The establishment of national experimental teaching demonstration centers (NETDCs) in China has played an important role in improving the experimental teaching level in universities and colleges, promoting scientific research, and cultivating innovative talents for national- and region-level innovations. However, how to promote the sustainable…

Three years ago, the Toronto District School Board, the largest in Canada and the fourth-largest in North America, began to explore demonstration classrooms as a way to create a richer model of job-embedded, differentiated, and personalized professional learning. By doing action research and examining a variety of professional learning models from…

The objectives of this project were to: (1) demonstrate that when a public school-supported Adult Basic Education (ABE) program receives support from other agencies, the quantity of students and the quality and diversity of instruction are increased, (2) demonstrate to the Kentucky State Department of Adult Education the value of individualized…

The purpose of this paper is to examine and evaluate the form, function, and effectiveness of Illinois demonstration centers established as change agents for the improvement of district programs for gifted children. The evaluation involved an analysis of the centers' policies formulated over an extended time period, the quality of the…

The purpose of the National Indian Education Association (NIEA) Library Project is to plan, develop, and demonstrate library programs that meet informational needs in Indian communities. The project is planned in four phases: (1) identification of informational needs through intensive research in selected Indian school communities and development…

This final report summarizes the activities of the Appalachian Adult Basic Education Demonstration Center (AABEDC) at Morehead State University in Kentucky for the grant period from July 1, 1969 to June 30, 1970. The AABEDC operates in the Appalachian counties of thirteen states from New York to Mississippi. Its target audience is the rural…

Following the introduction, Chapter I provides: (1) a summary description of the National Indian Education Association (NIEA) Library Project, (2) a description of the Rough Rock Community, and (3) the organization of this study. Chapter II presents a detailed design of the project and describes the goals and objectives of the study, development…

The Urban Adult Learning Center's (UALC) primary goal is to improve and expand the educational and employment opportunities for all residents in the Portland Model Cities target area who are 16 years of age or older and who have not reached the eighth grade educational level. The Phase Two Foundation section reviews historical background and goals…

In this article, the author discusses how Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY) seeks and nurtures students with high academic talents in Baltimore. The mission of CTY, since its founding in 1979, has been to identify students with high academic abilities and to provide challenging and innovative programs that are appropriate…

The major aim of this paper is to try to develop a cost analysis system model appropriate to the projects of the Center for Urban Education. Cost analysis can be viewed as an application of the economic concept of system analysis. The analysis always moves from a base that represents the existing capability and resources. The problem is to…

Historically, the library-information needs of Indian people have been neglected. This neglect is due to a lack of printed and other materials. To meet these information needs, the National Indian Education Association (NIEA) received a Grant from the U.S. Office of Education for the purpose of researching, planning and implementing demonstration…

Monographs produced on the basis of two and a half years of research at The Demonstration Center for Language Handicapped Children are collected. The monographs address the following topics: a generalized evaluation model for language disability programs; the impact of the language center program on the individual child as determined from critical…