Learning-teaching philosophies basic to open education are presented, and classroom processes which grow out of these philosophies are described in this booklet. Contents include a summary of the Environmental Studies Project in North Carolina and discussions of several aspects of open education (including interpersonal relationships, individual…

The programs presented in this catalogue have been evaluated as substantially meeting the objective of finding solutions to educational problems. Each program was developed and disseminated by funding from Title III monies and offers a demonstration site for New Jersey educators and laymen. Staffs involved in 11 different programs offer…

As one part of PROJECT DESIGN, funded under ESEA Title III, a model of a guidance program that would integrate guidance efforts in the development of a long-range master plan of education for an urban school system is constructed and used as a standard of comparison for the present model in use at the Fresno City Unified School District. In the…

Vocational educational needs at the secondary level in the Fresno City Unified School District are evaluated as part of PROJECT DESIGN, funded under ESEA Title III. The main sources of information used in the study were reports of the city and county of Fresno; conferences with school administrators, supervisors, teachers, and students; and a…

The end of budget period and final project report describes a California project intended to promote the adoption or adaptation of a prevocational education program for secondary level educable mentally handicapped (EMH) students. Data are presented on staff development, the nature and results of the project's dissemination and demonstration…

Cincinnati's school district has developed a computerized School Information System (SIS) to provide decision-makers with essential information. The system serves all 102 elementary, junior high and senior high schools in the district and currently gathers data at the school level, focusing primarily upon the instructional program dimension;…

The effects of a federal grant may go far beyond the school system involved. One high school in Maine received $275,000 for a library/media center to see what a well-equipped and stocked, and adequately staffed library/media center would do to improve the quality of the learning opportunities for students. A survey of all Maine school…

This issue of Kaleidoscope, which focuses on projects involving innovative educational change funded under ESEA Title III, describes 60 programs in both elementary and secondary schools in Massachusetts. The projects cover a wide range of educational interests including: curriculum development, environmental education, individualized instruction,…

The future educational needs of the entire school health program in the Fresno City Unified School District are evaluated as part of PROJECT DESIGN, funded under ESEA Title III. This program includes health services, health instruction, and environmental health factors. In the evaluation, site visits were made to selected schools at the…

Financed with ESEA Title III funds since 1970, the School Information System (SIS) was designed essentially to furnish school administrators with data and information with which to make better decisions. The basic means were to (1) build and improve a data bank, (2) prepare and disseminate computerized reports to the decisionmakers--especially…

A community mental health clinic designed to function also as an inservice training agent for beginning public school teachers is described. The clinic's philosophy is based on the psychoanalytic model and its educational program was planned to serve parents and teachers, particularly those of young children. Area schools came to welcome and…

The major activities conducted in this project included visitations to school systems with operational year-round programs, study and analysis of the various types of year-round school organizational plans, and identification and analysis of problems inherent in year-round operation of schools. The major objectives of the study were to determine…

The "Instructional Materials Center" project was designed to set up a process by which children with learning disabilities would be aided in both affective and cognitive domains. The project has been successful despite the fact that some of the exploratory objectives in the process domain have not been met. It has greatly aided the…

The evaluation of future needs for the K-12 science program in the Fresno City Unified School District used four goals for science education published in the Science Framework for California Public Schools. These goals are (1) to develop attitudes that underlie the personal involvement of the individual with his environment, (2) to develop a…

The purpose of this study was to gather, through historical examination of Santa Clara County and its educational institutions, "base-line data" for the development of useful models for educational planning. This paper describes the growth and development of schools in the county and presents a list of factors that have contributed to…