The Career Opportunities Program (COP), an initiative of the U.S. Office of Education, ended on June 30, 1976. COP attempted to provide opportunity for indigenous community residents working as paraprofessional teacher aides in the nation's low-income and rural schools to advance with the education profession through training and merit and,…

The Career Opportunities Program (COP), authorized by the Education Professions Development Act (EPDA), has not yet been fully assessed, but the positive results indicate that the participants and their society were enriched by it and such an endeavor on the part of the federal government should continue. (JD)