Volume 4 of the 19-volume Highway Safety Program Manual (which provides guidance to State and local governments on preferred highway safety practices) focuses on driver education. The purpose and specific objectives of the driver education program and general policies regarding driver education derived from the Federal standard are described.…

Volume 9 of the 19-volume Highway Safety Program Manual (which provides guidance to State and local governments on preferred highway safety practices) focuses on identification and surveillance of accident locations. The purpose of the program, its specific objectives, and its relationship with other programs are explored. Federal authority in the…

Volume 13 of the 19-volume Highway Safety Program Manual (which provides guidance to State and local governments on preferred highway safety practices) focuses on traffic engineering services. The introduction outlines the purposes and objectives of Highway Safety Program Standard 13 and the Highway Safety Program Manual. Program development and…

Volume 14 of the 19-volume Highway Safety Program Manual (which provides guidance to State and local governments on preferred highway safety practices) concentrates on pedestrian safety. The purpose and objectives of a pedestrian safety program are outlined. Federal authority in the area of pedestrian safety and policies regarding a safety program…

Volume 15 of the 19-volume Highway Safety Program Manual (which provides guidance to State and local governments on preferred highway safety practices) focuses on police traffic services. The purpose and objectives of a police services program are described. Federal authority in the areas of highway safety and policies regarding a police traffic…

The project described herein represents an attempt by the U. S. Office of Education to take a more active role in the national dissemination and replication of those programs which have achieved the greatest success in producing reliably measured achievement benefits in reading and mathematical skills. With this general objective in mind, the U.…

Project Upper Cumberland--serving 16 Tennessee counties from July 1, 1967 through September 30, 1970--sponsored a teachers' inservice program emphasizing human relations training, a cultural arts program (grades 1-12), and a guidance and counseling program (grades 1-9). All 3 programs had the general goal of changing and improving attitudes and…

Information regarding scholarship aids available for American Indian students in higher education or vocational technical training is provided in this document. Specific career areas under which Federal aid may be requested for degree studies are arts and humanities, medicine and health, physical sciences, teaching, social services, and education…

This program evaluation report of 1968-69 Title I ESEA activity in Cincinnati Public Schools is a survey of a number of global measures of the characteristics of pupils, parents, and school personnel in target schools. Measurements reported do not focus on pupils served directly by the program, but on the impact on a larger scale on the total…

The 39 participants attended a 2-day conference which focused on the special problems of youth between 14 and 16 years of age who are on probation or on parole. Many are not attending school, but because of their age, these youths have great difficulty in finding employment, are not eligible for enrollment in government-sponsored community work…

Presentations included in this collection are: (1) "Vocational Education for the Disadvantaged: Lessons from Government Funded Programs," by Garth L. Mangum, (2) "Curriculum Adaptations," by Frances S. McDonough, (3) "Case Study: Newark Manpower Training Skills Center," by George R. Quarles, (4) "The Development…

Summarized are the various educational efforts for disadvantaged students in the Los Angeles, California, school system as of 1963. The information is presented under the headings of elementary, secondary, and adult schools, and other special services, projects, and programs. (NH)

The National Advisory Committee on Dyslexia and Related Reading Disorders explored in some depth the magnitude and nature of the reading problems which prevail among school and adult populations today. The group examined scientific papers and worked to analyze the dimensions and directions of existing programs in the field. Attention was paid…

Presented in this guide are descriptions of 39 federal programs which provide financial support for research, training, and technical assistance in areas of physical education and recreation for impaired, disabled, and physically handicapped persons. Usually given for each program is the following information: authorization data, name of person to…

Six pages of text highlighting the Federal-State Program of Vocational Rehabilitation for disabled persons in the fiscal years of 1967-71 accompany 32 tables of statistical data. The publication furnishes answers related to the personal and program-associated characteristics of persons rehabilitated under the program. Information for individual…