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Reid, Annie T. – 1971
In 1967 the School of Library and Information Services of the University of Maryland received a grant from the U.S. Office of Education for a demonstration project to prepare students for service to socially and economically disadvantaged groups. The innovative core of this program was a laboratory library located in one of the black ghettos of…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged
Buckingham, Melissa; And Others – 1986
This curriculum guide, written by experienced teachers of adults in Philadelphia, describes a full curriculum for intermediate-level adult literacy students (students who have basic reading skills). The curriculum is based on the assumption that adult students deserve a broad, well-rounded education. The guide also discusses teaching techniques…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Beginning Reading, Books
Indiana Media Journal, 1996
Advocates the need for reading instruction to be a required class for all middle grade students in Indiana. Topics include decline of library usage, school organizational change, schedule changes and the shift to "language arts," time on task, questions for interviewing prospective reading teachers, a reading curriculum, useful…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship, Interviews
Sivulich, Sandra Stroner; Enos, Randall – 1992
The summer reading program of the New York State Library is intended to assist youth in increasing their intellectual base by broadening their backgrounds through reading during the summer. The 1992 "New York is Reading Country" theme is intended to add a few more layers to what students already know about the state and to be helpful in…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Libraries, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Feldman, Sari; Park, Janet – 1994
The 1994 "Read Around the Clock" manual is a resource guide that can lead from planning to evaluating the summer program. The imaginations of librarians across the state have provided creative ideas tied to history, science, music, and literature, with an abundance of programming ideas. Chapters include: (1) "Warm-Up…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Childrens Libraries, Curriculum Development