This report is a preliminary review of violence, vandalism, and drug abuse data submitted to the New Jersey Department of Education by its school districts. The purpose of the report is to present an empirical data base on crime and disruption in the schools that was previously unavailable, and to provide information to assist the department in…

One of four projects conducted by the American Statistical Association (ASA) in cooperation with the Bureau of the Census, the conference explored the most important and fruitful research and development topics within the user-oriented software domain. Its objectives were to (1) develop recommendations on mechanisms to improve access to and use of…

ALTHOUGH SEGREGATION IS LEGALLY WRONG, IT IS STILL MAINTAINED IN A DE FACTO SENSE BY DISCRIMINATORY HOUSING. A GROUP OF MILWAUKEE SOCIAL SCIENTISTS STATED THAT THIS DE FACTO SEGREGATION IN THE URBAN AREAS HURTS EDUCATION IN THESE WAS--(1) IT UNDERMINES THE MORALE OF ONE GROUP WHILE PERPETUATING THE PREJUDICE OF THE OTHER, (2) SCHOOLS IN MINORITY…

PROOF IS PRESENTED THAT RACIAL SEGREGATION IS INCREASING RATHER THAN DECREASING IN THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE SITUATION IS CREDITED TO A SCHOOL BOARD AND AN ADMINISTRATION THAT HAVE SHUNNED OR SUBVERTED THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF ITS OWN SELECTED EXPERTS, CONTINUED PAST PROCEDURES THAT FOSTER SEGREGATION, AND FAILED TO ADOPT ANY VIABLE PLAN FOR…

THE FIRST DOCUMENT IN A THREE PART STUDY INDICATES THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO MEASURE, ANALYZE, AND COMPARE THE FUNCTIONAL DEPLOYMENT OF SPECIALISTS BY THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT WAS NECESSARY TO EXAMINE THE FUNCTIONS PERFORMED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE RATIO AND ADEQUACY OF SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIALISTS. DATA WAS COLLECTED AND…

A SURVEY OF 488 SCHOOL DISTRICTS WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION CONCERNING FOREIGN LANGUAGE OFFERINGS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS, THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS OFFERING EACH FOREIGN LANGUAGE, AND THE NUMBER OF PUPILS STUDYING FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1965-1966. THIS INFORMATION ABOUT MODERN AND CLASSICAL LANGUAGES IS PRESENTED IN…

LANGUAGE AND AREA CENTERS, WHICH ARE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS CARRIED ON JOINTLY BY HUMANISTS, SOCIAL SCIENTISTS, AND HISTORIANS, WERE INVENTORIED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION. THIS INVENTORY ON 46 CENTERS WAS MADE TO BRING TOGETHER INFORMATION ON (1) HOW THE CENTERS WERE ORGANIZED, (2) THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN…

AT LEAST 60 OF THE 625 STUDENTS WHO DROPPED OUT OF THE SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 1959-60 LATER RETURNED TO SCHOOL, AND MANY GRADUATED. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DISCOVER WHY THESE STUDENTS RETURNED, WHAT KINDS OF STUDENTS WERE MOST INFLUENCED BY ADVICE TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL, AND WHICH STUDENTS EXPERIENCED THE MOST PRESSURE TO RETURN. SOME…

REVIEWED ARE THE ECONOMIC NEEDS AND STATUS OF NONCOLLEGE BOUND YOUTH WHO NEED SPECIAL TRAINING BECAUSE OF LOW INCOME, RACE, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HANDICAPS, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, YOUNG MARRIAGE, IMCOMPLETE EDUCATION, OR RURAL OR MIGRANT BACKGROUND. TWO TABLES INDICATE--(1) THE REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE LABOR FORCE AGED 14-19, PROJECTED TO 1970,…

Reported are the results of a national survey conducted by the American Association of School Administrators to determine energy consumption in the nation's schools for the 1977-78 school year. Usable responses were received from 30% of the sample. Data indicate that, while energy consumption over a five-year period had been reduced, there is…

This booklet presents 1976-77 statistics on tuition fees, faculty salaries, and administrative salaries for American and Canadian private schools that belong to the National Association of Independent Schools, based on data from questionnaires completed by 675 schools. The tuition fees section presents data on tuition ranges and medians for boys',…

Examined with over 28,000 7-year-old children whose mothers registered for prenatal care was the relationship between perinatal complications and such characteristics as poor school achievement, hyperactivity, and neurological soft signs associated with the diagnosis of minimal brain dysfunction (MBD). Ten perinatal antecedents were studied:…

The purpose of this study was to develop an appropriate methodology and use it to estimate the costs of providing appropriate special education programs and services for all school-aged handicapped children in the U.S. in 1980-81. A resource-cost model approach was selected, based on a mathematical formulation of the relationships among students,…

The testing of contemporary sociological theory often calls for the application of structural-equation models to data which are inherently collinear. It is shown that simple ridge regression, which is commonly used for controlling the instability of ordinary least squares regression estimates in ill-conditioned data sets, is not a legitimate…

Information on Canadian social and economic trends is presented in this statistical review. Advance information on national income and expenditure accounts for the first quarter of 1978 is provided. Characteristics of full-time university teachers from 1956-57 to 1977-78 are detailed in tables that recount such developments as the nearly six-fold…