Justification for school district consolidation is made on the basis of either reducing cost or increasing educational quality. Some cost reduction may be realized through certain economies of scale in some consolidations but it is by no means automatic. The Illinois State Board of Education emphasizes the relationship between high school size and…

A product of the Project on Vocational Education Models for Linking Agencies Serving the Handicapped, this status report consists of group consenses and individual response worksheets pertaining to the status of linkages among agencies serving handicapped vocational students. (The above-mentioned project is designed to help the states meet the…

A joint project in Maine was conducted to improve Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)/school collaboration in the delivery of career education services to students in grades 7-12. Following a needs assessment and successful application for a funding grant, participating agencies formed local CETA/career education linkage teams which…

The role of Ethiopian elementary school teachers in curriculum development and implementation was studied in twelve government schools in Addis Ababa through a questionnaire. The responses of 110 teachers were given to questions concerning the involvement of teachers in curriculum development, their relationship with the curriculum development…

The Work-Education Consortium Project was undertaken to increase from school to work. During the first 2 years of the project, 21 community employment institutions, and the public to facilitate a smoother transition from school to work. During the first two years of the project, 21 community work education councils were formed. Programmatically,…

The activities of Northeast Regional Exchange, Inc. (NEREX) during its first year of operation are delineated in this report. The newest member of the national network of Research and Development Exchanges (RDx), this service agency was established to promote educational improvement in the seven northeastern states: Connecticut, Maine,…

This articulation guide is one in a series of products emerging from Project MAVE (Model for Articulated Vocational Education). Included in the introductory section are a diagram of the four essential elements for articulation, background to the development of the guide, an explanation of why articulation is needed, a brief overview of the guide,…

Partnerships between schools and businesses are becoming more frequent and more reciprocal as the two find common interests; the Salem-Keizer (Oregon) Public Schools provide a nationally recognized example of such a partnership. Salem's program began in 1981 with a joint school board and Chamber of Commerce policy statement. Despite economic…

This essay presents an approach to substantial and long-range curriculum change in three stages: planning, implementation, and evaluation. Planning, to which three quarters of the paper is devoted, is defined as a deliberate, collaborative, continuous process of determining and providing for the most effective manner to implement a change. The…

The purpose of this project was to design six models for the operation of vocational and adult education and community instructional services coordinating councils that would be adaptable to all 28 Florida community colleges. Surveys were made of all 28 councils and from the analyses six representative sites were selected in which to develop and…

The management of higher education in federal systems is discussed in two papers that resulted from a 10-day seminar in Australia. "The Changing Balance in Federal-State Responsibilities: Postsecondary Education in Australia and the United States" discusses the environmmnt of higher education, its overall structure, access and…

Following a literature review of occupational advisory committee models, a model meeting twentieth-century needs and trends was developed. The design and organizational structure of the model provides for the following: a planned, accountable method of accomplishing goals and for promoting the image of vocational education; a planned, accountable…

An evaluation of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education was conducted by a special committee. The committee unanimously agreed that the commission should be strengthened, since it has the obligation to coordinate higher education but lacks the needed resources and authority. The committee recommended that the commission have authority and…

A research effort was undertaken seeking to (1) describe and compare planning activities and concerns of state divisions of vocational education and local education agencies; (2) assess the degree to which each agency perceives articulation as necessary; (3) identify barriers and facilitators; (4) describe the nature of state-local coordination;…

This paper describes the strategy developed by the Florida Department of Education to identify, develop, and support new educational procedures and practices in Florida's public schools. This educational renewal strategy incorporates three basic elements: establishing clear goals and objectives, assessing and analyzing how well educational goals…