In 1973, a significant year for school law in America, the Serrano school finance concept was settled at the federal court level by the Supreme Court in its Rodriguez decision. However, at the State level, the issue remains very much alive. The de facto/de jure pupil racial segregation dichotomy was considered by the Supreme Court in the Keyes…

Title IX, of the Education Amendments of 1972, provides that "no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance," with certain exceptions. This report…

This report examines California's geographic, socioeconomic, political, and educational makeup, and focuses in particular on organizations, governmental agencies, and persons affecting educational policymaking. The author first examines the structure of the policymaking body in the State. This structure includes the Chief State School Officer…

The purpose of this collection of 52 primary source documents is to sustain the continuity and interdependence of ideas, movements, and events in the development of educational theories and practices in Western culture. Among the concerns of these documents, written by statesmen, clergymen, business men, foreign observers. educators and others,…

Included in this English translation of an annotated bibliography are 113 items citing books and articles in Serbo-Croatian that contain information about Yugoslavian educational resources and school systems. Works cited refer to history, research, educational development, reform, staff training, and various levels of the Yugoslavian educational…

English translations of annotations of 97 Serbo-Croatian documents are presented in this issue. Annotations are grouped under the following topics: history of education, educational research, development of education, school reform, teacher training and teaching staff, schools and institutions, curricula and syllabi, audio-visual aids, motivation,…

Ninety-one professionals from 22 states participated in an institute designed to examine ways to effect behavioral changes in power structures and decision policy makers so that legislative mandates for total education and training programs for in-school and out-of-school youth will become a reality. Fourteen presentations aimed specifically at…

This document contains statements by educators, government officials, constitutional experts, and concerned citizens and groups concerning House Joint Resolution 620, other proposed amendments to the constitution, and legislative measures relating to the assignment and transportation of school pupils. The joint resolutions and proposals take…

This booklet is intended to inform school district officials, school planners, and manufacturers of the Bureau's criteria for adequate housing. Part 1 discusses the portable classroom impact, presents data about portable classrooms, and states the Bureau's policy regarding portables. Part 2, performance specifications, is presented to clarify the…

This study focused on estimates of employment in state and local governments arising from federal grants-in-aid, in order to appraise research priorities on the role of federal grant policies and programs in increasing public employment in other units of government. Employment generated by federal grants-in-aid to state and local governments is…

A citizen's Drug Abuse Evaluation Committee was formed in Utah to evaluate past research and gather new data on basic questions concerning the drug problem. This booklet provides information based on the Committee's research, hearings, and an investigation of the current drug abuse problem in Utah. Data was also obtained from recorded testimony of…

In this landmark educational finance opinion (presented here in full) the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Texas case was not a proper case in which to examine a State's laws under standards of strict judicial scrutiny. That test, according to the Court, is reserved for cases involving laws that operate to the disadvantage of suspect classes or…

Many school board members are inexperienced in the construction process and unaware of the steps to be taken in school building construction. For this reason, this step-by-step outline attempts in a few short paragraphs under each step in the planning, bonding, and building stages to offer suggestions and advice to the school board members.…

This report contains descriptions of recent Federal Government actions affecting education. The report covers (1) public school finance, (2) higher education finance, (3) vocational education, (4) the education lobby, (5) school busing, (6) the school prayer amendment, and (7) relationships between Congress and the Office of Education. Appendixes…

This document describes the teacher education reform implemented in Argentina beginning in 1968. Details of the changes are provided for: types of schools and degrees, new programs, admission criteria, career training opportunities, special fields, advanced and continuing education, and opportunities for educational research and experiments. (VM)