Education means all round development, this all round development means intellectual, social and emotional development. It is only education that can mould the behavior of an individual. READ (Rural Education and Development) Foundation is notfor-profit organization established in 1994 to address the dire need for education and literacy in…

Archives for the American Council on Education (ACE) since its inception in 1918 until 1977 are presented. The permanent, noncurrent records document the various goals, programs, and accomplishments of the Council. This descriptive inventory provides the ACE membership and staff and interested researchers a means to examine historical information…

This publication highlights the current activities of participants in the Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) in their support of national urban education goals. In the fall of 1990, the National Urban Education Task Force, which was appointed by the CGCS, presented sample strategies for achieving the national urban education goals to…

The aim of the Texas Child Migrant Program is for each school district to develop a migrant program designed to meet the particular educational needs of the children of that school system. Each district is encouraged to implement new ideas, activities, and strategies which show promise of improving the migrant child's education. The program's…

Goals, objectives, and accomplishments of fiscal year (FY) 1975 are presented in conjunction with goals and objectives for FY 1976 in this Office of Indian Education program report. Explications of 1976 Priority 1 and Priority 2 objectives include the following areas of concern: Priority 1 Objectives--presidential; school holding power;…

The aim of the Texas Child Migrant Program is for each school district to develop a migrant program designed to meet the educational needs of the children of that school system. Each district is encouraged to implement new ideas, activities, and changes which will improve the education of migrant children. The basic goal of the Texas Child Migrant…

Highlights from the quarterly conference of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) Chief Area Education Officers meeting (held in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 14-16, 1975) are presented in this conference report. Included in the report are: (1) a participant list; (2) reports from each of the 10 Area Offices; (3) the conference agenda; (4) a speech…

Presenting information regarding the inception and first-year activities of the Consortium of States to Upgrade Indian Education through State Departments of Education, this report includes: acknowledgments; data re: funding; an introduction; participation (a map depicting the 13-state membership and a list of Consortium participants); project…

Founded (October of 1973) to activate direct parental participation in the education of Navajo children, the Navajo Area School Board Association (NASBA) describes its goals in this document as follows: to set meaningful and reliable standards for Navajo education and to cause the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and educational contractors to meet…

The Center for California Studies, a unit of California State University, Sacramento, focuses on governance issues and depends on state funds for administering four fellowship programs. It exists in a borderland between academe and state government, public policy think tanks and interdisciplinary studies, graduate education and career training.…

This document is a summary account of the proceedings of the first in a series of informal meetings convened by the Office of Sea Grant (OSG) to further marine education in the United States. The document should assist educators participating in future meetings by making it possible to avoid the necessity to re-define basic concepts and…

The 12th annual report to Congress from the National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE) details activities during fiscal year 1985 and is dedicated to all Indian youth who benefit from any federal programs that support Indian education and those Indian youths lost from the Wind River Indian Reservation because of suicide. Part I contains…

The 11th annual report to Congress from the National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE) is dedicated to Navajo educational advocate Annie Wauneka and details activities during fiscal year 1984. Part I contains an introduction, an overview of the Council, legislative history, and lists of council members and committees. Part II details…

The article presents objectives and programs of a model Indian education project designed to work through local Indian centers to aid urban universities with substantial Indian student populations in the provision of better educational opportunities for urban Indians and improved education of the public concerning the Indians' plight. (SB)

Presenting a brief outline of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) educational program in Alaska, this pamphlet describes: BIA day school operations (52 schools); the 2 boarding school operations (Mount Edgecumbe and Wrangell Institute); higher education programs; the school nutrition program; school construction; cooperation in educational…