(1978). Juvenile Justice in Maryland. This four part guide provides secondary students with information about Maryland laws, courts, and legal system. The first section examines the nature and causes of increasing involvement of youth in crime, and identifies those crimes most commonly committed by juveniles. A special section on shoplifting is included. Section II examines the nature of the police force, procedures followed by the police and the constitutional limits of police power. Students are directed to analyze television crime drama, answer a self-rated quiz, \Would You Make a Good Police Officer?\ and conduct fingerprint tests. In section III students are asked to compare juvenile court with adult court and consider the effectiveness of the juvenile system. In one activity students role play police officers and decide appropriate action for hypothetical juvenile cases. In section IV the types, purposes and impact of correctional facilities upon youth and the family are analyzed. All sections stress the gathering…
(1977). Assist Program 3: Preschool. Sourcebook. Assist: Associate Instructional Support for Teachers. This sourcebook contains ASSIST training materials designed to prepare paraprofessionals for their role as teacher aides in classes for handicapped preschool children. The preservice portion of the training program focuses on the special relationships the instructional associate has with the teacher, the preschool, and the child. Chapter I presents information on the responsibilities of instructional associates, with discussion of the role of the teacher aide, relations to other staff, relationships with parents and community, and regulations and procedures. Chapter II presents an overview to preschool programs, including sections on the importance of preschool, advocates for handicapped children, the newly acquired legal rights of handicapped children, different types of preschool programs, different preschool philosophies, and issues related to serving handicapped children. Chapter III looks at developmental skills and how handicaps affect development. The inservice portion of the…
(1979). Perspectives on Offical Languages. Alberta Modern Language Journal, v17 n3 p6-17 Spring. While the Official Languages Act of Canada mandates the governmental use of English and French, it is up to regions, localities, and individuals to develop the attitudes and policies which will safeguard the rights of language minorities (including English speakers in francophone areas) and discourage the cultural isolation of language groups. A reconciliation must be effected between English speakers who resentfully view many anticipated applications of the Act (for example, bilingual package labels) as trivial, and French speakers who view the same applications as tokenism. Bilingualism and cross-cultural understanding, where they exist, have come about accidentally as a result of economic exigencies. Educational planning must now aim specifically at fostering multilingual, multicultural competence. (JB)…
(1966). Conference Proceedings: (1) Research Conference on Racial Desegregation and Integration in Public Education; (2) Invitational Conference on Social Change and the Role of Behavioral Scientists. This volume contains the proceedings of two conferences. One conference was concerned primarily with research on racial desegregation and integration in public education, and was highlighted by a paper by Irwin Katz, \Problems and Directions for Research in Public School Desegregation.\ The second conference focused on social change and the role of behavioral scientists. There were papers by (1) Martin Luther King, Jr., \The Social Activist and Social Change,\ (2) Lee S. Shulman, \Reconstruction in Educational Research,\ and (3) S.M. Miller, \Economic and Political Prospects of the Poor.\ Included are summaries of the discussions which followed the various presentations. Additionally, syntheses of group discussions are included in the proceedings of the conference on social change. The proceedings of the research conference were held on September 30, and October 1, 1965, at West Point Farms, Central Valley, New York. The proceedings of the invitational conference were held May 4-6,… [PDF]
(1975). The Multinational Society: Papers of the Ljubljana Seminar. The Ljubljana seminar, whose background and working papers are presented in this volume, was an outcome of the United Nations' consideration of the problems of ethnic and linguistic minorities. The twenty-five papers cover topics such as the study of multinational societies; the protection of minorities and minority rights in Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Austria, the Soviet Union, India, Africa, Southeast Asia, Israel, Britain, and the Caribbean; cultural diversity; and immigrant problems. Chapters 1-3 are background papers, commissioned by the United Nations Secretariat in preparation for the seminar. Chapters 4-23 are working papers, contributed by the participants and presented in regional groups, starting with Central Europe and going on to include Asia, Africa, and North America. (Author/CLK)…
