This document provides an abbreviated descriptive summary of each Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I project implemented by local education agencies in New York State during fiscal year 1976. The information is presented by county. Financial data is indicated. Amendments to the original Title I, ESEA, include Public Law 89-750…

This publication discusses the need for feasible alternative methods of reaching consensus about major educational issues and identifies several methods that reflect the pluralistic nature of education and yet can produce unified policy directions for education at the national, state, and local levels. Section 1 focuses on the need for and nature…

Listed are approximately 80 projects funded by the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. Among projects are demonstration treatment centers, innovative demonstration centers, demonstration resource centers, training demonstrations, and research projects. Information on each project usually includes the following: project number, title, brief…

Libraries frequently reject automation because of high costs and lack of expertise. A simple, economical, automated serials records system is presented, based on storage of data on IBM cards. The system was implemented at the Radford College Library to best meet numerous needs. Samples of files and reports are given along with maintenance…

Free-lance librarianship is discussed, and retired librarians are urged to start their own information service as a business. Because computer based storage and retrieval systems are not socially, politically, or economically integrated, and one library cannot hold all information, new needs are emerging for information services. For example, a…

The purpose of this guide is to provide basic factual information about the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC), its data base, its operation, and its functions. It is intended for libraries which have not yet participated in OCLC, but would be useful as a reference guide in all libraries. Presented in question and answer form, the guide consists…

Described is a 10-step model of services for emotionally impaired elementary students which uses mainstreaming techniques and includes consultation, followup, parental involvement, team coordination, innovative programing, and coordination within the school district and community agencies. The model, which is in full compliance with P. L. 92-142…

The speaker outlines some of the difficulties in education that have prompted educators to search for alternative approaches, offers guidelines for the implementation of alternatives, and outlines the alternatives available in the Teaneck, New Jersey, schools. (IRT)

Describes the development, the purpose, and the accomplishments of the writing laboratory at the University of Wisconsin. (RB)

Article described a program designed to help women in protecting themselves against rape. (Editor/RK)

Discussed an architectural project based on student interests providing the initial bridge of the understanding of individual expression and its relationship to architecture. (Author/RK)

Discussed a large contribution to the aesthetic appeal of the East Northumberland Secondary School in Brighton, Ontario by five grade 11 students. (Author/RK)

There is an increasing focus on adult career shifts, and the author describes the need for giving attention to this population through community intervention and through innovative educational-vocational counseling programs designed for this group. She also cites counseling and placement agencies geared especially to women. (Author)

The authors pull together a wide variety of practical methods and media for implementing career guidance programs from kindergarten through maturity. They draw on their extensive work with ERIC-CAPS and summarize several developmental strategies that might be used by teachers, counselors, or program developers. (Author)