The Chicago Archives Branch has a sizeable amount of material pertaining to Indians who once resided in the area of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota which is contained in the records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), the District Courts of the United States, the United States Attorneys and Marshals, the Chief of…

This document describes the development of primary education in Tanzania. Part I deals with the period before independence from colonial rule and contains the following sections: (1) Informal Education, (2) Arab Education, (3) German Period, (4) British Period, (5) Types of Schools, (6) Scope of Curriculum, (7) Management of Schools, (8) Post…

Developed by the Wisconsin State Early Childhood: Exceptional Educational Needs Project, the manual presents 10 modules designed to aid in the professional development of teachers of young handicapped children. Each module describes its purpose, goals, and objectives, and presents activities and a list of resources. The Screening module covers…

The document reports on the Communitization Integration Team, a joint interagency planning project whose major goal was to develop, within a two county area, models for the cooperative delivery of community based services to school age developmentally disabled children, particularly the severely-profoundly retarded. Initial sections cover project…

This directory contains a compilation of contact persons for a number of state and federal agencies for dissemination of educational information. The lists include contact persons from all fifty states, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. Most addresses include phone numbers. The agencies are as follow: (1) National…

This report addressed to policy making officials in local government deals with the role of federal assistance in future developments of information systems by local governments through an assessment of the Urban Information Systems Inter-Agency Committee (USAC) Program, which, beginning in 1970, provided grants to five municipalities--Charlotte,…

With the primary goal to enhance the degree of cooperativeness between CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) and vocational education in Pennsylvania, CETA "prime sponsor" staffs were surveyed in a study to determine (1) general staff background and information; (2) types of educational and noneducation experiences; (3)…

This paper examines the existing and potential roles of educational service agencies (ESAs) and their relationships with state education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs). Special attention is focused on urban school districts. The paper also critically analyzes these roles and relationships as they relate to dissemination…

Written as a practical manual for human service providers at the local level, this guide discusses the interpersonal nature of coordination, gives historical background on the problems of program coordination at the federal level, and provides a detailed checklist for implementing coordination efforts among local agencies. Proposed techniques are…

The paper examines collaborative program development in participatory nonformal education, emphasizing the process of programming based on field experiences of the Center for International Education of the University of Massachusetts. The objective is to serve as an initial step in the development of collaborative programming theory and practice.…

The testimony and statements of various administrators and educators at the hearing regarding the effectiveness of Title I are presented in this report. Emphasis is placed on the improvements made by Title I programs in the reading and mathematics skills of educationally disadvantaged students, and numerous case studies are cited in which Title I…

Conducted at the request of the Boy Scouts of America and part of a larger project funded by the U. S. Office of Education to assess the place of career education in the total Scouting program, a study explored ways to strengthen collaboration between Scouting and schools for the purpose of improving and extending the career education programs of…

The job counseling center initiated an experimental and demonstration program to test the thesis that an urban school could provide a manpower training program to out-of-school, unemployed, and disadvantaged youth. Licensed school personnel were used in four centers in areas having high unemployment rates and a concentration of Negro and Puerto…

THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE PRELIMINARY STAGES AND ACTUAL OPERATION OF A NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS (NYC) PROJECT IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, FUNDED UNDER TITLE III OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT. HIGH-SCHOOL-AGE NYC BOYS THOROUGHLY RECONDITIONED FIVE DETERIORATED HOMES IN A RELATIVELY NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. NYC GIRLS FURNISHED THE FIRST…

IN THIS STUDY, WHICH FOCUSED ON VOLUNTEER AND STAFF PARTICIPATION IN THE NATIONAL YWCA, DATA WERE EXAMINED ON THE DIFFERENCES IN AGE, MARITAL STATUS, RELIGION, VALUE ORIENTATION, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, MOTIVATION, AND ROLE PERCEPTION WHICH AFFECTED THE PARTICIPATORY BEHAVIOR OF MEMBERS OF A COMMITTEE GROUP WORKING ON A SPECIFIC PROJECT. ATTENTION…