In this article focus is on some aspects of the planning of educational systems, a fundamental issue involved in developing educational and training programs for rural development. The need for planning of the organization and work of individual institutions and services responsible for education in rural areas is discussed. (SM)

Better organization of the agricultural sector, expansion of production capabilities, increased employment, satisfaction of the country's needs, and improved productivity are the guidelines considered in the planning and development of the agricultural vocational training system in Algeria. Charts illustrate and clarify the organization of this…

Reviews research on, and details its implications for the planning of Negro education, such statistics as: the Negro population, 1970, 1960, and 1950, for 30 cities with the largest Negro population; families by median income in 1971, and Negro family income as a per cent of white by region: 1959, 1966, 1970 and 1971; and others. (JM)

A number of methodological conclusions and common recommendations for all regions of the Belorussian SSR on the compilations of long-range plans for the development and location of the school network in rural regions are suggested. (Author/KM)

Describes a serious graduate student and his reasons for leaving public education. (PG)

Pressure today is exerted upon school officials for alternatives. The author presents several programs his school system has initiated, with frank appraisal of their success or failure. (Editor)

Youth in the ghetto appear to make rational economic decisions (from their individual and family point of view) by not investing in education; unless the quality of education is improved for lower classes, income grants are unlikely to have any effect on this form of investment in human capital. (Author)

A prediction from ecological theory relating the distribution of residential segregation between inner and outer zones of a metropolitan area to conditions of population growth, expansion, etc. was tested using 1960 data on the Atlanta standard metropolitan statistical area. (JM)

Legislative and education groups in New Mexico should develop approaches for kindergarten programs. (MF)

Resume of several articles that have been written about performance contracts. Articles discuss its history, various facets of performance contracting, favorable positions on it, reasons for opposing it and measurement problems connected with it. (RB)

Limited study, focusing on one program, suggests that programs strive to meet needs of clients functioning at low educational levels. Graphs, tables. (Author/CJ)

President of the Washington, D.C. Teachers' Union presents the Union's recommendations for short range solutions to their extensive educational problems in testimony before the Senate Public Health, Education, Welfare, and Safety Committee on the District of Columbia. (DM)