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Flynn, Linda L.; Lewis, Hal C. – 1996
This document reports the results of a federally supported program, the Western Region Faculty Institute for Training in Colorado, to train college faculty to conduct inservice training in early intervention with infants and toddlers (birth-to-3) at risk for or with disabilities. A "training of trainers" model was used. The program…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, College Faculty, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Washington, DC. – 1990
This two-page flyer briefly describes Maine's Support Network for Rural Special Educators, which provides content-related information and support to special education teachers and related service personnel. Initiated in 1986 to combat the high turnover rate of special education staff in Maine's rural schools, the program stresses the role of…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Networks
Condon, E. C., Comp. – 1982
A 1981-82 bibliography of available literature on migrants and migrant education, from the Rutgers Intercultural Relations and Ethnic Studies Institute, primarily lists publications which appeared between 1970 and 1980. The 379 entries are divided into 15 sections: bibliography (7); children (24); economics (7); education (100); family (9); health…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Life
Nelson, Stephen R. – 1982
A study of culturally-appropriate instructional practices and resources in Native American education, jointly produced by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory and the Indian tribes of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, focuses on the Pacific Northwest. Program design and objectives (increasing student interest/skills in language…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians, Bibliographies
Russell, Jack, Ed.; And Others – 1988
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) used its $105 million appropriation for fiscal year 1987 to support three major program areas in the 13 state region: (1) creating and retaining regional jobs; (2) assisting in construction of basic facilities, particularly water and sewer systems, in the region's 90 poorest counties; and (3) working…
Descriptors: Community Development, Dropout Prevention, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Perkins, Allan Thomas – 1983
A study was undertaken to gather data for use in planning a regional learning exchange network that would meet the learning needs of adults in three counties in the gulf coastal region of Mississippi. During the study, project-developed questionnaires were administered to representatives of agencies that would either host or sponsor the learning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Cooperative Programs, Educational Cooperation
Gotts, Edward Earl – 1989
Reported are findings of a large-scale, longitudinal follow-up study of the Home-Oriented Preschool Education (HOPE) Program, one facet of a multifaceted attack on the endemic problem of underachievement in Appalachia, which sought to find solutions viable within the region's family and cultural traditions. The scope of the study is immense,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Child Rearing, Dropouts
New Jersey Inst. of Technology, Newark. – 1988
A junior high/middle school science improvement project established by the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Fairleigh Dickinson University is described in this report. Among project goals are: to improve teacher skills and qualifications in science teaching and offer access to instructional resources; to eliminate teacher isolation; and to…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Educational Technology
Kyvik, Svein – 1981
The establishment of the Norwegian regional colleges is reviewed, based on an international project conducted by the Institute of Education of the European Cultural Foundation. This project involved 10 case studies of educational reforms or policy changes in European countries since the 1960s or early 1970s. Attention is directed to the original…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Advisory Committees, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Maguire, Carmel; Lovelace, Eugenia – 1975
An initial survey of medical information resources in New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria, Australia, reveals a lack of adequate collections, insufficiently trained staff, few formal lines of communication between service providers, and paucity of mechanisms to ensure user awareness of available services. Detailed proposals are provided for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Services
Spellman, Charles R.; And Others – 1980
Project PRIDE, a regional model for providing educational services to severely/profoundly handicapped school-aged individuals in rural southeastern Kansas, was designed to develop exemplary services in multiple special education cooperatives using a regional resource team approach. Resource team members served as consultants to classroom personnel…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Education Service Centers
RHODES, ALVIN E. – 1963
AN INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION UNIT, ORGANIZED AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL AND COVERING SUFFICIENT AREA TO WARRANT EMPLOYMENT OF A STAFF OF SPECIALISTS, IS CAPABLE OF OFFERING A WIDE VARIETY OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES, AND THUS OCCUPIES A UNIQUE NICHE IN THE EDUCATIONAL SETTING. THE ACTIVITIES OF AN INTERMEDIATE UNIT MAY BE CATEGORIZED INTO (1) ARTICULATIVE, OR…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Articulation (Education), Centralization, Communication (Thought Transfer)
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1967
The annual report of the three-county Regional Migrant Education Demonstration Project presents a narrative description of the philosophy and planning of the project, a program overview and implementation procedures and activities. The appendices contain budget information, statistical information on health services, schedules for two workshops on…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education, Day Care
Swick, Kevin J.; Henley, Lawrence J. – 1975
A review of research on rural/small schools' problems, prospects, and possible alternatives indicates that these schools find themselves in a cycle of financial trouble, community disintegration, and dwindling population; they face problems such as low tax base, lack of financial support by state and federal government, inadequate facilities and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Employment Opportunities, Facilities, Federal Government
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1974
The examination of Irish manpower policy is largely devoted to a consideration of the strategy for economic development and permanent job creation--as well as to a study of various aspects of the procedures and administrative arrangements adopted to attain these objectives. Attention is drawn to the fundamental imbalances in the Irish…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Change Strategies, Economic Development, Employment Level
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