Definitions, identification, and characteristics of gifted children are considered. Other areas covered are administrative responsibility, principal role, teacher qualifications, and inservice education. Objectives in program development are discussed as are program evaluation and differential education, including programs for enrichment,…

To meet the needs of emotionally disturbed children, a residential program was planned to provide re-education for such children and training for the teaching staff. A model school served 40 children, aged 6 through 12, in five groups, each having a team of two teacher counselors and a liaison teacher backed by consultants. Teacher and parent…

The Uplifting Skills program attempted to improve the reading achievement of pupils through the diagnosis and remediation of perceptual problems and the creation of reading centers. The Elementary School Education Assistants program served 37 classes in grades 3-6 in all of the elementary schools in District 1. The educational assistants worked…

The passage of Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act embodied not only the high hopes of reformers, but also an implicit challenge. Title I implied that current practices are inadequate, and the schools were given the assignment of self-renewal. However, almost a decade after the passage of Title I, the general verdict is that…

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of busing on the subsequent achievement performance of bused minority students. Differences in achievement gains are hypothesized to be a function of bused student attitudes toward busing and the interracial climate of acceptance in the receiving schools. The design of this study is that of a…

The Migrant Education Section of the Oregon State Department of Education is responsible for providing educational and ancillary services to children of migrant agricultural workers. Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), provides payment to state educational agencies for assistance in educating migrant children. Funds provided by…

The report described one relatively small but extensively researched special admission and compensatory education program at The Claremont Colleges, California. The Program of Special Directed Studies for Transition to College (PSDS) was administered by the Claremont University Center. PSDS was a 5-year experimental project primarily funded by the…

As part of a social studies instruction improvement program, measurement instruments were developed to measure attitudes of and evaluate courses for teachers and students in grades 3-12. The measurement instruments presented are surveys used in the social studies program. The purposes of the improvement project are to use the multimedia approach…

The program covers two Texas public school districts, Harlandale and San Marcos, and Southwest Texas State University. This report, however, deals only with the Harlandale Bilingual Education Program, which provides bilingual education for pupils in grades K-5 who have limited English speaking ability. Objectives are: to reduce their educational…

This selective abstract bibliography cites 123 recent ERIC documents about Project Head Start and Project Follow Through. Included are reports of research and, evaluation and program descriptions. Entries were taken from "Research in Education" (RIE) and from "Current Index to Journals in Education" (CIJE), January 1972 through…

Major elements of the Florida Parent Education Follow Through Program are: (1) training mothers (two to each classroom) in the role of combined parent educator and teacher auxiliary; (2) training the teacher to use paraprofessional personnel; (3) developing materials for family use which take into account not only the school's goals for the child,…

This book was written for concerned individuals who are interested in making the last quarter- century a time of sustained drives toward true quality education for every black child, youth and adult. The book examines the sources of schooling such as networks of metropolitan colleges and cradle schools. The reciprocal relationship of education and…

The feasibility study concerns itself with the possible school district reorganization for the Pawnee and Divernon School Districts. Citizens' committees, boards of education, administration, and teachers provided consultant information about their schools. The evaluation committees, comprised of citizens from the Pawnee and Divernon School…

The major objectives of this Crystal City, Texas program were dropout prevention, the development of a relevant curriculum for Mexican Americans, and the acquirement of innovative methods and techniques for the successful implementation of programs developed by the project staff. The initial 100 students participating in the Opportunities for…

This compilation includes descriptions and data for some 298,000 children and youth in 230 school systems. National Leadership Institute/Teacher Education (NLITE) staff estimates that this represents less than one-fifth of the number of effective programs in operation and compilation is therefore an on-going operation with expanded reports issued…