An analysis of legal and factual bases for designing an appropriate program for sensorily impaired children, consistent with P.L. 94-142, The Education For All Handicapped Children Act, asserts that state schools for the deaf and blind must continue to exist. (CL)

While the federal government has a continuing important role in education, the states have the constitutional responsibility for it. Only the states can address most of the recommendations of the various studies on the crises in American education, particularly those pertaining to teacher certification, career ladder restructuring, and curriculum…

Survey data reveal that, of the 72 recent legislative actions affecting community colleges labeled as significant by state directors of community/junior colleges, nearly 50 percent are concentrated in three areas: institutional growth, governance, and financial support. There is a great deal of state-level legislative support for the continued…

Declining physical conditions of school buildings, overcrowding, and lack of electrical systems to support new technology are rampant in schools throughout the United States, particularly in schools that can least afford to correct these problems. This document addresses the question of why school condition needs to be addressed, the major causes…

This document provides summaries of each state's activities to address their the shortage of school buildings by supporting school construction. It reveals that 11 state subsidize, reimburse, or match local funding for construction projects; 10 states have an established formula for determining the amount of stat funding each school district…

A special report of the California Legislature's Joint Legislative Audit Committee addresses the school site acquisition process to attempt to discern how the system has allowed a minimum of nine Los Angeles public schools to be built on toxic lands. The report examines two such sites, the Jefferson Middle School (JMS) and the combined elementary…

Survey results are presented from 65 parents, students over 12 years, teachers, and other school employees using 39 different schools about environmental conditions in New York City public schools. It shows the results of years of neglect of infrastructure for children and reveals disturbing new information about the environmental health of school…

This directory of 16mm film libraries has been compiled in order to help teachers, school administrators, and community leaders locate and obtain motion pictures for use in education. It is a revision and expansion of the 1948 Office of Education publication, "A Partial List of 16mm Film Libraries," which contained 576 libraries. The directory is…

Few educational responsibilities have greater far-reaching importance to the people of a State than the establishment of a sound local district structure for administering the schools. Keeping that structure adapted to changing conditions in society by reorganization of small ineffective districts into larger administrative units more capable of…

Discussion of how three major trends in American education today -- growing politicization; increasing erosion of lay control in local school districts, and the growing lieklihood of more centralized systems of school finance -- are combining to escalate States' involvement in educational policy decisions. (Author)

Through involvement in a project to redefine educational goals and redesign the local educational system, community members gain insights into the operation of the school system and acquire skills in influencing its future direction. (WM)

Examines the emerging role of New York State in education and considers the decentralization of the State education agency to a regional level. (Author/DN)

A look at the elements of New York State Project Redesign, a statewide improvement effort whose focus has been to change the relationships between the State Education Department and local school systems participating in the effort. (Author)

Should Massachusetts taxpayers subsidize the cost of building and maintaining the University of Massachusetts, when Boston University and other private institutions are facing severe financial problems? (Author)