Summer learning experiences for school-age children can be provided in a variety of ways and settings, including summer school programs (often remedial), community-based programs (often a continuation of afterschool programs), and home-based programs (in which families are provided with information and resources to encourage reading, often run by…

Summer classes involving field trips to agricultural businesses for vocational agriculture students are described. (MU)

The extent to which the effectiveness of migrant education summer school programs is reflected in changes in the measurable behavior and characteristics of pupils enrolled in those programs was investigated at a statewide level. A sample of 773 6- to 9-year old children was used. Three dependent variables were studied: (1) performance on measures…

THIS RESEARCH REPORT PRESENTS THE FINDINGS OF A SURVEY OF TRENDS IN EDUCATIONAL CHANGE OVER A 5-YEAR PERIOD IN MICHIGAN. THE REPORT SUMMARIZES THE RESPONSES TO A QUESTIONNAIRE SENT TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. IN BRIEF STATEMENTS AND CHARTS IT DESCRIBES THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS' USE OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION, PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION, TEAM…

DESCRIBED IS THE USE OF AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS IN PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK CITY, MILWAUKEE, SAN DIEGO, DETROIT, AND CHICAGO. THE PROGRAMS OFFER INSTRUCTION IN SUCH AREAS AS LANGUAGE SKILLS AND DEVELOPMENT, READING, CULTURAL ENRICHMENT, DRIVER EDUCATION, HEALTH EDUCATION, AND JOB TRAINING. SOME OF THESE CITIES HAVE DEVELOPED AUDIOVISUAL…

The Summer School beginning the second year of the three-district, cooperative project was administered by the Saginaw, Michigan, Intermediate School District. The program had two objectives: to field test three curriculum packages dealing with Woodland Indian Social Studies-Language Arts, and to "provide for the special needs of Indian…

Michigan lawmakers funded a competitive grant program for school districts to plan and implement extended school year (ESY) programs of 200 days. The primary purpose was to raise academic achievement. In the spring of 1992, 16 diverse school districts were awarded ESY planning grants. Continuation grants funded 2 ESY implementation years, for…

Three school districts examine cooperatively the implications of extending the academic calendar into the summer months and a tentative future curriculum. The study recommends: (1) a school year composed of five 9-week terms; (2) the introduction of travel- and work-study experiences into the credit structure of existing curricula; (3) the…

A COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF GRAND RAPIDS TO INVESTIGATE RACIAL BALANCE AND EDUCATIONAL QUALITY IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. COMMITTEE FINDINGS SHOWED THAT RACIAL IMBALANCE EXISTED AND HAD INCREASED SINCE 1950. NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WERE FOUND IN TEACHER QUALITY IN THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, BUT NONWHITE TEACHERS WERE ASSIGNED…