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The purpose of this study was to develop a plan for alleviating problems in the collection, processing, and dissemination of educational data as they affect the New York City Board of Education information requirements. The Data Base Management concept was used to analyze three topics: administration, structure, and standards. The study found that the fragmentation of organizational responsibility limits the Board's ability to successfully meet its educational data requirements. It was also found that decision-makers within the Board did not use their educational data to full potential. Finally, fragmented administrative control and the inadequate computerization of the Board's data base created problems for the maintenance of data base integrity and security. The suggested changes to the educational data process include creating a new Bureau of Educational Statistics, developing a new computer system, and adopting a proposed reorganization plan over an eighteen month period. (Author/DAG)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert