BILATERAL DETERMINATION OF SCHOOL POLICY IN PUBLIC EDUCATION IS RAPIDLY BECOMING THE NORM AS COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATION BETWEEN TEACHERS ASSOCIATIONS AND SCHOOL BOARDS GROWS ON BOTH LOCAL AND STATE LEVELS. FACTORS INFLUENCING THIS TREND INCLUDE THE CONTEST BETWEEN NEA AND AFT AFFILIATES TO BE THE SOLE REPRESENTATIVE OF TEACHERS IN THEIR DEALINGS WITH…

Local school control will endure only if school boards can meet the needs of the future. Seven factors tend to weaken this control: (1) Ineffective board members, (2) ineffective superintendents, (3) teacher militancy, (4) public reluctance to support the school systems, (5) failure to meet the needs of disadvantaged youth, (6) federal government…

This volume is the final in a 4-part series of monographs comprising a broad investigation of teacher collective action in local school districts. It presents the results of investigations of the shortrun and probable longrun impact of negotiating activity between school boards and teacher organizations in 22 selected school districts across the…

Since Public Law 280 (1953) transferred civil and criminal jurisdiction of American Indians to five states and offered it to all other states while still maintaining the trust status of reservation lands, this paper asserts that PL 280 constitutes an "uneasy" Federal compromise between abandoning American Indians to the states and maintaining them…

Effective research on issues of rural development is increasingly important in a time when inequalities among people in rural areas is widening. Criteria of time-cost effectiveness, policy effectiveness for rural development, and contribution to sociology must be balanced by rural social scientists in their research design decisions. When five…

This report summarizes and interprets a workshop which focuses on youth research--where it is intellectually, what it has learned over the past decade, and where it is going. In addition, practical suggestions for appropriate roles which government could play in youth research, other than simply to supply more funds, are discussed. From over 60…

In 1970, the gross national product for the United States was over $974 billion; for Mexico, it was $33 billion. The U.S. per capita national income was approximately $4,300, while Mexico's was slightly above $500. Living as neighbors with the reality of these vast differences has led to the implementation of various policy measures by both…

The large scale displacement of small farmers in the South is an important concern to all persons interested in the problems of low-income people. Despite a decline in the numerical significance of farming, a large part of the South remains rural, and agriculture continues to significantly influence the rural economy and rural labor markets. The…

In this address, Congresswoman Chisholm criticizes the Federal youth policy and the low priority with which youth service programs are regarded by the Congress. The Congresswoman's efforts on issues affecting youth, and particularly juvenile delinquency, have been guided by her belief that there is a lack of Federal programs and agencies which…

This position paper argues that public and private policies in Minnesota are not responsive to the large scale entry of women into the labor force and proposes a series of basic long-range strategies and specific child day care policies aimed at allieviating the hardships and inequities existing for working women and their families. It is…

National planned birth policy decisions in the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1976 and the organizational infrastructure that supports such decisions are reviewed in this monograph. The transferability and limitations of the Chinese experience are also discussed. Specific topics covered are: the development of the planned birth campaigns;…

This paper discusses the allocation of policy influences at the national, state, and local levels of government. A theory of what causes a change from a decentralized to a more centralized system is developed and whether and how such a theory of change is related to a theory of the origins of a federal system is explored. The author presents…

This interim report reviews the major incentive policy options available to accelerate market penetration of solar heating and cooling (SHAC) systems. Feasible policy options designed to overcome existing barriers to commercial acceptance and market penetration are identified and evaluated. The report is divided into seven sections, each dealing…

The importance of having a national policy for vocational education (called for by the National Advisory Council for Vocational Education) is the focus of this speech. After citing and discussing some baseline facts about vocational education's budget and enrollment figures, the author provides several reasons for having a national policy: (1) The…

This study deals with the manner in which the nation's telecommunications resources have been managed. The first section, which traces the history of telecommunications management from the mid-1800s through the Lyndon Johnson administration, reveals the way in which telecommunications management has been governed by competing priorities. The…