Intended primarily for new staff members, this manual includes most procedures, rules, benefits applicable to the entire White Plains, New York, school system or unique to the Adult Education Center. It covers such matters as enrollment trends within the overall adult basic education (ABE) program, the ABE program organization chart, personnel…

Reported is the 1963 special summer dropout prevention program financed by the President's emergency fund and by various other national, state, and local agencies and organizations. The document summarizes the dropout campaign and describes briefly the types of programs and methods used to identify and contact dropouts and potential dropouts. Also…

This book describes a program of individualized instruction in action--a program which began in one elementary school, was adapted to the varying needs of other schools, and is now expanding in the direction of involvement of all of the students in the Duluth Public School system. The introductory chapter defines the ideal of individualization…

This research report summarizes a study of independent study projects in 36 American secondary schools selected from a list of 317 schools nominated as having definite and organized independent study programs. The investigators found 8,584 students in the 36 schools involved in independent study programs. Independent study is defined as learning…

This book provides an overview of work in the area of modular instruction and offers practical information for individualized instruction through the implementation of the modular design. Written for the classroom teacher, the book includes sample modules used at elementary, secondary, and college levels of instruction. Chapters include…

The feasibility of using a particular simulation as (1) an aid in management, (2) a management training device, (3) a tool for management research is reported. Corresponding interfaces for the simulation are described and discussed in terms of the way they represent the activity for the user. Estimated costs are reported for alternative…

Student and staff reactions to the South High modular program at the end of its fifth year of operation are presented. Questionnaires were completed by about 60% of the students and 90% of the staff in May 1972. Although the student and staff response to a modular schedule was favorable, several areas in the South modular program were mentioned as…

The Modular Multiple Alternatives Program (ModMaP), being developed at the University of Bridgeport, is the first competency-based, individualized graduate program in teacher education in the state of Connecticut. The program focuses on elementary teacher training and includes both master's and six-year level options. The program provides the…

Guidelines to assist administrators in establishing a small secondary school or revising an existing one were presented in this report. The study population was chosen from the Western Regional area and a pilot study was conducted with Arizona State University graduate students. Fifty-two guidelines were established in the areas of curriculum and…

A developmental research investigation concerned with the establishment or reorganization of a very small, individualized secondary school in an isolated community was described in these guidelines. Fifty-five principles in 7 areas were incorporated into an attitudinal instrument and mailed to 4 populations: Western States Small School Project…

The rapid growth of the middle school has necessitated the formation of a new teacher education program. Until the present time, the middle school teacher has received in-service training at the elementary and secondary levels. This method has proved to be inadequate and a preservice education program that is neither elementary nor secondary has…

This book shows the relationship of the Ohio Consortium Elementary Teacher Education Model (ED 025 456 and ED 025 457) to the Multi-unit school by summarizing development of the model (by the Ohio Consortium of State Universities of Ohio) and describing its implementation in a multi-unit school (Martin Luther King, Jr., in Toledo). The model…

Over 50 educational leaders representing academic and vocational-technical interests met for a 3-day conference to identify curriculum needs and techniques used in curriculum development and to suggest curriculum priorities and coordinated projected plans to attain recommended goals. Conference objectives were accomplished through small group…

The purpose of this 1949 book is to summarize the beliefs of the education division of the United States Indian Service and to present summarized statements of the educational objectives and teaching practices of Alaska and the 15 states where the Indian Service operates schools. Part I answers such questions as how public schools are changing;…

The philosophy and design of a nongraded, phase elective English curriculum as implemented at O. L. Smith Junior High School in Dearborn, Michigan, is presented. In addition, a listing of courses offered and an outline of the administrative and scheduling changes required are given as an aid to others who may wish to institute such a program. One…