The Bloomfield Hills (Michigan) Curriculum Development Model is designed to foster curriculum integration and community collaboration. Unique features include curriculum integration by linking discipline-based outcomes with broad, interdisciplinary "common learnings"; implementation of various curriculum integration models; compatibility…

The goal of the Manpower Educational Services Project at the University of Houston was, in the short run, to explore using a university's capability and position in the community to contribute to the understanding and functioning of manpower programs in its geographic area. In the long run, it was hoped that a permanent center could be established…

This application for continuation grant seeks $178,827 under Title III, E.S.E.A. to continue the implementation of such Phase II goals as the identification, assessment, and further development of the potential of culturally handicapped children, the development of a productive community and classroom rapport, the development of an effective…

Presentations included in this collection are: (1) "Vocational Education for the Disadvantaged: Lessons from Government Funded Programs," by Garth L. Mangum, (2) "Curriculum Adaptations," by Frances S. McDonough, (3) "Case Study: Newark Manpower Training Skills Center," by George R. Quarles, (4) "The Development…

A curriculum was developed and a model was tested to help tribal girls realize that they will be workers; plan realistically for their years as members of the labor force; make decisions in their teens that will help them prepare adequately for the world of work; and believe that they have special talents and abilities that are unique to them.…

Demonstration projects should bring the continuing presence of the larger community into the slum school. Toward the end of administrative change and innovation, a research and development officer is needed, whose authority can cross-cut existing channels of authority. School should be seen as a social system, as the high school especially is a…

This report of the Pennsylvania Advancement School is based on its activities covering the period September, 1967 through June, 1969. The School is an experimental, curriculum and staff development institution whcih has seventh and eight grade underachieving boys from Philadelphia public and parochial schools as its student body. In addition to…

This report summarizes the activities accomplished during fiscal year 1972 by an exemplary career development project serving 2,424 elementary and secondary students, 108 teachers, and 180 parents. The activities are listed and described according to whether they were primarily project, elementary, middle, or secondary school activities. Some of…

A program to bring about community involvement in the development of curriculum for public schools was implemented in Seattle in 1974-75 by the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation. The program follows a 12-step procedure that begins with selecting community representatives who will learn curriculum planning skills enabling them to make…

The collection of California's exemplary practices in career education included in this document was chosen because each one illustrates an exemplary practice in a specific aspect of career education. It is also noted that each practice has demonstrated effectiveness and each can be replicated without unusual additional resources. Following the…

The bibliography lists approximately 300 English language periodical articles dating from 1967 to 1977 that are directly concerned with methods, projects, teacher education, and curriculum developments in bilingual/bicultural education of the American Indian. The entries are organized by topic: General, Federal Guidelines and Funding, Community…

This description of career education activities in Greenland, Arkansas, was prepared as part of a study conducted to identify evaluated, exemplary career education activities which represent the best of the current career education programs and practices referred to in Public Law 93-380. (See CE 018 212 for the final report of this study.) This…

This description of career education activities in Coloma, Michigan, was prepared as part of a study conducted to identify evaluated, exemplary career education activities which represent the best of the current career education programs and practices referred to in Public Law 93-380. (See CE 018 212 for the final report of this study.) This…

Three California State Department units (vocational education, pupil personnel services, and career education) and two school districts (Fremont Unified and Huntington Beach Union High) established a consortium to develop demonstration sites for model career development and vocational preparation systems and staff development programs. The…

This description of career education activities in Prince George's County, Maryland, was prepared as part of a study conducted to identify evaluated, exemplary career education activities which represent the best of the current career education programs and practices referred to in Public Law 93-380. (See CE 018 212 for the final report of this…