Compensatory education programs funded by Johnson-O'Malley categorical aid monies are described in this annual report on American Indian education in the State of Washington. Funds were allocated to school districts on the basis of need and merit of proposed programs. Programs funded provided food services, home visitors and counselors, teacher…

Interdisciplinary research, use of computers, communicating findings, and evaluation criteria for research were topics of this conference. Speeches included: (1) "The Interdisciplinary Approach to Research in Home Economics," by D.S. Hoffman, (2) "The Relationship of Clothing to the Personal and Social Acceptability of Adolescents," by N.H.…

A selection of four papers from those presented at the Special Conference on Instructional Technology (San Antonio, Texas, December 1-4, 1970) are featured. Donald Mahler considers the issue of adopting technology in local schools. Adoption of instructional technology, as part of curriculum development in mental retardation (Marguerite Thorsell),…

Four papers from the Special Conference on Instructional Technology (San Antonio, Texas, December 1-4, 1970) discuss communication, production, and dissemination of instructional technology. The papers focus on such areas as the dissemination process for instructional media, by Raymond Wymna; and application of a total information packaging system…

Selected presentations from the National Conference on Program Planning and Evaluation held in Washington, D.C., March 12-14, 1969 are reported in this mimeographed publication: (1) "Vocational Education: From a World of Stability to a World of Change," by G. Venn, (2) "Staffing the State Department to Meet the Needs of Vocational…

This report, prepared by the English for Speakers of Other Languages Program of the Center for Applied Linguistics for the Tenth Annual International Conference on Second Language Problems, summarizes a number of United States activities in/or related to the teaching of English to speakers of other languages. The report covers roughly the year…

This statistical portion of the 1966-1967 annual report on Indian education in the state schools of Wisconsin contains data concerning total enrollment, attendance, number of Indian graduates, expenditures under Johnson-O'Malley contracts, and rate of school taxes. The Indian Education Fund Financial Statement is presented, as well as a…

Over 400 representatives from industry, labor unions, government, universities, and nonprofit organizations attended the Governor's Conference on Manpower in Springfield, Illinois on March 14, 1969. Recommendations from the 11 workshop sessions held during the conference are presented in the report, and cover the areas of: (1) coordination and…

The annual conference of the British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education (BACIE), held at Trinity College, Cambridge, England, in September 1968, was devoted to educational objectives for England for the 1980's. The three speeches presented were, "The Objectives of Society" (Sir Herbert Butterfield), "Industry in the…

The nature of this conference, the product of a year's work by an interdisciplinary team, was that of a giant critique, where the subject of discussion was a high-density, compact new city. Participants in the conference gave their comments and questions on the New Communities Project material that had been presented in both verbal and graphic…

Included in this book are 12 papers: (1) "The Newberry Library: A Research Opportunity in Library History," by Lawrence W. Towner; (2) "Society's Contradictions and the Library: Notes on Some Negative Effects of Humanism," by Sidney L. Jackson; (3) "The Acquisition of the Van Ess Library by Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York," by…

Dynamic changes are taking place in the field of mental health care which have a great effect on those people who provide the primary services of patient care, rehabilitation, and training. In recognition of these changes, the National Association of Psychiatric Technology selected "Mental Health Manpower and the Psychiatric Technician"…

The purpose of this conference was to develop models for conducting systematic and sequential exploratory experiences for junior and senior high school students which would lead to satisfactory job placement. The participants at the conference tried to identify behavioral objectives expected of the student as a result of the proposed program,…

Abstracts of research papers presented at the Research Reporting Sections of the 48th Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics were compiled and edited by the ERIC Information Analysis Center for Science and Mathematics Education and are included in this publication. These abstracts describe research involving a wide…

This statistical report on public school adult education in Colorado during Fiscal Year 1968-69 indicates total numbers of classes, instruction hours, and students for 19 subject fields and miscellaneous courses; Federal, state, and other expenditures; administrative and teaching personnel, part time as well as full time; total expenditures for…