As part of the implementation of the Joint Policy Statement on Equality of Educational Opportunity, Michigan's State Board of Education conducted its first public school racial census in the spring of 1967. Information was collected about the racial composition of: (1) student bodies and staff by school building and (2) central office staffs of…

Based on selected data from the 1970 census, this report provides a general description of Chicago's Spanish-speaking population's: (1) general population characteristics; (2) age and family characteristics; (3) income; (4) labor force characteristics; (5) education; and (6) housing. Using the Census Bureau's definition of Spanish speaking (all…

As a part of the Final Report of the National Study of American Indian Education, this document describes the town of Eagle Butte, South Dakota, on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation approximately 100 years after the signing of the 1868 Treaty with the Sioux. A 3-member research team collected data via interviews with students, parents,…

As a part of the final report of the National Study of American Indian Education, this document contains findings of the first background study on the Menominee Indians of Wisconsin. This document reviews important sociocultural and historical factors associated with the Menominee. Socioeconomic conditions are also discussed, especially in light…

An historical review is presented of the 6 major groups of Indians of the coastal region of British Columbia: the Coast Salish, Nootka, Kwakiutl, Bella Coola, Tsimshian, and Haida. Characteristics of each tribe are contrasted in the following 7 sections of the review: (1) Introduction--the life style, sociocultural factors, and unique…

This report, one of a series which will become chapters of a larger study entitled "A Study of Our Nation's Students" (see TM 000 145 and TM 000 182), concerns itself with total variation between students (T), within school variation (W), and among school variability (A) in the dependent variables (Expectations for Excellence, Attitude…

Stated in this document are the principal economic, sociological, and educational references relating to the planning procedures, as well as findings, conclusions, and recommendations for activities of the Leflore County, Mississippi Project funded under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The project's objective was to plan…

The concern of this study was to examine the role of education in altering the social and personal characteristics of disadvantaged adults. Data were collected through a review of the literature and have been limited mainly to research reports on remedial adult education programs. Findings showed that the disadvantaged, who are hampered by…

A study was made of the total undergraduate dropout rate at the University of Wyoming for the 1963-64 school year, personal and background characteristics of academically able dropouts, reasons for discontinuance, plans for continuing formal education, the number of dropouts transferring to other institutions of higher educations and their reasons…

This study evaluated a two day institute as a means of continuing education for nurses, analyzed a method of evaluation, and examined the relationship of education and experience to subsequent learning. Background data were gathered by a structured questionnaire; unstructured interviews elicited what participants thought they had learned. Of the…

Performance in concrete and abstract tasks is examined systematically by varying the degree of abstractness of problem-solving and concept formation tasks. Four forms of a problem solving test were constructed. Each form of the test presented problem situations through four different modes: verbal stories, picture-book, color slides,…

The objective of this phase of the Rural Education Disadvantaged Youth Project (Project REDY) was to evaluate the model vocationally-oriented educational program that was developed in an earlier phase of the research. This educational program focused upon (1) youth and career choices, (2) family financial management, and (3) improvement of family…

Aripuana Park was established in 1969 to give the still isolated Surui and other Broad-Belt Indians a chance of survival at the time when Brazil was launching its "conquest of the Amazon". The Park is situated on both sides of the Upper Aripuana and extends to the Roosevelt and Juruena rivers. The Indians are located at the sources of…

The report presents data on the demographic, social, and economic characteristics of persons 14 years of age and over who did hired farmwork during 1975, and summarizes the pertinent changes and trends in the size, composition, earnings, and employment patterns of the hired farm working force. Information is given on the Spanish-origin, white,…

Designed to determine how children acquire beliefs about institutional roles and authority associated with them, this study focused on schools and the teacher's role. Students from France and Scotland aged between 7 and 11 years with contrasting socioeconomic backgrounds were interviewed, and class and national differences in beliefs were found.…