Linkages between local schools and teacher education institutions are considered an essential factor in preventing isolation of these institutions from the realities of field situations. Participating directly in educational reform programs is an effective strategy that teacher education institutions can use in making their innovations relevant to…

The special studies program at Hofstra University is designed for high school graduates applying to the university whose educational backgrounds require a more personalized approach to introductory college work. An attempt is made to minimize the risk of poor academic performance during the first year in college. A random sample of 24 students in…

Problems encountered in vocational education mainstreaming and recommended improvements are presented in this paper. A brief history introduces the concept followed by specific definitions of "training,""education," and "mainstreaming," as applied to vocational schooling. Three general operational models are described and graphically presented.…

Despite the New Jersey Public School Education Act of 1975, Jersey City remains one of the poorest municipalities in New Jersey in terms of per capita property wealth, and this is having a negative effect on its educational system. Even though the new law increased State aid to public education, conditions in Jersey City have worsened. Educational…

An overview of the National Program for Selected Population Segments (NPSPS), a group of eighty-two projects funded during fiscal year 1977 by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, Title III, is presented in this report. Chapter I provides an introduction to NPSPS. Chapter II reviews the administrative models used by the eighty-two…

Options are suggested for using and expanding upon the RMC models for evaluating the effectiveness of Title I mastery learning programs with planned high turnover of students. Examples are given of uses of the diagnostic and reporting systems for program planning and decision making. It is suggested that consideration be given to: (1) determining…

Housing and social conditions in urban America suggest a major shift of the inner city poor to the older suburban neighborhoods. This paper explores that anticipated massive population exchange and suggests ways to measure its effect on the schooling process. The concern here is that thousands of poor city dwellers will relocate to the suburbs and…

More effective guidance programs are imperative if disadvantaged, handicapped, and minority students are to realize their personal and career potential in this country. Presently these students are inhibited in their vocational development by cultural differences, values, language differences, limited academic achievement, and vocational…

WHAT NEGRO STUDENTS BRING, AS WELL AS WHAT THEY DO NOT BRING, TO THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE SHOULD BE OF CONCERN TO TEACHERS. INTONATION AND A NONSTANDARD VOCABULARY ARE TWO DEVICES WHICH ENABLE NEGROES TO MAKE SUBTLE LANGUAGE DISTINCTIONS WHICH TESTS DO NOT MEASURE OR SAMPLE. FURTHER LANGUAGE SUBTLETIES EXIST IN THE CONNOTATIONS OF MANY COMMON…

The document consists of seven proposals for funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Title I. The Los Angeles City school districts requested funds for a remedial and corrective instruction program, and for pilot projects in counseling and educational guidance, school community cooperation and extended school facilities,…

THIS REPORT DESCRIBES A 1964-66 PROJECT TO BRING HIGHLY MOTIVATED DISADVANTAGED HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES TO FULL MATRICULATION AT BROOKLYN COLLEGE. THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM OFFERED STUDENTS IN-DEPTH COUNSELING, ENROLLMENT IN SOME OF THE COLLEGE'S REGULAR COURSES, AND INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION. FIRST-YEAR ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS CLASSES WERE LIMITED…

DESCRIBED ARE 12 INNOVATIVE PACE PROJECTS IN SAN MATEO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, WHICH WERE DEVELOPED WITH ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT TITLE III FUNDS. AMONG THE PROJECTS ARE--A PRESCHOOL CENTER, AN INDUSTRIAL ARTS PROGRAM, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAM, AND ADULT JOB TRAINING. OTHERS ARE--AN IDENTIFICATION AND INTERVENTION PROJECT FOR…

THIS STUDY INVESTIGATED THE USE OF AUDIOVISUAL STIMULUS MATERIALS TO CREATE POSITIVE CHANGES IN THE SCHOOL-RELATED ATTITUDES OF 128 NEGRO AND 88 NON-NEGRO DISADVANTAGED JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BOYS. EACH SUBJECT WAS INDIVIDUALLY SHOWN FOUR EXPERIMENTAL SLIDES WHICH WERE ACCOMPANIED BY INTERVIEWS WITH SIMILARLY DISADVANTAGED NEGRO YOUTHS AND A YOUNG…

This proposal for continued federal support of the sixth year of Project Beacon, an experimental demonstration program designed to develop new approaches to the preparation of effective beginning teachers of disadvantaged children in inner city elementary schools, includes listing and discussion of the behavioral objectives and a description of…

The Center for Vocational Arts has completed 3 years of providing occupational training for school alienated youth. The report of the first 2 years of operation was published August 31, 1967 (ED 016 868) and a brief summary of that report is included in this report of the activities and research findings for the period September 1, 1967 to August…