Developed by a suburban school district, this manual provides guidelines for the early identification of gifted preschool children and describes Project Unicorn, a project to conceptualize, plan, and implement a classroom curriculum model for gifted young children. Project activities were based on Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development and…

Over time, compensatory education has become an increasingly institutionalized and effective Federal program, characterized by the following: (1) cooperation; (2) mutual accommodation on the part of national, state, and local officials; (3) ready acquiescence to Federal guidelines at the state and local level; and (4) shared responsibility among…

In 1980-1981, extended funding from the Kellogg Foundation and a total budget of $561,316 allowed the Partnership for Rural Improvement (PRI) to add to its program while continuing to emphasize project development, organizational development, interorganizational coordination, and training and education. PRI began to use task forces as a method of…

The book examines the implications of P.L. 99-457, the 1986 amendments to the Education of the Handicapped Act, which mandates serving handicapped infants and toddlers. In chapter 1, the legislative history of P.L. 99-457 is reviewed along with associated funding issues. Chapter 2 focuses on the newest program, serving the birth to 2-year-old…

This document presents an overview, analysis, and historical assessment of the Major Project for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean. Conferences, regional meetings, and outcomes from the inception of the project in 1979 are described. This project stresses the establishment of a regional network for exchange of information, experiences,…

A product of the Project on Vocational Education Models for Linking Agencies Serving the Handicapped, this status report consists of group consenses and individual response worksheets pertaining to the status of linkages among agencies serving handicapped vocational students. (The above-mentioned project is designed to help the states meet the…

A survey of fourteen southern states was conducted to determine what staff training programs were being carried out in mental health agencies in that region. On-site surveys of the existing administrative and programmatic arrangements for staff development were made and comments of both program directors and training officers were gathered…

This is the final report and evaluation of a program designed to disseminate career education curricular materials to career education agencies in Connecticut and nationwide. In three sections, the report evaluates the dissemination process. Section 1 focuses on the number of curricular packets disseminated and the localities reached after initial…

The paper describes a collaborative project carried out with staff of an IIWAS (Individual Instruction with Augmented Staffing) classroom and clinical staff of IJR (Institute for Juvenile Research) to provide educational and mental health services to 16 Black inner city children (10-12 years old) with low academic achievement and a variety of…

Rooted in the philosophy of John Dewey and the work of Kurt Hahn, experiential education is a process of whole person education based on active participation by the learner in the learning situation. As professionals committed to student development, student personnel administrators are particularly well-suited philosophically and institutionally…

The Government Accounting Office (GAO) has concluded that Congress must legislate management alternatives for federal agencies which provide services for Indians. Legislation is necessary because these agencies have not corrected management weaknesses in spite of repeated recommendations by GAO, congressional committees, American Indian Policy…

In this third report the Task Force focuses on the whole child in an attempt to help all agencies--responsible for any services to migrants--improve the total range of services needed by migrant farmworkers and fishers, and thus improve the migrant child's chances for a basic education. The recommendations explore two topics new to the Task Force…

State educational departments can take the initiative in assisting local resources to undertake the task of exploring alternative perspectives on lifelong learning. To provide leadership for those who plan, develop, and coordinate state programs or establish research priorities, state agencies need to re-examine their role in developing strategies…

THE FIRST PART OF THIS REPORT IS A DESCRIPTION OF THE ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF THE 1965 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT TITLE I PROJECTS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE ACTIVITIES OF 100 PERCENT OF THE PROJECTS ARE REPORTED. INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECTS WAS EXCHANGED AMONG LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND VISITS TO COMPARABLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN…

Recognizing the need for a new approach to the problem of federal/state jurisdictional overlaps in delivery of services to Indians, the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped contracted with the National Association of State Boards of Education and Indian Education Training, Inc. to conduct a series of national and regional conferences which…