Project EPIC (Educational Preparation for Involvement in Careers) was conducted to study the best methods and techniques of infusing career education into the curriculum in five schools with high proportion of low-income children in the Jefferson County School System (Kentucky). The project had five basic goals: (1) provide low income children…

This program attempted to plan, develop, and implement a comprehensive community-involvement career education program for grades K-12 in the Uintah School District (Utah), which has approximately 5,000 students in a remote, rural setting. Project activities included (1) conducting a needs assessment of students, teachers, and parents for career…

An American Association of Community and Junior Colleges (AACJC) project disseminated career education programs and products to community colleges. It conducted a national survey of all community, junior, and technical colleges to identify status of career education and clarify their needs for assistance; conducted a followup survey of…

This manual provides resource information for state staff in planning, implementing, and evaluating vocational education programs and services for special needs students. Part 1 focuses on development of vocational education programs for youth and adults with academic or economic handicaps which prevent them from succeeding in regular vocational…

This technical report discusses the development of a framework for identifying a battery of measures to be used in evaluating Head Start program effects on children 3 to 7 years of age. The report consists of an overview and five chapters, and provides eight appendices (in two additional volumes). Among the topics addressed are background…

The purpose of this project was to (1) engage in a statewide survey of early intervention programs concerned with the school-age child and his or her family, and (2) to examine a "family impact" model focused on two systems: the family and the school. A particular focus of the survey was on programs whose methods of impacting, (i.e.…

The student teaching experience at Queens College is a cooperative venture between university supervisors, cooperating teachers, administrators, and student teachers. In an effort to evaluate and improve this performance based program, the education department surveyed cooperating teachers. Survey results indicate that the teachers were interested…

A SURVEY OF 45 SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL FROM 22 STATES AND ONE FOREIGN COUNTRY ATTENDING THE 1967 NDEA FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE HELD AT CENTRAL WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE PROVIDED A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO ANALYZE NATIONAL THINKING ON THE PROBLEM OF UNSTABLE ENROLLMENT TRENDS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL RUSSIAN PROGRAMS AND, CONSEQUENTLY, TO SUGGEST WAYS OF…

DURING THE PAST FEW DECADES, A NUMBER OF UNIONS HAVE HELPED MEMBERS TO RETRAIN TO COPE WITH TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE OR TO UPGRADE TRADE OR CRAFT SKILLS, AND SOME UNIONS HAVE PARTICIPATED WITH EMPLOYERS IN JOINT APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS AND SIMILAR EFFORTS. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROVISIONS FOR RETRAINING HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO KEEP AS MANY WORKERS AS…

IN 1959, THE TWO EXISTING SPECIAL CLASSES FOR BRAIN INJURED CHILDREN IN NEW YORK CITY WERE EVALUATED BY OBSERVATIONS, EXAMINATION OF THE STUDENTS' MEDICAL AND EDUCATIONAL RECORDS, AND INTERVIEWS WITH TEACHERS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, PSYCHIATRISTS, AND SPEECH AND OTHER SPECIALISTS. RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE IN AN INTERIM REPORT. A LONGITUDINAL STUDY WAS…

THIS REPORT DESCRIBES A 5-YEAR PROGRAM IN A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SERVING A DISADVANTAGED POPULATION. FROM THE OUTSET THE PROGRAM HAS AIMED TO RAISE ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS, ENCOURAGE ABLE STUDENTS TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION, OFFER CULTURAL ENRICHMENT, ENHANCE PUPIL SELF-IMAGE, REDUCE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS, INVOLVE PARENTS IN THE…

THIS REPORT ASSESSES TITLE I COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECTS FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH IN MASSACHUSETTS. THE PROJECTS ARE DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISORY SERVICES, PLANS FOR EVALUATION AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION, PROBLEM AREAS, COORDINATION WITH COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS, INTERRELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER TITLES OF THE ELEMENTARY AND…

EACH OF THE 22 COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECTS CONDUCTED IN THE DES MOINES, IOWA, PUBLIC SCHOOLS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AND SUMMER IS SEPARATELY EVALUATED IN THIS REPORT. SOME OF THE PROJECTS CONCENTRATED ON INSTRUCTION IN READING, LANGUAGE ARTS, MATHEMATICS, HUMANITIES, OR PRACTICAL SCIENCE. OTHERS OFFERED SPECIAL SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES. A…

TWO 6-WEEK WORKSHOPS WERE CONDUCTED AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOR 60 SELECTED VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE TEACHERS FROM 17 STATES DURING THE SUMMERS OF 1965 AND 1966 WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF (1) UPGRADING TEACHERS IN THE DISTRIBUTIVE PHASES OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, (2) ACQUANTING TEACHERS WITH SUPERVISED TRAINING METHODS, (3) HELPING RURAL HIGH…

THIS DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING IN THE WASHOE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RESULTED FROM A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY AN EXPERIENCED LANGUAGE TEACHER. USING DATA GLEANED FROM QUESTIONNAIRES DISTRIBUTED TO THE UNIVERSITY FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDENTS AND INFORMATION GATHERED FROM CLASS…