An essential part of establishing Project LEM (Learning Experience Module), a program designed for multiage groupings in open-space schools, was the development of a multifaceted informational approach to help assure that facts replaced rumors and enthusiasm replaced parental anxiety. The LEM staff believes that good public relations call for…

The rationale and description of the statistical techniques used in the analysis and evaluation of the reading and mathematics instructional components of the Districts' ESEA Title I programs are outlined. Also included are the 19 questionnaires used to gather staff, administrators, and parents.The data collected from these questionnaires was…

This practicum reports on the introduction of educationally oriented strategies to overcome a "crisis of faith" between three target urban communities and their schools. The coordinated strategies were directed toward the communication of information about school programs and toward the individual involvement of parents. The practicum's effect was…

A program to teach behavioral analysis principles and applications to parents and other caretakers of disturbing children (normal, retarded, neurotic, psychotic, and others) was developed while serving 50 families. A nine-family study was then done comparing three 12-week treatments (minimum contact 1, nonoperant 1, and operant 1) in terms of…

This fact sheet bulletin describes the Urban Day School (UDS) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school contains grades pre-kindergarten through 8, and its student body is drawn from lower income caucasian, Negro and Puerto Rican families. The UDS is a private school, without church affiliation, although it is staffed in part by Dominican Sisters. It…

Conference papers on early childhood education cover the following topics: individual variation among preschoolers in a cognitive intervention program in low income families presented by Phyllis Levenstein, programmatic research on disadvantaged youth and an ameliorative intervention program by Merle B. Karnes and others, special education and…

Thirteen papers on early childhood education are presented on the following topics: stimulation and cognitive development of infants and younger children, curriculum development for young handicapped children, a rationale for sequencing instructional activities for preschool handicapped children, observation of educational activities and…

The pilot program was designed to aid inner-city Detroit public school students to raise and broaden their educational/occupational aspiration levels and plan for their future. The project served 15,000 students from seven elementary schools, two junior high schools, and one high school; control schools were selected to match the experimental…

The purpose of this teaching guide is to orient preschool teachers to the unique needs and abilities of the four-year-old child and to offer a suggested program of pre-kindergarten activities. Specific capabilities characteristic of the four-year-old are listed, followed by the scope of the preschool program in the areas of cognitive development,…

This document provides a questionnaire to be used to determine the attitudes and influence of parents who have children in bilingual education programs. Fifty three statements to be classified by varying degrees of agreement and disagreement are listed concerning parental attitudes toward schools and teachers, the value of education, the value of…

The focus of this book is on the exposition of the principles of the Parkway Program. The program is worthy of description for several reasons: 1) the renovation of our educational system must have a high priority, and the program suggests a possible direction; 2) the story of Parkway is a case study of what happens when an educator sets out to…

This compensatory education program serves approximately 792 disadvantaged children. Thirteen elementary school enrichment learning centers, two tenth grade tutoring programs, an area-wide remedial reading clinic, an instructional service center, and intensive teacher-parent inservice training will be the framework for enrichment experiences.…

An evaluation of a youth and economic opportunities agency's improvement program for preschool children is presented. Objectives of the Head Start program include: (1) Improving the child's physical health and abilities, (2) Helping the emotional and social development of the child, (3) Improving the child's mental processes and skills and…

The primary purpose of this manual is to present actual games used in programs designed to involve Head Start parents in the intellectual and social-emotional development of their children. A brief history of previous experience in working with parents of preschool children is also given. Four primary areas of concern have emerged as the work of…

This appendix to the National Program on Early Childhood Education (NPECE) Survey contains materials intended to provide additional information about six of the nine programs described in the survey. The materials include: (1) narrative descriptions of cooking and reading experiences for the Tucson Early Education Model; (2) information on…