The document presents an account of project activities that evolved around the development and implementation of career education in Leon County School District, Florida. The purpose of the project was to begin effecting needed educational changes at the K-14 level by developing a comprehensive career education program designed to increase student…

This study examines responses of elementary and secondary school students to a questionnaire regarding the effect of family life and sex education programming. Suggestions from the students were also requested. Numerical data was tabulated, the lengthy responses were catalogued, and frequencies recorded. Analysis of responses is presented by grade…

This booklet describes the concepts behind the Architects-in-School Program, its objectives, roles and responsibilities. It also provides details on the Program's introduction into 62 public and private schools around the country. The residencies described are presented alphabetically by State. Each description includes information on the…

This final report of the State Educational Agencies (SEA) Management of Compensatory Education Project was funded by ESEA Title V-505 and developed in cooperation with ESEA Title I. Seven states participated in this three-year, four-phase collective endeavor, agreeing to develop and field test an approach toward improving the management of…

Children should develop communication competencies related to a broad array of communication situations involving speaking and listening as well as reading and writing. Five functions of communication (controlling, sharing feelings, informing, ritualizing, and imagining) are offered as the communication focus of a language arts program. (JMF)

This booklet describes the concepts behind the Architects-in-School Program and summarizes the program's successes and some of the problems it has encountered during its two years of implementation. Detailed descriptions of 48 program implementations in 26 States are provided. Each description is presented alphabetically by State and includes…

The report describes a career education project for grades K-12, developed for a rural school district in Maine, consisting of six elements: all subject matter tie-in, hands on experiences, resource persons, field trips, role playing, and career awareness. The chapter summarizing the project's results graphically demonstrates the various…

This document provides descriptions, a list of evaluation procedures, findings and summaries, conclusions, and recommendations for each of twenty-one programs held in New York City Schools. Programs for parents, teachers, tutors, reading, mathematics, English, educational development, basic skills, Afro-American history, and mental hygiene are…

The K-Adult research and development project in career education in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, contained two phases: (1) Eau Claire Joint School District Five, introducing the 16 Wisconsin career development concepts into school curricula through teacher workshops, resource materials, public relations, and consulting services for classroom teachers…

The taxonomy is designed to characterize, summarize, and generalize about the career education movement. It describes career education projects by the following paradigm: topics, dimensions, measures, and descriptors. (The four topics are: school district, career education project, career education instructional program, and evaluation of career…

This state of the art review on career education focuses on describing the different career education purposes and programs that have emerged in the last few years of growth, examining the published reactions to these by educators and laymen, and proposing, for the consideration of the staff of the School Based Career Education Program of the…

Designed to assist school districts in making meaningful improvements in programs for their adolescent populations, this publication presents descriptions of 64 innovative and successful educational projects developed throughout the United States. The descriptions are classified in five categories: basic skills, including reading, language arts,…

The evaluation report for the 1973-74 project year examines Pennsylvania's four major career education projects. The grade 10-14 component at Edenburg focuses on identifying 20 career areas, identifying behaviorally described skills required for the various occupations, developing the required skills through the use of tasks, modules, and units,…

Built around a 1977 needs assessment which sampled 65% of the county Indian population, the Robeson County Title IV-A Compensatory Indian Education Project was structured into four categories of objectives: (1) Student Classroom Performance to increase academic performance; (2) Program Management and Maintenance to involve parents, educators and…