Educators are presently engaged in testing the hypothesis that under favorable conditions bilingual schooling will improve the education of both bilinguals and monolingual English-speaking children and at the same time contribute to a healthier society. These prerequisite favorable conditions are: a socio-economic-cultural survey of the community…

Primary objectives of the program were: (1) to meet the educational needs of those children who experience learning difficulties because of the inability to understand or speak the language of instruction, and (2) to maintain a sense of pride in the student's language and culture. During 1974-75, the program's 4th year of operation, there were…

This is a position paper by the Harford County, Maryland Board of Education addressing the human relations problems in the school system. It enumerates the following specific plans: (1) The hiring of minority persons will be emphasized; minority persons will be promoted into leadership positions when possible; and in the hiring and promoting of…

A questionnaire was developed and administered to 200 present and past Chicano Advisory Committee (CAC) members, including Chicano and non-Chicano faculty, college administrators, and Chicano students, staff, and community members. Information was gathered on the role the CAC plays in policy-making at Pasadena City College (California).…

The module is the sixth of a series of seven discrete modules designed to assist elementary school teachers in the development of a career education program or to enrich an already established program. Module 6 may be used separately or in conjunction with the other modules. Purposes for involving local residents and employers in a career…

The Bilingual Mini-Head Start program which offers service to migrant children and their families over a 6,000 mile circuit using a totally paraprofessional teaching staff, consists of 6 components: instruction, staff training, parent and community involvement, materials development, relocating delivery system, and management. An interim…

The focus of this paper is on the program authorized in the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. It is noted that the intent of the legislation was to develop strategies for change at the local level by involving local populations in the planning and implementation of programs tailored to meet their social, economic, and educational needs. In Part…

The guide is part of a six-volume planning and resource program to involve the community in career education. Strategies, goals, resources, and rationale are suggested for directly involving employers in the definition and supply of educational experiences. Included in the guide is an implementation-based model for employer participation, composed…

Helping students develop realistic career goals is a shared responsibility of faculty, administrators, and student services personnel of Firelands Campus, a two-year branch college of Bowling Green State University. Career development at Firelands involves the dean's office, admissions office, veterans affairs office, placement office, and faculty…

This presentation outlines a two week, no credit program offered to secondary students in the Shawnee Mission School District, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, which is designed to develop a "Career Oriented Individual." The program encompasses three phases of development: (1) awareness; (2) exploration; and (3) decision making. Its goal is to increase…

The publication outlines procedures to insure youth involvement in planning, operating, monitoring, and evaluating Youth Development Programs (YDPs) which provide educational, employment, leadership, and other experiences for disadvantaged youth. The programs are funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity through local Community Action Agencies…

This publication discusses the Comprehensive Educational Planning and Evaluation Project, a one-year effort by the Columbus (Ohio) Public Schools to develop an effective model for involving parents, students, community members, and school personnel in planning and evaluation of the school district's activities. This effort involved conducting a…

The involvement of the community is absolutely essential in planning for declining enrollment and school closing. Through the use of the community task force, the frequently painful decisions entailed by a no-growth policy can be made more palatable. There are three types of task forces (the indepth seminar, the six- to eight-week study group, and…

This Idaho State Department of Education Annual Evaluation Report on programs, projects, services and activities funded in whole or in part under Title I Elementary Secondary Education Act is organized in eight parts, as follows. Part One, "Basic State Statistics" includes three sub-sections dealing with project data, student enrollment,…

The purpose of this book is to describe changes in school-community interaction and to suggest appropriate responses by educators in general, and administrators in particular. School community relations are adversely affected by an organizational phenomenon--bureaucracy--and by psychological factors of educators--attitudes, opinions, interests.…