CURRENT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN HAVE BEEN OF THREE TYPES--TRADITIONAL PATTERNS AND PRACTICES, TRADITIONAL PATTERNS WITH SOME CHANGE OR INNOVATIONS, AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS. A VARIETY OF INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS, BASED ON INQUIRY, DEVELOPMENT, DIFFUSION, UTILIZATION, AND EVALUATION, HAVE MOST SUCCESSFULLY MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF…

A 2-part developmental program consisting of a Dropout Component and a K-12 Component, this project is designed to provide a comprehensive and innovative vocational education program for the disadvantaged population of North Central Colorado as well as to provide a broad occupational orientation to increase students' awareness of the range of…

This volume contains twenty-one innovative economic education experiences which were selected from the 1971-72 entries in the Kazanjian Foundation Awards Program for the teaching of economics. In these short articles teachers describe in an orderly fashion their programs of originality, the class situation, scope and sequence, goals, motivational…

THE PROJECT FOR THE REEDUCATION OF EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN (PROJECT RE-ED), A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT (1961-1968) TO DEVELOP AND EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) FOR DISTURBED CHILDREN, IS DESCRIBED. THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AT GEORGE PEABODY COLLEGE, TENNESSEE, AND USE OF CAREFULLY SELECTED…