A Fiscal Year 1968 report is made on employee training in the Federal service. The first section describes purposes of training (staff utilization, improved public service, occupational flexibility, and others) and resulting benefits. Part II summarizes the extent of participation in specific agencies, sources of training (internal, interagency,…

This followup study of the field test and evaluation of selected adult basic education systems was begun in July 1966 and carried out in California, New Jersey, and New York, where the earlier study had been held. The study focused on the impact which the field test and other education and/or training programs had on the participants in terms of…

An experiment in public education for regional planning in a five county area was undertaken by the Sacramento Regional Area Planning Commission jointly with the University of California Extension (Davis) and KCRA-TV; the purpose was to present for public scrutiny a set of preliminary goals. A series of television programs was combined with 160…

This booklet contains descriptions of 150 urban action programs being conducted by Young Men's Christian Associations throughout the United States. Planning principles are included to assist those who wish to adapt the programs to local situations: involvement of people in planning; use of local indigenous leadership; planning in collaboration…

As funded from July 1967 to June 1968 by the Bureau of Work Programs, Operation Mainstream called for employing 120 community aides from the rural poor of the three most northern counties of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, who were to be trained in counseling and problem solving skills. A staff of part time resource development consultants from…

By analyzing the scope and structure of agricultural extension services in Australia, Great Britain, and the United States, this work attempts to set guidelines for measuring progress and guiding extension efforts. Extension training, agricultural policy, and activities of national, international, state, and provincial bodies are examined. The…

The Mississippi Department of Education evaluation of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I programs covers the number of participating students, health and medical services, roles of State and Local Education Agencies, and affirms the effectiveness of the reading programs on disadvantaged students. Other topics commented on are the lack…

This conference report deals with the roles and objectives of adult basic education in manpower development; educational personnel and technology; educational innovation; and special problems in teaching disadvantaged adults. Office of Education activities involving regional university resource specialists are described, as is the learning center…

This report contains a summation of the data collected on the Fiscal Year 1973 Title I Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965 projects in the State of Illinois. The report covers many issues which are relevant to the Title I projects. Such issues are: participation of local educational agencies, program objectives, results of the instructional…

Provided are 19 presentations made to 200 participants in a conference on issues of mainstreaming, career education, and teacher education programs for urban handicapped children. Noted are four conference objectives such as improving communication within states between educational agencies and large city special education (SE) personnel.…

A brief review of the findings of previously funded early childhood research is followed by a complete description and analysis of the longitudinal descriptive studies and longitudinal studies of intervention reported in FY 70 and 71 by the members of the Interagency Panel on Early Childhood Research and Development. The longitudinal descriptive…

This report contains a partial summary of the findings and recommendations resulting from research of the Child Development Associate (CDA) Training Program performed by the National Planning Association (NPA). A brief overview of the following areas is presented: (1) demand and supply of trained personnel in child development programs; (2) issues…

Information is given concerning the library programs and services available to inmates of adult and juvenile correctional institutions under state administration in each of the 50 states. Descriptions include information on library collections, staffing, funding, legal library services, and state library assistance programs. Data were compiled…

The paper examines issues in the delivery of public services in rural areas. The importance of access to urban areas in identifying differences in rural delivery problems is emphasized. It is no longer accurate to equate "rural" with agriculture and farming, drawing a distinction between those who have easy access to an urban area and those who…

The Learning Cooperative, after completion of certain transitional and start-up activities following the announcement of its establishment on September 9, got under way in its newly-acquired headquarters on the afternoon of October 15, 1971. The 145 working days from that date to June 30, 1972, marked a period of activity which resulted in the…