The student textbook describes voter registration, nominations, political campaigns, and elections in Georgia. It also shows how young citizens can participate in politics to solve problems which affect them directly. Although the textbook tells a fictional story about students within a city, the issues and information presented are truthful…

A group of high school self-reported dropouts and a group of simulated high school dropouts were compared with graduates in their participation rates, efforts required for data collection, and the overall quality of their responses in the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. The results indicate that dropouts are less…

A statewide evaluation of the Wisconsin Instant Information System for Students and Counselors (WISC) was conducted by surveying a stratified random sample of the user populations including students, counselors, and teachers. Each of the three user groups in the 103 high schools involved in the survey was given a questionnaire which focused on the…

Providing supplemental services to educationally deprived students, the program consisted of coordination for more effective learning and communication skills components composed of a kindergarten program, a reading program for grades 1-4, and a support services program; and a "Happy Talk" component designed to help parents of preschool…

Two longitudinal field studies of the process of information dissemination through newspapers were conducted on two different public affairs topics (regional planning and routing of a high voltage power line) in four communities to examine the role of newspapers in increasing levels of conflict and in creating greater levels of awareness and…

Proceedings of a 1980 conference on freedom and control in Australian higher education are presented in seven parts: (1) government "control" of higher education; (2) freedom to learn; (3) accreditation, certification and the control of learning; (4) institutional constraints on freedom; (5) professional development of academic staff;…

The School District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was ordered by the Commonwealth Court to begin a voluntary desegregation plan in February, 1979. To support the desegregation process, the school district applied for and received grants from the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) to develop programs around eight basic models: pairing, enrichment,…

After an attempt to initiate a viable Outdoor Education program in the early 1960s was abandoned, during the early 1970s the Faculty of Education at the University of Western Ontario created an optional, 20-hour credit course in Outdoor Education for teacher education majors, which now attracts about 200 students per year. Objectives for the…

The document contains the Texas state plan for the education of the gifted/talented and principles and criteria for local school district program development. The state plan includes a section on background, a position statement, the state definition of gifted/talented students, and a statement of goal and objective. Responsibilities and…

Problems raised by a conflict between culture of the school and culture of the pupil's home community are brought into focus when looking at schooling for children from a culture which has no links into culture of the dominant group, and in fact rejects as "worthwhile activities" the very things that members of the dominant group regard…

An overview of the Title I Migrant Education Program is provided through summaries of its legislative history, program administration and management, Title I Local Projects/Title I Migrant Education Projects, program goals and objectives, instructional services, supportive services, Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS), formulas for…

The increasing institutionalization of teaching has been a central aspect of educational developments in education in Norway because important teaching functions, previously preserved informally in the home and in the local community, have been gradually replaced by formal education. The school-community network has been weakened because few…

Written for, by, and about adult students, this issue consists of a series of articles and features dealing with learning English as a native and as a second language. The first section contains six articles covering the following aspects of English and language learning: English as an interesting language that reflects the freedom of its…

This report on Compensatory Education (CE) examines the effect of home environment on academic achievement. Part one presents findings on the home environment and student achievement, parental awareness and participation in CE, parental involvement in the educational process, parent attitudes toward the child's education, school CE fund receipt…

Through readings and activities contained in this booklet, which is part of the "What If...Series," secondary students and adults learn about how a bill becomes a law and at the same time acquire effective coping skills. By using the materials, students will learn who makes laws, what laws are about, when and where laws are made, and how an idea…