This document presents a pilot training program which developed, diffused, and evaluated the application of a selected group of research and development (R&D) techniques for planning and initiating change in the public schools. The training model resulted from suggestions of an interdisciplinary development team at the University of Kansas. The…

This report describes a pilot school's experiences with new governance techniques involving a high degree of student participation. A staff member account of these experiences describes the structure used by the school for staff-student power sharing and discusses staff and student reaction to this structure. He provides a personal assessment of…

Pilot reading materials in the Navaho language have been prepared by a study group of 6 university students in the interest of teaching Navajo children to read their own language first. The 11 products developed were based on the language-control approach although drawings were used to initiate a language-experience approach. In the materials, a…

The Reading is FUNdamental program is funded by the Ford Foundation and sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution. Its advisory board is composed of people from diverse fields. It is designed to motivate children to read through experiencing the joy and pride of owning books of their own choice, and its purpose is to help develop and give technical…

PILOT PROGRAMS WERE CONDUCTED TO DEVELOP AND TEST INNOVATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION THAT WOULD (1) IMPROVE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION FOR FARMERS AND PROSPECTIVE FARMERS, AND (2) PROVIDE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR OCCUPATIONS OTHER THAN FARMING IN WHICH KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL IN AGRICULTURAL SUBJECTS ARE NECESSARY FOR SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYMENT.…

A HOME ECONOMICS UNIT, "LIVING WITH SMALL CHILDREN," WAS SELECTED FOR A PILOT RESEARCH PROJECT FOR EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROCEDURES USED IN TEACHING CHILD DEVELOPMENT. THE 4-WEEK UNIT WAS TAUGHT IN SEVEN SCHOOLS WITH NINE HOME ECONOMICS TEACHERS PARTICIPATING. THERE WERE 18 CLASSES OF HOMEMAKING I AND 315 STUDENTS. SUGGESTIONS…

At a time when innovative programs of the sixties are quickly falling out of the picture, Reading Is FUNdamental, after ten years and five million free paperbacks, continues to expand and show results. (Editor)

Describes the Taft Museum In-School program, a cooperative art education project with the Cincinnati public schools which combines a program conducted at the Museum with classroom visits by Museum staff. (BR)

Children with asthma were selected as a target group for a school-based health education program jointly planned and conducted by health and educational personnel in order to (1) address identified health needs of children and (2) evaluate the effectiveness of problem-specific health courses. (MJB)

This issue presents information about the Concern for Children in Placement (CIP) project which promotes a cost-effective case monitoring system to assist courts and agencies in knowing where children under their supervision are placed and why. The CIP pilot test is described and plans for wider dissemination are presented. (JMB)

Several projects are described which are exploring tools and techniques for interlibrary cooperation in an effort to improve services for users. (STS)

Both the experimental group (receiving positive feedback) and the social skills group (receiving special social skills training) showed significant reduction in absentee rates in relation to the no-treatment control group. (MB)

Describes activities in the development of the project, Home-based Employment to Accomplish Rehabilitation (HEAR). This description is intended to serve as a guideline for replicating similar programs with any group of homebound individuals. Project objectives, effect of home-based employment, guidelines, and enhancing professionalism are topics…

Outlines research using a behavioral measure of self-disclosure in a natural small group setting and compares the results with those obtained in a laboratory dyadic exchange. (MH)

Finds that user responses to a pilot test of a voice mail system were generally favorable and that training and usage aids were effective. Recommends the continuation of voice mail and identifies improved "intershift" communication as an important advantage. (JD)