Discusses the development of the Canadian Heritage Writing Competition and the opportunities it has offered young Canadian writers. (AEA)

This brief report describes how to set up a Secondary Credit Exchange Program. The program allows migrant students following the crops (with their families) from Texas to Washington to keep up with their education by attending night classes. Various program aspects that are discussed in this document include: funding, curricula, materials,…

The number of secondary alternative programs in the school district of Philadelphia has grown to 75 giving it one of the largest networks of alternative programs in the country. The object of this paper is to report on the impact of those programs. The programs are divided into four categories: (1) disruptive/ truant programs, (2) career programs,…

Describes a two-phase program in which phase one provides the basic concepts and skills for later science study and phase two provides a real choice of science units to suit the needs of students. (GS)

Over the past several decades, there has been considerable concern for improving industrial arts education. The process of program and curriculum improvement involves not only the improvement of instructional content, but also the improved utilization of available information concerning the growth conditions of the learners a program is intended…

Recalls the scope and goals of the original Project English, and calls for professional commitment to the teaching of English once again. (CRH)

Looks at programs using the Foxfire model--an experiential, hands-on approach to learning--to serve the following three distinct populations: handicapped, special education students; migrant farmworker youth; and the nation's most recent immigrants. (ERB)

Presents the philosophical basis and general characteristics of the Correlated Science Program and describes specific examples of curriculum and teaching techniques used. Explores problems encountered in developing and implementing the program. (Author/GS)

Describes the project from its inception in 1962 to its present state. Presents a topic outline and describes the variety of school settings and instructional methodologies that exist in the program. (GS)

This publication contains a listing of educational research and development projects currently in progress in Australia, which is the first of a planned twice-yearly listing of projects in progress. Projects are listed by territories and are indexed by author and by subject. Information supplied for each project includes a reference number,…

Provides a model for a comprehensive reading program which has five components: the content teacher, the reading consultant, the developmental reading teacher, the remedial reading specialist, and the support staff. (HOD)

Noting that the formal split between instruction in written and oral modes of communication is a relatively recent one, this paper presents arguments against that split--at both the secondary school and the college level--and arguments for instruction in communication. The paper offers a historically based definition of communication, positing…

The junior high school and senior high school students in Seymour, Wisconsin, have an opportunity to explore the world of work through a six-year program of career education, with an on-the-job training program for seniors. Only the agricultural program is described at the 9-12 grade levels. (LH)

Describes a collaborative effort among New York high school and college teachers, administrators, and students to improve writing skills. Discusses the project format and the writing/reading and writing instruction principles underlying the program. (HTH)

A brief outline of the suggested scope of nutrition education within a secondary school program is presented. (JMF)