Reports a 4-year study which shows the contributions vocational education has made to reducing school dropout rates. (SB)

Describes cross-age tutoring experiment in which sixth graders provided individual help and companionship to first-graders. Tutor gains were subject reinforcement, extended creativity, and meaningful personal relationships. (AJ)

Report of a new, first-year, French-language course at the University of Keele, England. (DS)

Discusses the application of management principles by the classroom teacher. (SB)

The responsibilities of educational administrators do not extend to the products of the educational institutions. Rather, they end at the point where they maintain satisfactory conditions for leisure activities. In this respect, educational administration may serve as a model for the governance of an increasing number of organizations, both public…

The attainment of curricular goals, rather than improved IQ scores, was the basis for evaluation of the effectiveness of a program for disadvantaged preschoolers. Featured is the development of an Inventory of Cognitive Skills and Visual-Motor Functioning to evaluate the child's level of functioning in curriculum-related areas. (KW)

This article is based on a M.S. thesis by Robert J. Ford entitled: Relation of Summer Programs to Total Programs of Vocational Agriculture in Iowa." (Editor)

The Class Activities Questionnaire, designed to measure both cognitive and affective emphases in the classroom via student perceptions, is developed and used to evaluate the Illinois Gifted Program. (DG)