(1977). Standards Relating to Schools and Education. Juvenile Justice Standards Project [of the] Institute of Judicial Administration [and the] American Bar Association. Tentative Draft. The standards and commentary in this volume are part of a series designed to cover the juvenile justice system and its relationship to the rights and responsibilities of juveniles. This volume on public education is addressed to legislators, courts, lawyers, educators, parents, students, and the general public. The volume proposes standards concerning the right to education and compulsory education, the problem of consents or waivers by students and of the allocation of control of student rights between students and their parents, the general regulatory power of schools, student rights of expression, procedural rights available to students in connection with school discipline, sanctions appropriate for student misconduct, interrogation of students, and searches of students or student-related areas. A chapter setting forth the definitions of terms used is also included. (Author/IRT)…
(1975). Trends in School Segregation, 1968-73. This paper reports work in progress concerning student desegregation among elementary and secondary schools in districts regardless of the source of segregation, and between school districts for the period of 1968-73. The data sources, the statistical reports collected by DHEW, are stated to allow for a detailed statistical analysis of the status and trends in school segregation by race throughout the U.S. First, the state of racial integration among schools within a district in 1968 is examined, followed by an examination of the changes that occurred over the period 1968-1973. The differential changes that occurred over that period of time in different kinds of school settings–in different regions of the country, in school districts of different sizes, and in particular large cities–is seen to be of special interest. Data indicate that, by 1968, desegregation of schools was a far from accomplished task in cities and towns of all sizes in the South, but that in the largest cities,… [PDF]
(1974). The Lau v. Nichols Supreme Court Decision of 1974. Testimony of Edward H. Steinman before the Committee on Ways and Means of the California State Assembly. CATESOL Occasional Papers, No. 2, Fall, 1975. This document reviews the arguments and the ruling in the Lau v. Nichols case, and the general legal foundation for bilingual education. On March 25, 1970, a suit was filed by 13 non-English-speaking Chinese students in the District Court in San Francisco, on behalf of nearly 3,000 Chinese-speaking students, against the San Francisco Unified School District. The complaints were: (1) non-English-speaking students were being denied their rights to education because they couldn't function in the medium of instruction; and (2) these students were being doomed to becoming dropouts, and to unemployment, as a result of their language problems. Basic issues were whether the San Francisco school district should be required to provide special instruction in English, and whether instruction should be handled by bilingual Chinese-speaking teachers. While the school district and the federal court argued that the school district had no responsibility to rectify the situation, the Supreme Court… [PDF]
(1974). Residential Programming: Position Statements by the National Association of Superintendents of Public Residential Facilities for the Mentally Retarded. Presented is the 1973 policy statement of the National Association of Superintendents of Public Residential Facilities for the Mentally Retarded. It is noted that the 16 superintendents who developed the statement represented varying backgrounds and viewpoints, and that the resulting policy represents a progressive approach to goals of the President's Committee on Mental Retardation. Recognized as a basic premise are rights of the retarded which include the right to live in the least restrictive environment. Given is a definition of residential facility which includes the purpose of developing physical, intellectual, social, and emotional abilities of the resident for return to society or satisfying life in the residential environment. Discussed are the following position statements: (1) support for community programing which involves advocacy programs, provision for persons needing residential care, and resolution of the community and residential dichotomy; (2) support for… [PDF]
