In 13 chapters this manual provides guidelines for organizing a parent cooperative preschool. Topics discussed include getting started, recruiting other parents, working with parents as teachers, program evaluation, site selection, formal organization, finance, policy formation, staffing, classroom design and curriculum planning. Related…

A SURVEY OF PRACTICES OF SCHOOLS IN TYPICALLY DEPRESSED URBAN AREAS FROM FOUR LARGE CITIES IS PRESENTED. STAFFING AND PROGRAM PLANNING ARE DISCUSSED. PRACTICES SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED TO HELP PARENTS LEARN HOW TO PARTICIPATE MEANINGFULLY IN THE EDUCATION OF THEIR CHILDREN. IN PREPARING THE PRESCHOOL CHILD, PARENT AID MAY BE ENLISTED THROUGH…

This model prepared by the State of Iowa Department of Public Instruction is intended to provide assistance to schools in developing their own policy and procedures for the selection of library media and text materials. A brief model statement of policy is followed by a model statement of rules which includes (1) responsibility for selection of…

This brochure briefly outlines a few basic steps for school and police officials to take in developing a joint approach to problems of school disruption. Section 1, "Preventing Disruptions," consists of three parts that focus in turn on conducting a needs assessment, develping joint preventive measures, and planning for a disruption.…

The 12 items in this annotated bibliography on absenteeism are entries in the ERIC system. The publications cited focus on attendance policies and techniques for reducing truancy. The techniques mentioned include alternative individualized programs, punishments (such as lowered grades) for absences, and rewards (such as parties or higher grades)…

Because of widespread disillusion with suspension as a discipline procedure, school officials are developing inschool alternative programs. Institution of such a program must begin with reflection about how current disciplinary programs are succeeding or failing. The primary purposes of the program must include helping the child and identifying…

The possibility exists that another language resource, the Spanish language of the Mexican American, will be lost in the United States due to language ethnocentrism. Mexican American bilingualism is viewed as an intellectual handicap by public educators who do not understand the basic linguistic bias of instruments utilized to measure the…

This report contrasts the characteristics of high school students with disorderly histories and those without such histories. The sample consists of 1,318 eleventh graders in eight Wisconsin school systems. The major dependent variables are students' reports of being sent from classes for disciplinary reasons and skipping school with a gang of…

Student rights encompass all specific rights which the courts recognize as being vested in students. These may be derived from applicable Federal, State, and/or local laws, including school regulations. On June 22, 1973, an ad hoc committee (50 percent American Indian) was convened in Albuquerque, New Mexico to review a special report form…

The Hispanic Urban Center In-Service Program was a 15-week course of study designed to provide teachers, educational specialists, and administrators with a view into the conditions and social pressures facing the Mexican American child in this society. The ultimate objective was to change attitudes and behavior toward Mexican Americans by using…

Information pertaining to the overall grading standards and practices within the five Peralta Colleges is compiled and analyzed here. The report is presented in three parts. The first part deals with the historical background of traditional and non-punitive grading, the national trends toward innovation and experimentation with various forms of…

The purpose of this study was to gather and analyze data concerning the implementation of drug education programs in 14 selected Indiana senior high schools. It focused on several aspects of the drug education programs including the description of the type of program; the determination of need for the program; school policies related to student…

Safeguards provided by existing civil and criminal assault and battery laws provide inadequate protection for students. State laws (as detailed in charts and tables) provide some avenues of relief, but new legislation must be passed to ensure students' rights. (WI)

Twenty-two elementary schools were studied to identify factors related to school success in raising reading and math achievement of disadvantaged and low-achieving students. Discusses effects of administrative leadership in instruction, coordination of instructional programs throughout the school, and policy regarding academic standards. (Author)

This article examines the relationship between the racial composition of school district populations and specific school policies. The units of analysis are the 25 public school districts located in suburban St. Louis County, Missouri. (Author/GC)