COOPERATIVE EDUCATION IS A WORK-STUDY PLAN INTEGRATING THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES. THE STUDENT ALTERNATES PERIODS OF FULL-TIME WORK IN AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT, A BUSINESS, OR A GOVERNMENT AGENCY WITH EQUAL PERIODS OF FULL-TIME COLLEGE STUDY. THE FACTORS THAT POINT TO A POTENTIALLY EFFECTIVE USE OF THIS SYSTEM INCLUDE NEW JERSEY'S…

ARTICLES INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENT ARE--(1) "EXPERIENCES OF SOME SECOND GRADE TEACHERS IN MODERN MATHEMATICS," (2) "THE TORCH OF LEARNING," (3) "TEACHING TRAINABLE MENTALLY RETARDED-DEQUEEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS," (4) "TEACHER READINESS TAKES TIME, MONEY, PARTICIPATION," (5) "ATTENDING SCHOOL VIA…

This article describes a multiple approach to interweaving career education into the overall program of a junior high school. Existing courses were re-organized to include: (1) six exploratory courses for seventh graders. (2) television and communication classes, and (3) a manufacturing class. Eighth and ninth graders were allowed to replace daily…

Operation Young Adults is a combined work-study program for potential and actual high school dropouts, designed to demonstrate the relationship between education and the world of work. During Phase One, the program served a total of 532 students, aged 14 through 21, of whom 110 had already dropped out of the traditional high school setting. The…

Described in the discussion draft is a performance based criterion referenced curriculum for teaching vocational skills to trainable mentally retarded (TMR) students which was developed jointly by the University of Wisconsin at Stout and the Menomonie Public School Administration. Explained in the introduction are three evaluation inventories in…

Sponsored by the Rehabilitation Counseling Program and the Department of Special Education, both at Mankato State College, and by the Minnesota Council for Exceptional Children, the conference was designed to strengthen communication and cooperation between special education and vocational rehabilitation planners and practitioners, and thus to…

This paper reviews barriers to developing work study options for students with mild mental retardation. These include the debate over the existence of the entity mental retardation, the relationship of political/economic factors and schooling, the purpose and content of secondary education, and the interaction of personal values with these…

This issue examines successful partnerships in the Northwest that have emerged from strategic alliances between business and education. Some models are described briefly. These partnerships are then described: Private Initiatives in Public Education (PIPE), the adopt-a-school conduit; Business Youth Exchange, a structure for work-study; Business…

The major provisions of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 are explained. Following discussion of the rationale of the legislation and of the extent and basis of allocation of state grants, separate sections of the document deal with: (1) exemplary programs, (2) residential projects, (3) consumer and homemaking education, (4) cooperative…

This report describes activities of Project Work, a federally funded program to provide vocational preparation skills and transition services for high school students with disabilities. The program served 150 students at a large urban high school in San Diego (California). Three major objectives were accomplished: (1) development of an…

The Basic Skills CVAE programs was a four-year experimental program initiated in 1961, the purpose of which was to retain potential dropouts from junior and senior high school by providing an adjusted basic course of study which would assist them in overcoming academic deficiencies and provide occupational orientation and skill development…

This document includes the amendments to the Vocational Act of 1963 known as the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968, H.R. 18366. A report from the Committee on Education and Labor (VT 007 383) provides background information, supplemental views on behalf of minority members, a section by section analysis, and the changes in the existing law…

A 2-year project constructed a work study program for educable mentally retarded (EMR) high school students. The first phase developed courses of study, instructional materials, and teaching procedures; the second phase established a functional vocational training program in five high schools with approximately 150 EMR seniors (IQ range 53 to 78,…

A selection of 26 operational linkage programs are described in the supplemental document, providing career education practitioners with examples of program development and operation in the area of school-work relationships. The programs are grouped under four categories and in terms of their relationship between education and work: (1)…