As the result of a 1968 directive by the Nevada State Legislature this study was undertaken to develop a master plan for education in the State, including plans for the development of a system of area community colleges. The study is the result of the work of department staff, personnel from many state agencies, and recognized authorities in…

The Tennessee Adult Basic Education Supervisors' Conference was held at Memphis State University in August, 1970; objectives were to provide information for the local supervisors on the purpose of adult basic education programs, guidelines and plans under which they have to operate, teacher training, the results of the Tennessee State Evaluation…

In the Public School Adult Education 1969 almanac are to be found: (1) details about the National Association for Public School Adult Education (NAPSAE); (2) statistics of public school adult education (for example, state support, educational attainment, teachers' salaries, enrollment data, and expenditures); (3) directories of state associations…

The Colorado Plan for Library Development is intended to serve as a general guide for the development of library service in the state. The Plan, which includes a number of recommendations from the Nelson Associates Report of 1965 (ED 020 746), was drafted by a committee representing the Colorado Council for Library Development, the Colorado…

A review of State and Federal activities relative to migrant labor problems presents a backdrop for the report of Wisconsin's Governor's Committee on Migratory Labor for the years 1966-67. The review includes summary data on the migrants and the programs provided in Wisconsin since 1945. The current report contains data on migrant population and…

The major purpose of the Title V program, Designing Education for the Future, is to assist educators and lay citizens in the eight participating States in devising a program of educational improvement. This report by the project director presents information on educational changes covered by the program and builds a rationale for effecting these…

This report on community service and continuing education programs in West Virginia under Title 1, Higher Education Act of 1965, lists nine completed projects, 17 still in progress, and ten approved but not yet begun. First is a statistical summary on institutional participation; primary problem areas and topics; main objectives; methodology;…

In this twelfth annual report in the series of bulletins on the holding power and graduates of Kentucky high schools, an overview of a 10-year period of growth (1957-1967) is presented in addition to the usual analysis of data for the graduating class of 1967. Comparative data are presented on the dropout rates of Kentucky schools and on the…

Briefed are the planning, the committee work, and the supportive legislation which followed the conception of Ohio's gifted program. The procedural methodology used by the Division of Special Education to encourage the initiation of programs and to disseminate information of research, monographic contributions, and demonstration results is…

In 1968-69, 6,877 children were enrolled in North Dakota's public school programs in all areas of special education. There were fewer speech clinicians than in 1967-68, but there were more teachers in classes for educable mentally handicapped children, more services for children with special learning disabilities, and more classes for the…

Presented are regulations and policies to implement provisions mandated by the Maine Legislature for education of exceptional children. Goals are given such as providing every exceptional child with a comprehensive educational program, and promoting acceptance of exceptional children within the educational profession and the public. Summarized are…

Ideas are presented on current practices in the continuing education of library personnel in the midwestern United States, with some emphasis on the role of state libraries and library associations. Allan B. Knox, Director of the Office of Continuing Education and Public Services, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, contributes the lead…

In the mid-1960's, the American Jewish Committee published a report on suburban schools' failure (or inability) to teach children about "human differences." Since then, there have been significant changes and solid progress in some school systems: new textbooks and supplementary materials have been published; new courses have been added…

The Task Force on Adult and Continuing Education was charged to formulate a general agreement on practices, procedures, and a proposed design of a program of education for adults in Illinois. Other responsibilities have been formulating goals usable for adult educators in creating programs, determining procedures, and choosing technologies and…

The Wisconsin Division for Library Services is responsible for the administration of federal programs for school and public libraries and for the supervision, improvement, and coordination of public, school, academic, and special libraries. The division's report presents both narrative and statistical descriptions of the status of all types of…