(1974). The Social Reality of Ethnic America. The contents of this compendium are organized in four parts, as follows: Part 1, \Blacks in Transition: An Overview of Afro-Americans,\ includes: \Introduction,\ Clement Cottingham, Jr.; \The New Negro,\ Nathan I. Huggins; \Political Change in the Negro Ghetto, 1900-1940's,\ Martin Kilson; \Minority Group Psychology: Implications for Social Action,\ Alvin F. Poussaint; \The Myth of Coalition,\ Stokely Carmichael and Charles V. Harrington; and other essays. Part 2, \Introduction to the American Indians,\ includes: \Introduction,\ Kathleen O'Brien Jackson; \History of the San Felipe Pueblo People,\ Governor Sanchez; \Economic Development of the American Indian and His Lands,\ National Congress of American Indians; \Federal Encroachment of Indian Water Rghts and the Impairment of Reservation Development,\ William H. Veeder; and other essays. Part 3, \Japanese Americans: The 'Model Minority' in Perspective,\ includes: \Introduction,\ Russell Endo; \The Japanese-American Experience:…
(1971). A Compilation of Federal Education Laws. 92d Congress, 1st Session. This report presents a comprehensive compilation of federal laws affecting education and reflects the latest changes in the laws related to elementary, secondary, higher, and vocational education. The compilation includes the School Lunch and the Child Nutrition Acts. (Author/JF)… [PDF]
(1971). The Age of Majority: Guidelines for Local Districts. By state law, the age of majority was lowered to 18 as of 1972. This pamphlet consists of general guidelines for curricula and school programs in response to questions regarding the implications of the new legislation. For example, school districts are requested to re-examine their civics courses in light of new voting age. It is also recommended that they incorporate within their curriculum structure a means by which students may acquire information about and an understanding of: contracts as they apply to personal and real property and insurance; consumerism and economic theory; labor legislation and unions; criminal and civic law proceedings; mental commitment and medical treatment; and, alcohol and tobacco use. (DJB)… [PDF]
(1972). Group Life in America: A Task Force Report. Contents of this book include discussions of the following topics: (1) issues for the 1970s (redefining American pluralism); (2) historic pattern of change (rise and fall of repressive movements); (3) unity in the post-war era; (4) breakdown in consensus (racial equality and black militancy; demand for group rights; anti-war and other protests; white ethnicity revitalized; failure of backlash politics; and attitudes toward political and social institutions); (5) the urban crisis; (6) decline of WASP provincial; (7) the democratic coalition: stable or broken (national coalitions; municipal and state coalitions; shifts in the Roosevelt-New Deal coalition; anti-Catholicism of upper class liberals); (8) crisis of liberalism and political situation of American Jewry (declining Jewish political influence?; Jews and blacks; Jews and conservatives; cleavages in the Jewish community); (9) economic issues and group tensions (income distribution in the U.S.; recomposing the GNP: changing…
(1972). The Role of the High School Newspaper: Problems and Solution. Kentucky English Bulletin, v22 n1 p7-28 Fall. The question of whether a high school newspaper should act as a voice of official school opinion or should be an organ of dissent is discussed. A student editor argues that the school administration should recognize the students' right to freedom of the press. A teacher-sponsor argues that the newspaper should be part of the curriculum, acting both as a public relations medium and a voice of student opinion. A principal argues that the newspaper can be an expression of the students' search for truth, but that a line needs to be drawn between freedom of the press and the freedom to disrupt orderly educational processes. A librarian argues that if responsible dissent were encouraged by administrators there would be no need for underground newspapers. The Attorney General of Kentucky states that school publications are free to express opinion as long as it is not libelous, obscene, pornographic, inflammatory, or disruptive of school activities. To help schools solve this problem, a… [PDF]
(1972). Equalizing Educational Opportunity. Education directly determines life, liberty, and happiness for that segment of the population which can afford better educational facilities. For economically and socially disadvantaged people, education only perpetuates inequality. Financial inequality results in some school districts spending more money per student than other school districts. There is a high positive correlation between a public school student's socioeconomic status and the amount of public money spent on his/her education. What are needed are new forms of school financing where local financing of education is replaced by state, and possibly federal, disbursement of public education funds. However, the essential objective is not to equalize expenditures but to equalize opportunity in the form of compensatory education programs for the disadvantaged, health care for pregnant women, and post-natal instruction in homemaking and baby care. (Author/SB)… [PDF]