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Hierta, Ebba L., Ed.; Axelrod, Pearl G., Ed. – 1980
This summary report from a 3-year research and demonstration project describes the framework, methods and materials used by the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) Day Care Project. The project served approximately 750 children and their families through day care centers and family day care…
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Community Coordination, Consultation Programs, Day Care Centers
Lyons, Naomi, Ed. – 1979
Founded in 1972 by the Twin Cities Indian community, the Red School House is an Indian designed alternative to education in the public schools that involves Indian community participation and control, a culturally based curriculum, and the encouragement of student self-awareness, confidence, and pride. In 1976 the school was named by the U.S.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Studies
Johnson, Sylvia T. – 1976
A model of self concept in children was examined by conducting a construct validation of a self concept instrument, the Self-Appraisal Inventory (SAI). The SAI was an 80-item instrument with four subscales: General, Family, Peer and Scholastic, all of which were based on behavioral objectives. The model was made more useful for a school setting…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education
Wiencek, Ruth, Ed. – 1978
Information on financial aid programs is provided in this guide for students. The introduction discusses where the labor movement stands on educational needs. The contents of the publication are as follows: Meeting College Costs through a Financial Aid Package; How to Cut Educational Costs; How Students' Financial Aid Needs Are Analyzed; Low…
Descriptors: College Students, Directories, Educational Finance, Federal Aid
Thurston, Eric L., Ed.; Hafner, Lawrence E., Ed. – 1965
Focusing on the philosophical and sociological bases of reading, the papers in this volume were drawn from the fourteenth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1964. Among the topics covered in the 27 papers are the following: the philosophy and sociology of reading; reading reform; adult literacy; paperback books; factors in…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Cloze Procedure, College Students
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1978
The transcript of joint hearings on college assistance legislation before the Senate Committee on Human Resources and the House Committee on Education and Labor is presented. The hearings concern amendment of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG) program. Witnesses included Joseph A. Califano,…
Descriptors: College Students, Eligibility, Family Income, Federal Aid
Senate Committee of Canada (Ontario). Standing Senate Committee on Health, Welfare and Science. – 1978
Experiences in prenatal life and early childhood that may cause personality disorders or criminal behavior in later life are examined in these proceedings of the Subcommittee on Childhood Experience as Causes of Criminal Behavior of the Standing Committee on Health, Welfare and Science. This issue, the fifteenth in a series of 19 hearings dating…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Alienation, Antisocial Behavior, Attachment Behavior
Claus, Richard – 1979
The 1979 summer school phase of the Cooperative Project in American Indian Development successfully met its objectives: to conduct a seven-day enrichment program to meet the needs of American Indian elementary school students for cultural awareness, enrichment, and social and recreational activities, and to field test some American Indian…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians, Camping
Providence School Dept., RI. – 1978
A curriculum package designed for Providence, Rhode Island's proposed magnet school program is presented in this report. Included are the curricula for Health Careers, Creative, Performing and Communications Arts, Business and Management, and Government and Law Magnet Programs. General information about each curriculum covers overall goals,…
Descriptors: Art Education, Basic Skills, Business Education, Career Exploration
South Carolina Coll. Council. Greenville. – 1978
The impact of financial aid on the distribution of undergraduates among South Carolina's postsecondary institutions during the 1972-73 to 1977-78 academic years was studied. The major purpose of the study was to determine and to demonstrate how changes in educational costs, family ability to pay for those costs, and available financial aid…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Admission, College Choice, College Students
Burlingame, Martin – 1979
The finding that turnover rates for school superintendents are highest in small districts has been reflected in a number of studies. To further examine the finding, a survey in Illinois used a stratified random sample of 100 school districts, 32 of which had 499 or less students. With 1974-75 as a base year, the average years served by…
Descriptors: Administrators, Board of Education Policy, Career Change, Case Studies
Texas Migrant Council, Inc., Laredo.
Since 1969 a bright yellow van with "Texas Migrant Council" painted on the side has symbolized hope for progress for thousands of Texas migrants. The van itself is a mobile school that follows migrant families out of their home base state of Texas to northern labor camps each summer. It brings with it books, teachers, health care, hot…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Alcoholism, Child Abuse, Early Childhood Education
Dunn, John M., Ed.; Harris, Jerry L., Ed. – 1979
Twenty papers presented at the Oregon state conference on "Inservice Physical Education and Public Law 94-142" are included in the volume. The first section focuses on the inservice challenge and includes papers on subjects such as the accountability of inservice training for implementation of Public Law 94-142, the practical…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adapted Physical Education, Administrator Role, Conference Reports
1979
Passed by the Minnesota legislature in 1977, the innovative American Indian Language and Culture Education Act provided for the establishment of American Indian language and culture education programs designed (1) to make the curriculum more relevant to the needs, interest, and cultural heritage of American Indian pupils, (2) to provide positive…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages
FACKLAM, JAMES; TIBBETT, JOHN H. – 1967
AN ATTEMPT TO OFFER MORE THAN A REMEDIAL PROGRAM TO UNDERACHIEVERS, THIS PROJECT WAS A 6-WEEK SUMMER SESSION DEVOTED TO TEACHING BASIC READING AND MATHEMATICS CONCEPTS IN AN INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING SETTING. EMPHASIS WAS ON CULTURE AND THE COMMUNITY, BUT PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND RECREATION WERE ALSO INCLUDED. UNDUE CONFLICT, COMPETITION, AND PRESSURE…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Curriculum Design, Educational Innovation, Educational Testing
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