Facts about public residential facilities for the mentally retarded in the United States introduce the following subjects: personal reactions by an American and by a Scandinavian visitor to typical state institutions for the retarded; the history of U.S. institutions and the theoretical constructs of role and role perception; service concepts…

A 6-week experimental demonstration program was provided for 90 neurologically impaired children with severe learning problems to bridge the gap between school terms and to provide learning experiences for teachers, teacher-trainees, and parents. The staff at each of three host schools consisted of five master teachers, five college students, plus…

A Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI) center, designed to train graduate students in CAI, conduct learning research, and develop prototypic instructional materials and systems, is described in this report. The problems of dealing with financial needs for staff salaries and computer costs, recruiting experienced personnel and identifying qualified…

A series of four pamphlets which describe the Regional Information System (RIS) of the Michigan-Ohio Regional Educational Laboratory (MOREL), a system designed to provide an effective, systematic methodology for linking users with relevant resources, compose the major portion of this information package. Each publication details an aspect of the…

A solution developed to correct the lack of cultural experiences for rural children in art, drama, dance and music is evaluated in this final project report. A summary of findings lists the number of school programs and their budgets. The nature and number of subjects and activities employed in attacking the problem are briefly described. The…

Recent developments in the area of sophisticated communications technology present challenges to the imagination of every educator. This guide provides educational planners with an awareness and understanding of communication satellite technology, its current uses, and some of the tentative plans for educational experimentation. The first part…

This document reports the results of an evaluation of the initial year of the modified 45-15 year-round program. The assessment attempted to estimate the acceptance of the plan by parents, pupils, and school staffs; describe the adjustments necessitated by the new school calendar; compare the programs of the year-round schools with those of…

This content analysis schedule for the "Programa en Dos Lenguas" of Fort Worth, Texas, presents information on the history, funding, and scope of the project. Included are sociolinguistic process variables such as the native and dominant languages of students and their interaction. Information is provided on staff selection and the…

This content analysis schedule for the Brentwood Bilingual Education Project of Brentwood, California, presents information on the history, funding, and scope of the project. Included are sociolinguistic process variables such as the native and dominant languages of students and their interaction. Information is provided on staff selection and the…

This content analysis schedule for HABLA-Helping Advance Bilingual Learning in Abernathy, Texas, presents information on the history, funding, and scope of the project. Included are sociolinguistic process variables such as the native and dominant languages of students and their interaction. Information is provided on staff selection and the…

Supervisors, educators, and students from 40 states and Puerto Rico participated in an institute designed to communicate new concepts and procedures in youth organizations to potential change agents. Through participation in task force activities, institute members: (1) developed guidelines and models, (2) identified commonalities, (3) determined…

In 1994-95, all Illinois public colleges and universities and some Illinois private colleges and universities are required to submit reviews of their baccalaureate programs in education (primarily teacher preparation programs) and academic programs at all levels in the fields of English language/literature and mathematics. This package of…

The Portland Indian Education Act Project (IEAP), completing its 11th year, serves American Indian students from preschool through high school. Eligibility for services is established according to federal guidelines. Objectives set for the project concentrate on increasing academic achievement and school attendance, and reducing early school…

As a result of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) laxness in improving management of programs and services for Indians, the Chairman of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs requested the General Accounting Office (GAO) to review the accountability of federal funds and property involving contracts and grants totaling about $726…

A project was begun in 1978 to test the feasibility of a high-skill training program that would prepare welfare recipients for well-paying jobs in the private sector. The training for this specially selected Work Incentive Program (WIN) was to be provided by two Bell and Howell schools, one in Columbus, Ohio, and the other in Chicago. Training…