Assimilation through acculturation is a central aim of education within all societies. If the society is over-assimilated, and if education fails to preserve individual creative powers, it will perish. The school, the institutionalized educational process, is assigned two central tasks: (1) the assimilation by acculturation of the neophytes within…

The community education concept and program is an important evolving tool in bringing the resources of education and other disciplines into direct contact with a large number of individuals of every age group. Articles by 12 authors present the philosophy, objectives, and activities of community schools. The book discusses organization, staffing,…

The White House Conference on Rural Education (1944) called together 230 of the country's best known rural educators to lay plans for the peacetime establishment of our educational system on a better basis than we have ever known before (with Federal aid when necessary). One of the dynamic outcomes of the four conference sessions was compilation…

The broad problem area of the relation of education to democracy, dealing primarily with the thought of the "opportunist" wing of French democracy in the early Third Republic (1870-c. 1890), is the focus of this study. It endeavors to find out why the politicians and educators who contributed to development of the primary school believed…

During the 1960's a growing body of experimental evidence suggesting that early malnutrition could affect the development and the functioning of the brain was translated into a concern that nutritional deprivation might be producing permanent mental retardation among "disadvantaged" children. The purpose of this paper is to show, through a review…

The Sodus School District provided comprehensive services for over 300 migrant children from infants to teenagers, along with an intensive staff training summer laboratory school. The Day Care Centers gave 30 children a headstart with scholastic activities to ease adjustment problems when they entered regular school. To relieve the inconsistancy…

This booklet is the second in a three part series dealing with individual and societal expectations of education in Canada and the relationship between basic goals and the principles of financing. The main body of the document examines the current state of public expenditures of the school as an institution serving the needs of the individual. The…

The purpose of this guide is to provide administrators and teachers who work in education programs for migrants with a tool which may be useful in guiding the development and appraisal of such programs. Objectives for migrant education programs and the criteria for program appraisal included in the guide have been developed through the efforts of…

This prototypic curriculum is designed to develop awareness of the challenges man faces in his crowded communities to insure clean water, pest control, waste removal, safe food handling and adequate community health facilities. It distinguishes between the prevention of future environmental abuse and compensation for past abuses. Both the gaining…

In these three lectures, the author approaches the study of the future with a respect for its intricacies and elusiveness, and discusses the schools of the future from social, economic, and political perspectives. The essays are entitled: The Purposes of Futurologic Studies in Education; The School in Contemporary Society: A Swedish Point of View;…

Children who have been excluded from school for physical, mental, or emotional handicaps or who have simply never been enrolled as a result of parental neglect or school discouragement are the focus of the discussion. Schools are charged with getting rid of undesirable pupils (truant, long-haired, or other non-conforming students) through legal…

A 3-DAY CONFERENCE WAS HELD TO DEFINE AND FIND SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM OF TECHNICAL SCHOOLS RELATIVE TO STUDENTS WHO LACK THE NECESSARY REQUISITES TO ENTER AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE A TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM OF STUDY. REPRESENTATIVES FROM TECHNICAL SCHOOLS AND SECONDARY SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELORS FROM THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES WERE…

This book contains many general and specific suggestions on how schools might deal with moral education. School personnel need to be aware and knowledgeable of the dimensions of moral education--helping people to deal with questions of right and wrong in the ways they treat each other. Most of the theoretical issues presented in the book are…

Discusses the independent school: its mission and goals, how it attracts students, why a student chooses to attend an independent school, faculty qualifications, programs offered, admissions department, average student profile, student expectations, employers' expectations, how the school meets employers' expectations, the placement department,…

Discusses socio-civic education as it occurs in schools and nonschool social organizations. Advocates a cooperation between these institutions to promote civic attitudes and behaviors needed by young citizens in today's society. Lists several interrelated factors affecting and methods for improving citizenship education. (AEM)