THE OBJECTIVES OF THE RESOURCE TEACHER PROGRAM WERE TO EXTEND THE LEARNING OF THE EDUCATIONALLY ABLE AND GIFTED, AS WELL AS THOSE CHILDREN HAVING SPECIAL INTERESTS AND ABILITIES, TO EXTEND THE USE OF RESOURCE MATERIALS IN THE LIBRARY FOR ALL CHILDREN, AND TO WORK TOWARD THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM. FOR THE USE OF THE RESOURCE…

Compiled from papers written by project linkers after they spent two and one-half years working with schools, this report describes the Northwest Reading Consortium, a program linking schools in Washington, Idaho, Alaska, and Oregon with research and development (R&D) resources for improving reading instruction. The function of the linking…

The Oregon Small Schools Program, (an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title III project) held a week-long institute in the summer of 1972 to demonstrate how construction can be individualized even with a large class load by organizing the curriculum and schedule so everyone can work at his own pace on meaningful projects. Given in this…

In September, 1969, a radically innovative program for middle school children was undertaken at Theodore Roosevelt Junior High School, one of eight junior high schools in School District 4J, Eugene, Oregon. Because the Roosevelt program is one that goes far beyond the usual idea of innovation, it is anticipated that this program description will…