THE GOALS, RESEARCH TASKS, AND FUNCTIONAL OPERATION OF A RESEARCH AND INSTRUCTION (R AND I) UNIT WERE DESCRIBED. R AND I UNITS WERE ORGANIZED TO PROVIDE THE MEANS TO CONDUCT CLASSROOM RESEARCH AND TO DEVELOP MORE EFFICIENT LEARNING PROCESSES THROUGH THE COOPERATION OF LOCAL SCHOOLS, STATE PERSONNEL, AND UNIVERSITY FACULTY MEMBERS. THE ACTIVITIES…

"The State of the Art" is a bibliographical essay current to 1975 consisting of 300 items relating to home-school-community relations. This literature was examined in order to (1) provide a conceptual framework for home-school-community relations, (2) develop a classification scheme for existing theory and practice, and (3) suggest further…

Eight papers on leadership which were presented at a teacher leadership conference on the development of common core curriculum for vocational education teachers are contained in this booklet. The title and authors are as follow: "The History and Philosophy of Vocational Education," by Lillian King; "Standard Characteristics of Vocational…

The paper discusses the major components of creativity, the relationship of competition and cooperation to creativity, and a model for teaching cooperation to enhance creativity. Creative behavior is directed toward the imaginative construction of what is desired and its eventual actualization in everyday life. Components of creativity include…

The purpose of this conference was to bring together leaders of public and private schools to discuss matters of mutual concern and interest. The morning session was concerned with the topic "The Child, the Teacher, the Machine" and focused on educational technology with emphasis on computer-aided instruction. The morning workshops dealt…

This booklet analyzes the manifestations of student unrest in the secondary schools, discusses the causes of activism, and recommends ways for dealing with these forces. Alienated students and various types of activist students are defined. Examples are given of such activist-oriented activities as underground publications, sit-ins, picketing,…

MUCH OF THIS ADDRESS IS DEVOTED TO AN OUTLINE OF THE SCHOOL'S ROLE IN EDUCATING THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDENT. EFFORTS SHOULD BE MADE TO ACCULTURATE THE STUDENT AND TRAIN HIM TO ADEQUATELY HANDLE HIS OWN CULTURE. THIS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, MULTILEVEL SPANISH LANGUAGE COURSES, THE STUDY OF SPANISH-SPEAKING REGIONS AND THEIR…

The basic functional relationships between vocational education and other institutions and the sociological implications of these relationships were investigated. The analysis was organized into three section": (1) The Social Setting of Vocational Education. Vocational education is a formalized institutional vehicle which has been introduced into…

This 1961 report describes the experiences of the United Parents Association (UPA) in two New York City communities facingschool integration. In one case involving the voluntary busing of Negro children from an overcrowded school to an underutilized white school, the entire transfer occurred without incident because of the careful planning and…

In discussing the areas of mental health pertinent to the work of the school, the text defines mental health and elaborates upon the following: the healthy personality; the child and his family, his inner self, and his society; and the child and the teacher who send out distress signals. Also considered are the school's role in the promotion of…

This conference paper identifies two factors in contemporary educational programs which may have a detrimental effect on disadvantaged youth. First, it is felt that from a historical as well as a contemporary perspective, it is clear that the public schools are designed to meet the needs of the middle class. Thus, even if the same educational…

This paper describes the staff training and program installation techniques utilized by the Parent Readiness Education Project (PREP), a model early childhood education program. PREP was funded by the United States Office of Education to serve as a Developer/Demonstrator project to provide information, training, materials, and advice to school…

This paper focuses on changes in the occupational levels of black and white men in the decade between 1962 and 1973. For each race taken separately, and then for both in comparison, shifts are described in the mean levels and a dispersion of occupational socioeconomic status of men in the experienced civilian labor force. An attempt is made, it is…

This report investigates the educational philosophy programs related to the multicultural population of Toronto. Two fundamental goals for the Toronto Board of Education are to provide equal educational opportunities to all children, and to do so without loss of the child's personal identity and cultural integrity. The work force provides…

The purpose of the inquiry described was to examine the ways in which characteristics of the educational environment of the home, the school, and the peer group accounted for change in performance at school over the period of a year, in which the sample of children selected for investigation progressed from primary school to high school. The…