This document is a collection of articles on various subjects related to open education. "Summer Institute as a Prototype," a description of the forerunner of the Workshop Center for Open Education, attemps to convey expectations about the evolution of the workshop process as it develops within the center. "Notes on the Continuum of…

The third annual 6-week summer school program based on the needs of migrant children in the Willcox, Arizona, area was designed as a result of a survey of local school principals. The survey indicated a great need for improvement in reading and mathematical skills, along with nutritional and health services. In the program planning, 5 age groups…

The primary objective of the Federally Assisted Staff Training (FAST) programs for the 1970-71 academic year was to improve the classroom learning environment in participating Title I schools by expanding the ability of teachers to direct their own improvement by using techniques such as interaction analysis, micro-teaching, and student feedback.…

The article describes the special arts program offered each summer to hearing impaired students (6-18 years old) by the Cornish Institute of Allied Arts in Seattle, Washington. (SBH)

Continuing education programs operate year-round at hundreds of colleges and universities, and most focus soberly on solid academic subjects, especially in the summer. The author describes some of the courses being taught throughout the United States. (Author/RK)

Tells how a yearbook staff learned about diverse aspects of yearbook production through attending summer workshops; offers suggestions to aid other yearbook staffs. (GW)

Described is an integrated summer program for 3- to 8-year-old physically handicapped, nonhandicapped, and deaf children. (CL)

Significant gain in leadership areas (fundamentals, written communication, speech communication, values clarification, decision making, group dynamics, problem solving, personal development, and planning) by average to superior sixth- through eleventh-grade participants (N=110) indicated that the summer Leadership Studies Program is an effective…

The article describes a four-week summer course in which an eight-year-old prelingually deaf boy helped undergraduate students learn sign language and the students helped him learn English print word/phrase equivalents. (DB)

These suggestions for children's programs in a rural community library are based on the experiences of the Pittsfield (Illinois) Public Library. The importance of good public relations with the children, the community, and the schools is stressed. A preschool story hour and summer session activities for preschool through grade 4 children are…

The Texas A and M University Principals' Center serves principals by providing them with the orientation, skills, and understanding to enhance their position as instructional leaders in their schools. Some of the services offered include a Summer Academy with nine regional clusters to support principals in their regions, and a toll-free hotline…

Describes a summer writing workshop conducted by author Jake MacDonald for a group of secondary school students. (DF)

Some colleges offer fellowships and grants to enable students to pursue academically relevant summer projects. Some summer fellowship programs emphasize public service works. Some students' summer programs are described including one student's work fighting blindness in Nepal. (MLW)

The Community Adjustment Program (CAP), a summer collaborative effort between a residential school and a public school intermediate unit to instruct visually impaired mainstreamed adolescents in adaptive living and social skills, supplemented the limited daily living instruction available in the public school system. (Author/CL)

Outlines the special summer humanities institutes for secondary school principals that began at three universities in 1984 and were funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. (MD)