Report of the New York State Commission on the Quality, Cost and Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education. Volume 2

This volume of the report of the New York State Commission on the Quality, Cost, and Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education is organized in five parts, the contents of which are as follows: Chapter six, "Curriculum" includes discussions of such topics as the goals of public educat...

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Format Publication
LanguageEnglish
Published Viking Press, Inc 1972
Subjects
Curriculum Development
Dependents
Disadvantaged Youth
Drug Addiction
Educational Facilities
Educational Finance
Educational Objectives
Elementary Education
Equal Education
Extended School Year
Language Handicaps
Secondary Education
Social Problems
Student Transportation
Violence
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Summary:This volume of the report of the New York State Commission on the Quality, Cost, and Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education is organized in five parts, the contents of which are as follows: Chapter six, "Curriculum" includes discussions of such topics as the goals of public education, reading and mathematics, children with English-language difficulties, gifted and talented students, and developing and maintaining contemporary instructional materials. Chapter seven, "Secondary Education," discusses proposals to reorganize the last six years of public schooling and provide a number of educational options for students in Grades 11 and 12. Chapter eight, "Non-instructional needs," discusses three topics: facilities acquisition, pupil transportation, and the continuous learning year. Chapter nine, "Children with special needs," encompasses discussions of the problems of handicapped children; and of dependent, neglected, and delinquent children, and "persons in need of supervision." Chapter ten, "Societal problems in the schools," includes discussions of violence in the schools, drug addiction, and venereal disease. [For Volume I of the Report, see ED 061 391; for Volume 3, UD 013 099.] (JM)