This booklet is intended to be a package that individual teachers and local associations can use in writing successful proposals. It begins with 10 steps that can serve as a guide for formulating a proposal. These steps can be used as agenda topics for working through the proposal process. The next section of this booklet details how to write the…

Tutoring programs are viewed as being among the most successful of the several programs designed to provide academic support in postsecondary educational institutions for students who have weak formal educational backgrounds. Peer-tutoring programs designed specifically to serve students from educationally deficient backgrounds in postsecondary…

This study examines programs for improving science teaching in the schools of Argentina, Brazil, Lebanon, the Philippines, and Turkey. Appearing in two parts, the first contains five case histories--descriptive and uninterpreted accounts of the events as they have unfolded over time in the programs. The second part of the study compares, analyzes,…

The American penal system of placing criminal offenders in institutions has evolved from two major goals: (1) to punish offenders as an example to the rest of the community, and (2) to rehabilitate offenders into the community. Since the mid-1960's there has been a trend toward placing offenders in the community and away from isolating them in…

Prepared by the State Department of Vocational Education, this handbook is for school administrators, coordinators and teachers to use in planning, establishing and conducting cooperative vocational education programs. The basic purpose of the cooperative program is to provide occupational training through the use of business and industrial…

The Minnesota Independent School Fund, Inc. (MISF) came into being in January 1976 and was created to promote corporate support of nonpublic secondary schools. Describes MISF's development including some key issues and proposed solutions which were discussed at its initial meeting. (Author/RK)

Information regarding noncredit continuing education offerings for adults was gathered through on-site interviews conducted at ten institutions of higher education. Results are reported in the following areas: administrative structure, the developmental process for noncredit programs, program promotion, program evaluation, relationships between…

Use of the Raven Matrices and chronometric devices may prove useful in increasing the disproportionately low number of minority students thus far identified and placed in programs for gifted students. Also recommended are more planning flexibility, increased research funding, better information dissemination, and improved teacher training.…

College consortia have grown in the last two decades. Their potential lies in five areas: enriching or supplementing academic programs, often with new technologies, developing partnerships with new audiences, particularly through continuing education and partnerships with schools; maintaining faculty vitality; and using collective economic…

This document comprises three issues of a newsletter highlighting the MOST Initiative (Making the Most of Out-of-School Time) published by the National Institute on Out-of-School Time. Appearing regularly in the newsletter are updates of after-school programs in Chicago, Seattle, and Boston. The January, 2000 issue features an interview with…

In response to changes in society and the nonprofit sector, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation developed and funded the Building Bridges between Practice & Knowledge in Nonprofit Management Education initiative (Building Bridges). The work of those involved in Building Bridges and other leaders in nonprofit management education can benefit from the…

This publication provides brief descriptions of all the funding opportunities of the bureaus and offices of the Office of Justice Programs. Each description lists the amount of funding available, tells who can apply, and gives the status of program regulations, guidelines, reports, and application kits. The citations also contain the name of the…

With the cooperation of the Universtiy's extension service, Administration of Child Care Centers,'' a course carrying two academic credits is offered by the University of Michigan School of Education. (Author/CB)