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Network of Innovative Schools, Inc., Andover, MA. – 1978
The guide includes a directory and description of services provided by the 30 federally funded child service Demonstration Centers (CSDC) for learning disabed students. A catalogue overview booklet reviews the history of P.L. 91-230, Title VI-G (Education of the Handicapped Act, 1970) and discusses the role of the National Learning Disabilities…
Descriptors: Demonstration Centers, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Dade County Board of Public Instruction, Miami, FL. – 1967
This document is the application for an Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title III, grant for planning a Demonstration School for educationally disadvantaged children in Dade County, Florida. The required statistical data are provided. The objectives of the project include evaluation of proposed sites in the target area, the development of…
Descriptors: Demonstration Centers, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Programs, Federal Programs
Maine Univ., Portland-Gorham. – 1972
The Urban Adult Learning Center's (UALC) primary goal is to improve and expand the educational and employment opportunities for all residents in the Portland Model Cities target area who are 16 years of age or older and who have not reached the eighth grade educational level. The Phase Two Foundation section reviews historical background and goals…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Centers
Watkins, J. Foster – Online Submission, 1968
The author plays off the use of acronyms in education in describing the work of the Southeastern Educational Laboratory (SEL). The SEL was one of the regional educational laboratories established by the U. S. Office of Education in the late 60s to assist in the improvement of public education. It served Alabama, Florida and Georgia. The author…
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs, Educational Research
Donlan, Dan – 1978
Project English--a federally-funded research and development project in English education--existed from 1961 to 1968. Conceived in a frantic era of educational reform, Project English was designed to focus on research. Following an initial planning conference, the first curriculum study centers were funded, and areas of research were suggested.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Study Centers, Demonstration Centers, Educational History
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1970
This compilation is a catalog of compensatory education programs being conducted in New York State schools with State, Federal, and local funds. The programs listed are categorized under the following headings: General Programs; Programs for Teachers of the Disadvantaged; Programs for Disadvantaged Children and Youth; and, Programs for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Compensatory Education
GORMAN, NANCY; AND OTHERS – 1966
COMPENSATORY EDUCATION ACTIVITIES FUNDED UNDER THE 1965 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. AMONG THE ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN REMEDIAL PROGRAMS FOR EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS AT ALL SCHOOL LEVELS, TEACHER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (INSERVICE EDUCATION, TEACHER AIDES, AND CURRICULUM GUIDES), CULTURAL ENRICHMENT…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Curriculum Guides, Demonstration Centers, Disadvantaged Youth
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1967
Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA Title II) provides direct federal assistance for the acquisition of school library resources, textbooks, and other instructional materials. It is a state plan program: the state plan is the contract/agreement which the U.S. Office of Education negotiates with a state or eligible…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Demonstration Centers
1967
THIS REPORT BRIEFLY DESCRIBES AND EVALUATES THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS--(1) AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR GIFTED STUDENTS, (2) A SPECIAL CONCERT PROGRAM, (3) A PROGRAM TO DEVELOP CURRICULUM GUIDES, (4) A PROGRAM FOR STUDENT THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS, (5) A DEMONSTRATION CENTER FOR TEACHERS OF MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN, (6) A PRESCHOOL PROGRAM, (7) A…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Compensatory Education, Demonstration Centers, Disadvantaged Youth
Studebaker, J. W.; Williams, Chester S. – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1939
Plans and programs come in response to need. Citizens of our democracy have need of greater opportunities for truth-seeking under competent guidance. The people are hungry for increased understanding of the problems which beset them and their communities. They have a right to expect their institutions of education to give them help in their study…
Descriptors: Educational History, Guides, Federal Aid, Federal Programs