The first half of this paper reviews the school enrollment trend in the state of Wisconsin and discusses the implications of school closings. It offers planning suggestions to local districts in light of statewide declining enrollments. The second half of the paper--a review of recent literature related to "cutback management"--is…

This annotated bibliography, prepared by the Wisconsin Early Childhood Association (WECA), provides lists of books which are primarily concerned with curriculum activities for day care, child development programs, preschools and nurseries. Lists of publications from associations with related useful materials are also included. (Author/MP)

A PROCEDURE WAS DEVELOPED WHEREBY EDUCATIONAL SPECIALISTS COULD PREPARE THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR MEDIA IN WHICH VARIOUS SEQUENCES OF INSTRUCTION WOULD BE PROGRAMED AND DEVELOPED. PROCEDURES WERE DEVELOPED AND TRIED FOR A SET OF BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES FOR AN EXPERIMENTAL CURRICULUM IN SCIENCE INSTRUCTION. IT WAS POSSIBLE TO ILLUSTRATE AND IMPLEMENT…

This paper details plans for a one-and-one-half-day volunteer training workshop specifically designed to consider limitations such as manpower, money, time, and distance that are often encountered in the development of training events for rural areas. The paper begins by providing background on rural aging, and needs assessment information on the…

Questions and charts requiring both statistical data and evaluative answers comprise the major portion of this book on self-assessment of elementary schools. The areas assessed include school and community, philosophy and objectives, curriculum, pupil assessment, pupil support services, staff and administration, and school resources and…

Intended to aid teachers, librarians, and others in the selection of Spanish-language books for children in grades K-12, the annotated guide includes books by Hispanic authors which highlight the lifestyle, folklore, heroes, history, fiction, poetry, theatre, and classical literature of Hispanic cultures. Most books included in the guide have been…

This report describes the development and offering of a 4-day short course on the use of computer-based information resources in the college science classroom. The audience for the short course was university, junior college, and community college instructional personnel in the various science disciplines. Instructional units included a survey of…

Part I of this book discusses the basic instructional problems in teaching ethnic studies. Some of the major trends are reviewed and the need to expand the definition of ethnic studies and to include content about a range of ethnic groups is discussed. Part II is designed to help teachers acquire the content needed to teach about ethnic groups, to…

The purpose of this bibliography is to identify and to annotate the sources which can be helpful in presenting materials to deaf students and to reinforce learning in various vocational areas. Vocational resources for selected areas of vocational education were reviewed, evaluated, and annotated by two committee members in each of the following…

By way of introduction to this report on adult and community education in the Washington, D.C. schools, it was suggested that the improvement of adult education divisions in urban schools involves examining the interaction between community needs and the purposes of adult education, recognizing that such educational programs are interdependent…

The vocational education needs assessment for Oklahoma City and Tulsa school systems reported here was conducted by the Research Unit at Oklahoma State University and the Center for Vocational Education at Ohio State University. Objectives listed are to determine (1) the vocational education needs of the people in the districts and the extent to…

Approaches to improving students' skills in reading social studies materials are presented in this book. The first chapter discusses reading problems and orientations to reading in the social studies. The remaining three chapters deal with three problem areas: making a suitable match between pupil reading abilities and instructional materials,…

This volume is the third of a series of publications developed by the Massachusetts Dissemination Project and intended for use by educators, parents, and students. One goal of the project is to encourage greater exchange and sharing of resources among educational organizations, service providers, and client groups. Volume three has been prepared…

This document has been prepared to encourage teachers in Oregon to plan environmental trips with their classes. It is organized into three major sections--Awareness in a Living Environment, Teaching and Planning Resources, and Directory of Overnight Sites in Oregon. Using a series of questions as guidelines, children become aware of their…

The first section of the manual for developing career education in existing Louisiana junior high school programs is an introduction to the concept and rationale of career education and to the roles of career education personnel; it also provides a two-page summary of evaluation statistics for St. Charles Parish. Section 2 discusses the…