This publication provides a comprehensive listing of all approved New Jersey programs for the preparation of public school personnel, including teachers, administrators, and educational service staff. In addition, the publication provides the basis for the "Interstate Agreement on Qualifications of Educational Personnel" in the states…

This paper explores the background to and process of quality circles as well as the implications of circles for training. In the first section, the emergence and growth of quality circles in Japan and the United States are traced. Next, the theoretical and conceptual bases of quality circles are examined, while section 3 looks at implementation in…

This booklet describes the Comprehensive Child Day Care Program for the Atlanta Public School System, a Title XX Program. This program provided day care services for children of clients in various categories. The program goals for 1975-76 were geared toward providing comprehensive day care to encompass social services to the family and…

Information presented in this report includes basic statistics for fiscal year 1977, participation trends, instructional impact, expenditures and staffing patterns, parent involvement, and five-year trends. The first ranked areas of instruction in the Title I program was reading, and the second was mathematics. A third significant instructional…

A study investigating the discrepancies between teacher and administrator preferences for sixty-one inservice topics indicates that teachers perceived topics associated with motivational-attitudinal considerations to be of greater importance than did administrators and supervisors. Other differences between teachers and administrators appear to be…

A description of the 100 level English program at Ohio University, an explanation of how the program got started, and a brief evaluation of how the students and faculty responded to the program are included in this paper. Acknowledging that the students come into the program with 12 years or more of study of English composition and literature, the…

The project was designed to develop, and evaluate the effectiveness of a pre-retirement planning program. The project, in its second year of operation, has had 575 participants who attended a seven-week series of programs covering the topics of employment after retirement, estate planning, company fringe benefits, continuing education,…

The unified science program at Monona Grove High School, Monona, Wisconsin, is a four-year, concept-centered program based on the premise that all science is concerned with the nature of Matter and Energy and with matter-energy interactions as a function of Time. The consequence of these interactions is Change and it is this "Process of Change"…

Intended as a guide to acquaint interested persons with the facts and developmental efforts surrounding the career education concept, this publication provides: (1) a definition of career education, (2) the goals and objectives of the program, (3) concepts upon which career education is based, (4) suggested action steps for developing a career…

Describes a statewide continuing education program for emergency room nurses on the care of alcohol abusers. Covers planning and scheduling, resources, format and content, participants, and evaluation. (EM)

Reviews an evaluation of the "Family of Man" social studies program for elementary global education. Summarizes the rationale for the evaluation study, unique characteristics of the program, materials and treatment groups, assessment instruments, findings, and conclusions. (Author/AV)

This study reports the results of a national survey of American Council on Pharmaceutical Education-approved provider continuing education offerings during 1985. The study was designed to identify frequently presented topics, characterize types of programs offered, describe the providers offering programs, and detail continuing education…

By describing the working of the UTA (University of the Third Age) system in Paris and Cambridge, the author examines the differences that have arisen in the transfer of the concept from France to Britain. (Author)

Describes the aerospace workshops conducted by West Chester State College in cooperation with several school districts and NASA. (MB)

Presents an overview of the influence of British practices upon contemporary American education, and speculates upon future directions. (DM)