This report of the National Conference on Trade and Industrial Education includes nine committee reports on the topics which are of greatest importance to state supervisors, teacher educators and others. The topics are: (1) improved teacher education programs to meet the growth needs, (2) a program of research to meet the needs in an expanding…

Part of a series of vocational development units for the handicapped, this document provides an overview of the program, its development, and the purposes of each instructional unit. Each of the 10 different units describes a particular occupational cluster. The vocational or special education teacher is guided through the listing of behavioral…

Volume III of the evaluation report contains back-up material to assess State administration of programs and projects covering Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I programs for migrant children in the 10 sample States. This volume gives: role definitions for Federal, State, and local level units according to a complex set of…

A model for cooperative day care is proposed which aims to protect the beneficial aspects of the child rearing relations of the nuclear family by substituting a caring group of parents for the caring solitary parent. Early child care in the nuclear family provides a secure wholistic relationship between mother and child, but it also sets that…

The final report of the Health Start evaluation of the second year program is presented in three separate documents. This paper presents an overview of the Urban Institute's evaluation of the Health Start program and covers two broad areas: health service coordination and health service delivery. The two major questions for the 1972-73 evaluation…

Predicated on the belief that there exist no vast distinctions between career education and adult education as programs which have as their objective, helping to make youth and adults more objective decision makers and personally self-fulfilling, productive individuals, this paper is intended for local directors of adult and career education…

The primary objective of the Vocational Education Evaluation Project (VEEP) is to develop a management information system for the planning and programing of vocational education. The work has been divided into a macro-system (primarily concerned with guidelines and systematic procedures at the State level) and a micro-system (emphasizing the…

Having examined the preliminary study of the legal and technical aspects of International regulations in education for international understanding, cooperation, and peace, the Executive Board of Unesco decided to include this question in the Provisional Agenda of the seventeenth session of the General Conference, Paris, 1972. The text of that…

More than 90 educational leaders from 39 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Trust Territories participated in a 3-day conference designed to provide a forum for presentations and discussions dealing with the issues and problems associated with the state level administration and articulation of post-secondary education. The…

Career exploration is a process through which individuals learn about the range of educational and career options available to them. The career exploration model described in the document was produced to unite a variety of programs, activities, and procedures which have been used to facilitate career education primarily in Baltimore City and in…

Intended for use by Texas school administrators in developing and operating programs to better meet the vocational education needs of their handicapped students, this guide first examines the need for a clearly developed program design with specific objectives as the foundation on which program evaluation is based. Following this examination is a…

Cooperative education, said to be a "sleeping giant" in vocational education, received special authorization in Public Law 90 576 and was made a priority in vocational education. This publication summarizes information to assist the states in planning development of cooperative vocational education: definitions, funding sources, program…

This revised handbook describes Oklahoma's cooperative programs for the secondary grades in vocational education, including the following topics: (1) purposes of vocational education, (2) the six types of cooperative programs in Oklahoma, (3) the role of teacher-coordinator, (4) the advisory committee's role, (5) regulations, (6) training…

U. S. director of career education, Kenneth B. Hoyt, is interviewed on the subject of the relationship of business and industry to career education in the schools. He urges the business-industry community to collaborate with career education implementation in the schools. As part of this collaborative effort, businesses are asked to (1) provide a…

The State University of New York comprises four formal coordinating areas for the development of regional contacts and interinstitutional and regional cooperation. The four coordinating areas have been operating since 1972 and the differing patterns of cooperation that have emerged are outlined as are the formal activities of each area. Only one…