A research and training program for family day care mothers at the University of Michigan involves both group meetings and individual home consultations by educational consultants, trained community para-professionals. The program is directed toward low income and working class licensed day care mothers and is conducted by the School of Education.…

The problem of the increasing crime rate in the United States and the social problems causing and resulting from this increase as well as the correct way to treat criminals are discussed. The point is made that the cost of vocational training for inmates is far below the cost of imprisoning chronic offenders. In this report, the vocational…

This preliminary review and analysis of Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) programs covers their activities during the fiscal year 1976. It is divided into two major program areas, Family Food Assistance and Child Nutrition. The Food and Nutrition Service was established in August 1969 to concentrate on the administration of Federal food programs.…

The week-long conference was productive of both ideas and enthusiasm. Important accomplishments of the week include an annotated directory of conferees; five background papers -- evaluative criteria, consumer information, grievance mechanisms, vocabulary/terminology, and site visitation; a simulation game of a state-agency visit to a…

At the time of this report, the Western States Small Schools Project (WSSSP) had completed one full year of operation (1962-63) in the schools of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah. Major WSSSP objectives are identified as: developing ungraded programs (K-12); developing appropriate uses of programmed materials; providing teacher…

Highlights from the quarterly conference of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) Chief Area Education Officers meeting (held in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 14-16, 1975) are presented in this conference report. Included in the report are: (1) a participant list; (2) reports from each of the 10 Area Offices; (3) the conference agenda; (4) a speech…

Presented are ten papers given at a 1974 conference focusing on realistic goals for serving learning disabled children in the decade ahead. Papers have the following titles and authors: "Introduction and Overview of the Problem of the Conference" (W. Cruickshank); "Concepts of Vision in Relation to Perception" (G. Getman); "Motor Activities and…

This is an attempt to compile, from public sources, as complete a bibliography as possible of works related to linguistics and having to do with transformational generative grammar. The arrangement is alphabetical by author and chronological by publication or delivery date of works of a given author. The majority of items are also indexed by…

In the winter of 1973, 30 Spanish-speaking educators representing communities throughout the nation, school districts, higher education institutions, and professional organizations held a working conference which focused on educational leadership development. Discussion centered on requisite skills and the preparation and utilization of personnel…

This was a working conference designed to elucidate the practical applications and benefits of self-instructional language programs and to point out what not to do as well as how to run a program for colleges and universities who would like to begin language instruction in one or more of 29 languages available through NASILP. It was also geared to…

The Annual Report of the Ohio Board of Regents for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 contains a report from the Chancellor, James A. Norton, regarding activities recommended by a Citizen's Task Force on Higher Education in a move toward higher education planning. The report outlines contracts for services, the addition of family practice…

Presents an overview of the President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies and the MLA/ACLS Task Force reports. The annual report of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language includes: its organization, publications; annual meeting and preconference workshops, and projects. (EJS)

Claude Goldenberg's claim that there are compatibilities between minority children's home and school experiences is critiqued on the following points: (1) the methodology is not ethnographic; (2) home-school cultural compatibilities are not demonstrated; and (3) the model of literacy acquisition is not supported by current theory and research.…

Educational construction in 1985 took a big jump over the 1984 figures with a total of just under $10 billion-worth of construction estimated for schools and colleges. Five tables provide a breakdown of completed and ongoing construction expenditures. (MLF)

This potpourri surveys research on various topics: neurologically based curricula, midafternoon slumps in student attention, accounting for contexts in research, feelings of powerlessness among students and teachers, further equity implications of computers in schools, misreporting of research findings, and accounting for media transfer in…