overview of the program details basic assumptions, core activities, and the roles of school districts and employers. Subsequent content provides a guide to program…

Addressing the question, "What can be done to promote school achievement?", this paper summarizes the literature on motivation relating to classroom achievement and school effectiveness. Particular attention is given to how values, ideology, and various cultural patterns impinge on classroom performance and serve to enhance motivation to achieve.…

This project report establishes a framework for viewing educational needs and change from the context of social technological change, synthesizes the research and policy implications of such a perspective, provides guidance on preparing and dealing with the new educational issues which will result from changing technology during this decade, and…

This selective bibliography contains information on material dealing with domestic violence in the home with a special emphasis on child abuse, that may be obtained in the Robert E. Kennedy Library at California Polytechnic University. The bibliography is divided according to different forms of abuse, e.g., emotional child abuse, incest/sexual…

Intended for teachers, this focused journal issue contains separate rationales for teaching books that have been challenged as appropriate instructional materials. Following a discussion of the purpose for rationales and suggestions for using them, the journal presents rationales for teaching the following books: "To Kill a Mockingbird,""The Diary…

Using a research approach founded on explicit normative assumptions about the social goals of education, and proceeding from the hypothesis that lifelong socialization largely determines an administrator's capability, this paper analyzes the experiences of one "good" principal. Following an initial discussion of educators' attitudes toward…

Historically, teaching has been considered an art, not a science, and therefore not subject to scientific analysis. However, there now exists a body of knowledge and a fresh set of conceptions about teaching upon which to base teacher education. Recent and numerous advances in pedagogical knowledge can now be used to provide teacher education with…

This document, one of a series of public opinion surveys conducted for Project Outreach of the Michigan Board of Education, reports the results of a telephone survey of adult citizens in Michigan on their opinions about the public schools in the state. The survey was conducted in April, 1985 and a total of 801 interviews was completed. Survey…

Although community psychologists and prevention specialists view schools as the ideal vehicle for delinquency programs for children, few examples of effective school-based prevention programs are available. Delinquency prevention program developers view common school practices as contributing causes of delinquency, making school change a major…

This book is written for school staff, parents, and others interested in confronting and reversing the use of drugs by developing children. The book is presented in two parts, "The Concept," and "A Story.""The Concept" presents a program blueprint for schools which either are starting a drug education program or augmenting an existing one.…

Uses the case of Ollie Taylor to illustrate how the power of school, the experience of learning, and how the myriad kinds of human intelligence are dealt with may deeply affect the evolution of a single life, asserting that tracking is a procedure for stratifying human groups that has colossal consequences. (Author/JM)