The evaluation of the 1970-71 bilingual education program in northern Lubbock, Texas, is provided in this paper. The main purpose of the program was to plan, develop, operate, evaluate, and, if necessary, modify a bilingual program which could be operated in self-contained classrooms. The 4 major components of the program, which included 5…

The document was developed to help districts in the planning and carrying out of successful programs for disadvantaged pupils. It provides a rationale for curriculum development as it relates to the disadvantaged, directed to administrators, curriculum workers, and teachers. The three compensatory education priorities are reading, mathematics, and…

Amerindianization of the schools does not alter or remedy the difficulties experienced by American Indian students, because while the content or staff and curriculum may be Amerindian, the methods, approaches, and structure do not change. (JC)

THE GREAT CITIES SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AT LUDLOW SCHOOL, IN A PREDOMINANTLY PUERTO RICAN AND NEGRO NEIGHBORHOOD, HAS BEEN LABLED "BEACON" (BE A CITIZEN OF OUR NATION). IT ENDEAVORS TO ENRICH THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF THE STUDENTS THEREBY DEVELOPING THEIR MAXIMUM POTENTIALS FOR ACHIEVEMENT, AND CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR USEFULNESS AS…

This environmental education plan, developed for the State of New Hampshire, is based on the premise that environmental education is most likely to be meaningful if implemented into the schools at the local level. The purpose of this publication is threefold: first, to define environmental education and comment on environmental education…

Environmental awareness experiences described in this guide are designed to serve as models or suggestions for teachers conducting activities directed toward environmental improvement. "Man: Steward of His Environment" is the theme of the 14 experiences utilizing behavior profiles, audio-visual exhibits, area studies, service projects, mass…

In developing a sex (or "family life") education curriculum, Gloucester Township (New Jersey) Public Schools established a philosophical base (drawing on community, parent, and student feelings); formed planning committees of administrators, parents, and teachers; reviewed existing district programs; designed the curriculum; and…

Summarized are the components and outcomes of a career education project begun in Oregon in June of 1969. One of the first comprehensive programs in the field, the Careers Oriented Relevant Education program had as its objectives to: (1) plan a program for the public schools based on life career roles, (2) establish effective communication between…

Describes a program of educational improvement wherein the community and teacher interacted to save precious time in the classroom and enhanced the relationship of parents and educators. (RK)

Fourteen summer school projects located in 14 school districts with large concentrations of migrant children during the summer of 1972 were described. The projects were from 6 to 10 weeks long and provided services for children from birth to age 12. The number and percentage of pupils enrolled in each component of the program were (1) Title I:…

Proposes that the nature and need of the learner dictate decisions about who teaches arts and what an arts education should be. Maintains that teaching partnerships be established within the arts education community to revitalize the arts curriculum and outlines a model for a school arts program. (TRS)

The league of Cities for the Arts in Education encourages the integration of all the arts in all parts of school curricula for all children. An overview of the project and the individual programs of Hartford, Little Rock, Minneapolis, New York, Seattle, and Winston-Salem are described. (JMD)

The module is the sixth of a series of seven discrete modules designed to assist elementary school teachers in the development of a career education program or to enrich an already established program. Module 6 may be used separately or in conjunction with the other modules. Purposes for involving local residents and employers in a career…

This report presents the evaluation of the Fall River Middle School Research and Development Center, a project funded under Title VII of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Act as a model demonstration bilingual program, beginning in 1972-1973. The Title VII bilingual program operated at the fifth grade level in three schools with two bilingual program…

This article presents a model for mapping relationships in health and family life education. The model emphasizes a behavioral approach to health promotion as an individual and collective endeavor, resulting from decision making by individuals and the wider community. Sample curriculum units are included. (Author/IAH)