The papers in this collection focus on: (1) individualizing instruction, (2) comparative roles of the foreign language supervisor and the science supervisor, (3) mini-courses, (4) parents and the community, (5) a classical heritage course, (6) use of non-book instructional materials, (7) a total immersion language program, (8) vocational…

This book sets out to put the many questions raised by the selection of urban teachers into a meaningful context, and to suggest some answers. The thesis of this book is that, as quickly as possible, the process by which urban teachers are selected must be converted to a contemporary merit and fitness system. The ability to understand and reach…

While Colorado politics is in a state of flux, education has consistently maintained a position of prime importance and concern in the State. Public elementary and second education in Colorado is the most expensive governmental service provided by State and local government. This report examines Colorado's socioeconomic and political conditions…

The specific objectives of this study were to examine: (1) social background factors which may be related to educational congruence; (2) the relationship between educational congruence and occupational congruence; (3) educational and occupational congruence as it related to occupational satisfaction; and (4) educational and occupational congruence…

Contents of this book include five papers: (1) "Financing Education for the Urban Disadvantaged," Henry Levin--analyzes the linkages between educational finance and educational quality in large-city schools, and discusses alternative plans for financial innovation; (2) "Accountability in Education," Leon Lessinger--explores the idea of…

Contents of this book include: (1) "New Models: The Need for School Reform," James W. Guthrie--a survey of some of the past successes of our educational system, an attempt to assess present public opinion about it, and an analysis of some possible explanations for its apparent inability to perform satisfactory; (2) "National Assessment: A History…

The 1969-1970 report to the Bureau of Indian Affairs contains information relative to the contract of the State of Idaho with the United States Government for Johnson-O'Malley (JOM) funds to educate the American Indians in Idaho. The financial and statistical figures are from information presented by the 14 school districts and from files of the…

Representatives from seven media-oriented instructional programs for disadvantaged students met with staff members from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse on Media and Technology to discuss the philosophy underlying their efforts, means of developing instructional objectives and strategies, criteria for the selection…

This address focuses primarily on educational technology and the need to improve student learning by improving the effectiveness and efficiency of instructional materials. Due to the need for better educational materials and for procedures to ensure their continuous improvement, a National Institute of Education to conduct research in this field…

This document on course goals in art is one part of a critique series dealing with the development and evaluation of course goals in six subject matter areas for grades K-12. The series provides an initial pool of course-level goals that are expected to be of considerable value in assisting educators with goal definition related to curriculum…

This looseleaf publication updates an earlier report. Some of the pages contain new laws enacted since the first report was completed. The report provides tables showing the status of accountability legislation as of the fall of 1972 and texts of the actual bills or laws in a State-by-State format. The facets of accountability that the laws cover…

This project was launched to discover if the communications gap between technical information about educational issues and lay consumption of the data could be breached. One of these issues, the financing of public education, was selected, and an investigation was launched to ascertain how written communications about educational finance could be…

A conference for Deans of Instruction of Junior and Community Colleges consisted of prepared papers and special interest discussions, with nationally known resource people available for consultation. This report of the conference includes the contributed papers and summaries of the special interest discussion groups. The prepared papers discuss…

This program is designed to make the concept of the new school possible -- one that provides a variety of learning situations and guarantees learning opportunities for all individuals. The report makes recommendations in four areas that foster the new school concept: (1) technical assistance and evaluation support for school-based projects using…

This report, which draws from numerous previous Harcum reports, summarizes the entrance status, development, and achievements of Harcum students from 1962 to 1970. (MS)