The Ledger compiles and disseminates information about economic education from various sources. The newsletter is published during the school year as a public service by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Typical issues contain a lead article, announcement of upcoming workshops, innovative educational programs, and listings of material. A lead…

This annotated bibliography covers literature on work evaluation and adjustment for the period 1947 to 1973. The 801 entries include articles, speeches, research and demonstration reports, and unpublished papers related to work evaluation and work adjustment. Many of the entries concern the vocational evaluation of the physically and mentally…

An instrument was designed to test the effects of a human relations training program which conformed to the Minnesota State Guidelines for imparting knowledge, building skills, and developing positive attitudes toward special groups. The training program followed a model for maximizing instruction summarized in Glaser and Resnick (1972) and drew…

Project Unidos is an E.S.E.A. Title VII Bilingual/Bicultural program in Riverside County, California. The project is responsible for the organization and administration of inservice and preservice programs for approximately 43 certified teachers and 43 classified instructional assistants. This is the final evaluation report on a series of summer…

This paper reports on a Right to Read summer workshop held for selected classroom teachers. The objectives of the workshop were to provide the teachers with new reading related concepts, techniques, and materials so they could return to their own schools and share their knowledge and attitudes with other teachers. A total of 30 teachers…

This article proposes a) a rationale for the development of teachers' centers, b) a model teacher center, and c) a model for the position of facilitator for staff development at the center. The rationale focuses on the voluntary exchange of teachers' ideas concerning their professional and personal lives. The model teacher center, based on the Bay…

This manual, aimed at all levels of educational development, presents procedures and suggestions for designing and conducting workshop in community-school relations. Part A discusses situations in which workshops can be beneficial, the objectives for a community-school workshop and the cost. Part B offers explicit directions for conducting the…

Fictitious data for a hypothetical county are used to illustrate the basic terminology and methodologies which may be used in population and enrollment projections. Assignment material together with sample computer solutions are provided. The appendices include material on the following topics: (1) major elements of a community needs survey; (2)…

This document is designed to assist college and university administrators locate places where they can obtain help on management procedures throughout 1974. Activities sponsored by associations, corporations, and consulting groups, in addition to a number of seminars and short-term professional development courses given at colleges and…

In the rehabilitation workshop there is insufficient attention to job development oriented to the current and future needs of industry. Many types of work which were done in vocational workshops in contract from industrial firms are now done by automation. Semiskilled labor is thus in diminished demand. There is a twenty year lag in the industrial…

The contents of this volume represent the invited contributions to the conference and are categorized according to special (invited) addresses, symposia, and workshops. Special addresses were conceptualized to view environmental design research in a holistic way, incorporating changing societal and political conditions. Lynton K. Caldwell spoke on…

The New Orleans model for parent-infant education involves the use of non-professional workers, trained by professional staff, who teach general concepts of child development and child management to groups of disadvantaged mothers. Two themes are stressed: the parent is now and will be the child's most important teacher, and all the baby's time is…

This report covers the proceedings of a hearing on the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, a bill to authorize grants for vocational rehabilitation services. A discussion of funding, state and federal responsibilities, grants, administration, evaluation, and the establishment of an Office for the Handicapped ensues. The bill calls for research, training,…

This publication consists of the proceedings of two workshop activities concerned with curriculum change in black colleges. Part I consists of five presentations: humanities with a black focus; interdisciplinary instruction; the Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy; innovations in instruction at North Carolina Central University; and…

The manual was designed to serve as a reference guide for in-service training of teachers, counselors, administrators, and other personnel who are involved in planning and implementing special vocational education programs for disadvantaged or handicapped students. It is part of a complete teacher training program to be used with supplementary…