To explore the role, responsibilities, and organizational relationships of a business administrator within the school district, six districts in the state of Washington were selected for examination. Semi-structured interviews were conducted along with observation of relevant documents to (1) describe the role and responsibilities of the business…

This report reacting to three papers presented at the conference on compensatory education with special reference to Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 focuses on a series of topics pertaining to the relationship between compensatory education and regular education. The report begins by summarizing the conclusions…

In physical education at the elementary level, students are taught to move with efficiency in all situations, to have knowledge about movement, and to value movement as an essential part of life. Teachers stress problem solving, discovery, and concept learning in teaching physical education to young children. To assist teachers and students,…

The Mayor's Commission on Literacy in Philadelphia was created to mount a large-scale literacy effort throughout the city that would significantly increase the number of individuals receiving services through volunteer tutor involvement. A strategic plan for a citywide, largely volunteer literacy effort was developed reflecting coordination with…

This publication describes services of selected American Red Cross chapters to the homeless and the hungry. Chapter profiles provide information on how chapters of various sizes develop, fund, and implement programs in response to their communities' needs. Program descriptions detail the chapters' fund-raising from private, public, and voluntary…

It is vitally important for all U.S. citizens to know that they can make a difference, that they can affect the futures of their towns, cities, and nation. The grass roots tradition is alive and flourishing in communities all over the country. This document proposes programs in which members of different generations work together as partners on…

This guide is intended to explain the types of partnerships that business can form with education to prepare students to enter and make a successful adjustment to the demands of the workplace. The first chapter discusses the consequences for business of an ill-prepared work force and examines the issues of the quantity and quality of workers, with…

Several ways in which the culture of the home in a traditional society differs from the culture of the school, as well as obstacles to efforts to coordinate school and home, are identified prior to a discussion of the educational function of the home and functions of the school. It is pointed out that, whereas in traditional societies education…

Through the late 1970s the idea was expressed that community education provides a structure for citizen involvement in local decision-making processes and that democratic processes would be reintroduced at the community level through a new commitment to it. Minzey and LeTarte proposed the concept of process--to develop a community process of…

The issues of harmonization and autonomy as they affect vocational education and manpower policy development and the implementation of program service delivery are analyzed. Some of the background issues that have affected the relationship of vocational education and manpower, in particular the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), are…

A method for analyzing secondary school programs that integrate community resources into classroom instruction is based on a comparison between programs in the British Isles and in the United States. The study was conducted to determine facilitators and barriers to such integration. Integrated programs were considered to be those in which schools…

The overarching variable in this study is the effect of differing amounts of personal contact between teachers and a program coordinator on the degree of implementation of a consumer education curriculum innovation in fifth-grade classrooms. Other variables under study were inservice training, feedback mechanisms, and participation. The sample…

A review of 16 ERIC documents that deal with state coordination and control of community junior colleges. (MB)

This paper summarizes some of the issues raised and recommendations made at the second topical conference for State Education Agency (SEA) personnel. The conference focused on managing and coordinating a state program for the dissemination of educational information. Recommendations include: (1) increase awareness of the importance of…

This paper represents the final report of a regional seminar (Asian countries) on educational alternatives held under the auspices of UNESCO in December 1976. The seminar focused on educational services for children from 5 to 14 years of age and emphasized the needs of children in poverty areas. Limitations and inequities in the current…