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Jones, Milbrey L. – School Libraries, 1971
It is the purpose of this article to report to media specialists in individual schools and media staff in supervisory positions and in library education on the contribution of Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to the Right to Read Effort during the 1970-71 school year. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Reading, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Download full textOffice of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1972
Formal reading instruction occurs not only in elementary school reading classes but also in science and social studies classes, and continues into the junior and senior high school where content-related reading , study skills, and vocabulary are taught by subject. The 21 reading projects summarized in this report emphasize reading in the content…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Reading Instruction
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1972
The coversheet of this report provides general information about previously announced notable reading projects pertaining to career education. However, none of the projects reported in this issue focus on reading and career education. The 20 project summaries in this report are of a variety of reading projects. To improve skill and interest in…
Descriptors: Career Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Reading Instruction
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1972
The 17 reading projects described in this report involve the use of media in teaching reading. They range from a media project for culturally distinct and geographically isolated pupils in Nye County, Nevada, to an experience in multimedia perception which took place in a vocational technical school in Quincy, Massachusetts. Several of the…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education, Film Production
Serlin, Janet – Reading Newsreport, 1973
Describes Project Prolexia which emphasizes building self-confidence, and healthy attitudes toward learning in each child as he progresses through formal skills in reading, math, science, social studies, and the creative arts. (Author/RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Arts, Language Experience Approach, Open Education
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1971
The 21 Title II reading projects described in this report range from a team-teaching approach in intensive reading for first-grade pupils to a free-wheeling project in a high school where classes stop daily for a 30-minute "Read In." Many of the projects offer suggestions that may be helpful in the selection and evaluation of books and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials, Models, Reading Instruction
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1971
The fourteen Title II reading projects described in this report use resources ranging from reading readiness materials for first- and second-grade pupils identified as potential reading failures, to nineteenth century newspapers on microfilm in secondary social studies. General descriptions of techniques for using the materials in the reading…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials, Models
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1974
Reports of Title II reading projects dealing with American studies themes indicate that the approaching celebration of the Bicentennial of the American Revolution is both generating new interest in the study of American history, literature, and culture and stimulating changes in the way such courses are taught. Teachers and subject specialists…
Descriptors: American Studies, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1971
Notable reading projects funded under Title II are described in this report. The projects range from a bilingual program for Spanish-speaking pupils in eighteen schools in Washington, D.C., to the provision of relevant reading materials to neglected and delinquent youth in four special schools and correctional institutions in a California county.…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Bilingual Education, Content Area Reading, Correctional Education
Jackson, Shirley A. – 1980
Three issues related to improving basic skills in this nation are discussed in this paper: the definition of "basic literacy skills" and the number of Americans who are purportedly illiterate, what evidence exists that minorities in the United States really have a more serious problem than others in acquiring basic literacy skills, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Functional Reading, Illiteracy
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1972
The reading programs described in the first ten bulletins of reports on ESEA Title II are indexed in this bulletin by subject and by state. The projects have generally been directed toward regular elementary and secondary school programs; however, some have also been coordinated with reading instruction in special types of institutions, such as…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Elective Reading, Elementary Education, Exceptional Persons
Roth, Lois H.; And Others – 1967
The report of an Invitational Reading Work Conference held in Denver in February 1966 suggests guidelines for examining existing curricula and establishing new reading programs and develops guidelines for planning and implementing reading programs which deal with the causes of reading problems. Conference leaders are listed. The contents (1)…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Curriculum, Gifted, Group Reading
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1971
A large number of the reading projects funded under Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act emphasize access to books and other media, adult stimulation of reading, at home as well as at school, and reading for pleasure as well as for information. Notable Title II reading projects in 10 states are described in this report. They…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Childrens Literature, Delinquency, Educational Media
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1971
To strengthen Title II management in order to better serve the Right to Read effort, the Office of Education sponsored a conference, "ESEA Title II Program Management in State Departments of Education," in June 1971. Descriptions of exemplary Title II activities in various states were presented. Information about the 23 reading projects…
Descriptors: American Indians, Career Education, Conference Reports, Content Area Reading
