The paper begins with a challenge, namely: How do we work with families and communities to co-create the next generation of family and community engagement, providing equitable learning pathways--both in and out of school and from birth to young adulthood--that will enable all children to be successful in the 21st century? Exploring what it takes…

The experiences and observations of five linking agents and three agency supervisors working for six agencies on a shared project are presented in this report. The linking agents served from three to six schools each as the schools participated in a 3-year project sponsored by the National Institute of Education to encourage local school…

The author describes a system using computer technology to organize instructional materials in a school system or regional library so that teachers of learning disabled and other disabled students have help in the selection of appropriate materials. (SW)

This panel study was designed to measure the adoption level over a period of one year for a set of ten reading programs being promoted by NIE/HEW. One panel sample included 200 randomly selected school districts; a second panel sample included 100 school systems that had ordered one or more booklets describing the programs by returning a coupon…

Eleven papers focus on the issue of dissemination in special education. (CL)

This paper discusses educational innovation and is comprised of five sections: (1) a review of previous years of educational innovations in the U.S., (2) processes associated with innovation, including an analysis of two national case studies, (3) research findings about the implementation of innovations, (4) a major thesis about centralized…

This article introduces some of the background and concepts of technical assistance, provides some guidelines for planning and implementing a technical assistance program, and presents one successful approach for technical assistance which is adaptable to other settings. (CJ)

Seventeen guidelines for reading improvement programs in elementary and secondary schools are presented and discussed in this report. Areas focused upon include needs assessment, implementation, evaluation, philosophy and dissemination. The guidelines are: (1) identify the status of the reading program, including reading problems and program…

Use of the Raven Matrices and chronometric devices may prove useful in increasing the disproportionately low number of minority students thus far identified and placed in programs for gifted students. Also recommended are more planning flexibility, increased research funding, better information dissemination, and improved teacher training.…

This document consists of a program description (including evidence of effectiveness) submitted by the developing institution to the Program Effectiveness Panel (PEP), formerly the Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP), for validation as an exemplary program and eligibility for National Diffusion Network (NDN) funding as a…

The project's activities, which were a series of six workshops conducted to disseminate career education information to educational staff in the New Hampshire seacoast area, are contained in this document. Part 1 describes a series of 2-hour teacher workshops conducted in four different locations on the seacoast by active career education…

By 1969-70 it was clear to a number of development communities at both the state and federal level that education didn't need more programs, but more programs that work. Research and development products that address a wide variety of local needs were available. Over the past four or five years, more research and development funding has been used…

A special project was designed to develop and implement an inservice training strategy for community and school recreation on the inclusion of visually impaired children into existing community recreation programs. The project resulted in inservice workshops for 90 trainer/consultants, a book, and a self instructional study guide. Listed among…

Following a discussion of the need for the service the document presents a proposal for the establishment of a career resource center in order to properly utilize and disseminate career information to students in Grades 6-9 in selected Pennsylvania schools. The career resource center will be involved with the following activities: (1) collection,…

Presented is an outline of objectives and outcomes specific to curriculum development, materials development, professional training, research and assessment, management and monitoring, and an agenda for future consultative seminars, all formulated at the UNESCO-sponsored regional consultative seminar on population education during May 1990, in…