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Download full textMassachusetts Department of Education, 2008
This paper reports on the implementation of the Special Education Reimbursement ("Circuit Breaker") Program. Fiscal Year 2007 is the fourth year implementing the Circuit Breaker reimbursement program which provides additional state support for students with disabilities. School districts are eligible for a reimbursement of eligible costs…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, State Aid, Individualized Programs, Educational Finance
Irving, Robert – Sch Shop, 1970
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Innovation, Individualized Programs, Industrial Arts
Education Collaborative for Greater Boston, Inc., Cambridge, MA. – 1978
Presented in this document are a description of Chapter 766, Massachusetts legislation governing education for youth with special needs, and a compilation of guidelines and procedures affecting the core evaluation of student turned over to the Department of Youth Services (DYS) by the courts. Requirements of the Core Evaluation Team (CET) and core…
Descriptors: Delinquent Rehabilitation, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Programs, Needs Assessment
DEAN, STUART E. – 1964
THE TWO INFLUENCES THAT INITIATED EXPERIMENTATION WITH THE NONGRADED SCHOOL WERE THE QUINCY GRAMMAR SCHOOL OF BOSTON IN 1848 AND CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES. DISCUSSED IN THIS REPORT WAS THE NONGRADED TYPE OF SCHOOL ORGANIZATION THAT ALLOWED A FLEXIBLE SITUATION AND A PERMISSIVE CLIMATE IN WHICH TEACHERS COULD ADJUST THEIR PROGRAMS IN…
Descriptors: Flexible Progression, Individualized Programs, Learning Processes, Nongraded Instructional Grouping
Miller, Geoffrey Clark – 1978
This document contains one of two assessment tools developed by Project Proud Option, which developed and field-tested a set of student- and job-assessment instruments that provide a strategy for determining (1) the vocational skills required on a particular job; (2) the functional skill levels of a particular student; (3) a process to determine…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Educational Diagnosis, Guides, Handicapped Students
TAYLOR, WILLIAM R. – 1967
AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE BY A GROUP OF HISTORIANS TO DEVISE AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE INTRODUCTORY COLLEGE SURVEY COURSE IN AMERICAN HISTORY THAT WOULD GIVE THE STUDENT A MORE REALISTIC IDEA OF HOW HISTORY IS WRITTEN, AND RESCUE HIM FROM HIS PRESENT ESSENTIALLY PASSIVE ROLE OF ABSORBER OR COMMENTATOR AND FREE HIM TO "DO" HISTORY. THE PROJECT TOOK…
Descriptors: American History, College Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Creative Writing
Miller, Geoffrey Clark – 1978
This document contains one of two assessment tools developed by Proect Proud Option, which developed and field-tested a set of student- and job-assessment instruments that provide a strategy for determining (1) the vocational skills required on a particular job; (2) the functional skill levels of a particular student; (3) a process to determine…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Daily Living Skills, Difficulty Level
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Massachusetts Dissemination Project. – 1979
The guide provides information on training materials, programs, and organizations for preparing educators to work with handicapped children. Entries include a brief description, cost, and contact address for materials on the following topics: adapted physical education, administration, affective development, early childhood education,…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Administration, Bilingual Education, Early Childhood Education
Miller, Geoffrey Clark – 1979
Project Proud Option of Palmer, Massachusetts, had the following objectives: (1) develop and implement a system for assessing the functioning levels of handicapped students in institutional schools as these functional levels relate to already existing job task outlines and performance objectives; (2) develop new job opportunities within the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Development, Difficulty Level, Educational Diagnosis
Lavin, Richard J. – 1974
This resource guide deals with open education at the secondary level. It concentrates on open education schools and programs in the Boston area, as its intended audience is Massachusetts Educators. The "open" concept in education is discussed, and a scale designed to measure the extent to which a given program embodies the open school…
Descriptors: Classrooms, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement, Experimental Schools
