This report stresses the positive role volunteers can play in helping schools individualize instruction and motivate students. It discusses the need for a national and/or State organization to better coordinate volunteer activities in different areas. The report reveals some of the obstacles that make the use of volunteers difficult, discusses…

The future of any society depends on how well it prepares its young people to make the decisions and carry the responsibilities of mature citizenship. There is much evidence that society is not measuring up in helping all youth become useful, well-informed, self-reliant, socially responsible people. The Cooperative Extension Service's youth…

The discrepancies between the comprehensive design for Follow Through evaluation and the program management's needs of the seven models in Philadelphia are discussed. The national evaluation has focused on pupil performance and achievement data. The local evaluation, conducted since 1968, has focused on: (1) the assessment of the correspondence…

An overview of the problems of rural health delivery is presented in this booklet along with selected plans and models for delivery of services in certain rural areas of the nation. Health care is described in terms of the rural situation, insurance, rural health care systems, developing a model, and elements of the model. Thirteen models being…

This report identifies the causes of disruption, violence, and vandalism; describes various devices and techniques used to improve security; outlines the roles of security personnel in preventing vandalism; and discusses vandalism-related insurance problems. Student participation and community involvement are presented as two possible methods of…

During 1938-39 a study of students and graduates of the Pine Ridge Federal School revealed that most of these students (98%) stayed on the Oglala Sioux reservation. The school program was largely academic, contributing little to their employability. As a result, the program was remodeled to make it responsive to reservation economic and social…

The 3 research topics examined in this report are identified as crucially important by the 1970 Man in the North Inuvik Conference. Eskimo, Indian, and Metis residents of the North comprise 2/3 of the conference participants. The first 2 reports are on applied research projects, the first dealing with some practical ways to apply the concept of…

The purpose of this study was to determine attitudinal differentiations within the Mexican American community's leadership in the implementation of effective programs to incorporate Mexican Americans into the general planning process and, more specifically, into governmental planning offices. The thesis tested was that Mexican American involvement…

This is a second-year report on a program to train college graduates for community college teaching functions with low-income and urban minority students. Four purposes of the program are listed: a) to help train future community college teachers in innovative teaching styles, b) to raise the level of sensitivity among this potentially…

An administrator tells how the Toledo public schools developed security plans to minimize damages resulting from student unrest. According to the author, the first step taken by the Toledo schools was to take a strong stand against violence at athletic events. Next, they established a systemwide lighted school program and emphasized total…

This pamphlet is based on data from individual program reports, unpublished materials and correspondence, personal communications, site visits, a 1968 survey of programs for pregnant school-age girls, and a 1970 study of group infant care programs associated with programs for pregnant students. Since very few communities know the dollar cost of…

The future of public education depends upon our ability to effectively involve all segments of the population in the ongoing decisions related to education. This is necessary in spite of the difficulties of involving people effectively in an organization that has traditionally never been concerned about dissenting opinion. Effective ways of…

Project Redesign is a New York State Education Department longrange planning endeavor for the development of an education system's capacity and potential to continuously change and adapt to changing needs and objectives. During the past year, four carefully selected prototype districts began a redesign process that incorporates several unique…

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title III Project described in this evaluation report was conducted in predominately rural Wilkes County, North Carolina. The project's major objective was to develop a program which would identify the learning problems of the students involved and to develop educational programs which would eliminate…

This packet is designed to provide the basic tools for lawyers who may wish to bring suit in Federal court to compel the expenditure of Title I funds in a lawful manner. It covers (1) some general information on Title I purposes and procedures, (2) the requirements for information gathering and analysis, (3) a sample complaint, (4) a memorandum on…