This annual report details the July 1, 1997-September 30, 1998 activities of First Steps, a system of early intervention services for Missouri children with disabilities, developmental delays, or special health care needs from birth to age three and their families. First Steps is a cooperative, collaborative, interagency effort of the state…

This report to the Minnesota Legislature outlines the estimated impact of recent changes made to the Minnesota State Grant Program on students. The Minnesota Higher Education Services Office is a cabinet-level state agency that provides prospective and current post-secondary students with financial aid programs, services and information. The…

The visual instruction section of the division of educational extension of the Bureau of Education has deposited in each of 35 distributing centers throughout the country an average of 113 reels of motion-picture film. In each of these centers these will be at once, or shortly, a part of a motion picture library. The technique of local…

Discussed the responsibilities of the community college toward the local community, and specifically considered the importance of satisfying youth, aged 16 to 19, in order that those transitional years are spent in a positive manner. (RK)

The paper reviews the involvement of the University of Leicester in the inservice education of teachers over recent years and indicates the reasoning behind particular kinds of development. It discusses the university's inservice role in the future, with particular reference to the government White Paper, Education: A Framework for Expansion.…

Adoption of Sinhala and Tamil as the media of instruction in the schools, radio, and the participation of non-governmental agencies in adult education campaigns have all played a part in developing a new rural elite and given rise to a need for vocational training and continuing education in urban areas. (AG)

The purpose of this paper was to review some of the concepts concerning accreditation in higher education and to make an attempt to determine the influence of accrediting practices upon the college and university curriculum. (Author)

Eighteen States have taken positive action to improve their planning processes through better coordination of child development programs. (Author/JN)

Presents a teacher education program that will strongly influence the total faculty and the total institutional program. It includes a specific list of program features. (Author/RK)

A simplified scheme for cataloging and classifying state and municipal documents is now in use at the State University of New York at Albany, employing double Cutter numbers to designate documents by state and agency. A consistent scheme for subject and state Cuttering makes possible both subject and agency approaches. (2 references) (Author/DH)

One purpose of this essay is to attempt to isolate the theoretical sturcture implicit in the traditional metropolitan reform movement so that empirical research can be organized to examine the warrantability of the propositions contained therein; a second is to pose an alternative theoretical structure derived from work of political economists.…

Provides practical suggestions for meeting the anticipated increased costs (6-8 percent) that will normally accompany new dimensions of community education. (Author/JH)

Regarding educational improvement as a continuing process based upon research, feedback, and modification, the effective utilization of educational research in the comprehensive ES'70 program is described as dependent upon the extent to which an effective network of interagency and interpersonal communications is developed. (JK)