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Koble, Daniel E., Jr., Ed.; Coker, Robert U., Ed. – 1974
The 1973 seminar focused on improving administrative activities of State vocational education agencies, and emphasis was given to the processes and innovative concepts related to the maintenance and improvement of administrative activities. Guidelines and position papers were presented in the following areas: (1) The Role of Vocational Education…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance
Gran, James R. – 1974
This 4-year followup study of graduates of the Jackson County Adult Evening School Completion Program is the fourth 4-year study to be completed. The study attempted to measure the benefits received by the 1970 graduates in the educational, social, and financial areas. General information was obtained from a questionnaire that required information…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Age, Class Attitudes
Mojkowski, Charles; Mellor, Kenneth – 1974
The information agent extension system implemented in the Rhode Island Department of Education resulted from modifications made to the model developed by the National Center for Educational Communication (now the Office of Research and Development Resources in the National Institute of Education). The Rhode Island system houses its agents in the…
Descriptors: Consultants, Consultation Programs, Extension Agents, Extension Education
Guidubaldi, John; And Others – 1974
The present study involved the evaluation of the effectiveness of four types of preschool programs on the educational development of lower and middle class children. Middle class children were exposed to "unit" and "cognitive" based preschool programs; lower class children were exposed to "day care" and Montessori…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Day Care, Educational Experience
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1974
The General Accounting Office (GAO) undertook this review to test the effectiveness of the Upward Bound program, which is administered by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's (HEW) Office of Education (OE). This program was designed to provide low income students who are potentially successful but inadequately trained, with skills…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Bound Students, College Preparation, Compensatory Education
Mattera, Gloria; Steel, Eric M. – 1974
Since 1966, more than 1,900 projects have been funded by the 1965 Title I Elementary and Secondary Education Act Migrant Amendment and the 1964 Economic Opportunity Act for migrant children's problems of educational continuity, health, and other needed services. This paper describes various exemplary programs selected for comprehensiveness of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Community Programs, Educational Programs, Financial Support
Shoreline School District 412, Seattle, WA. – 1972
The goals of this project were to solve the educational problems of providing an instrumental music curriculum and achieving physiological and social changes through dance for children in special education classes (K-12). Innovative methods emphasized were: 1) neuromuscular skills set to music; and, 2) a modification of the Orff methods and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Dance, Elementary Education, Handicapped Children
New York Univ., NY. Center for Field Research and School Services. – 1972
The educational program in Community School District Number 24 was supplemented by a quality incentive grant from State Urban Education funds. These funds were used to establish a Corrective Reading Program and anEnglish as a Second Language Program which were supported by school volunteers. The primary objectives of the Corrective Reading Program…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teacher Aides, Class Organization, Educational Diagnosis
New York Univ., NY. Center for Field Research and School Services. – 1972
The program of reading acceleration, remediation, and enrichment for secondary school students in poverty areas of the city was designed for eleventh and twelfth grade students reading between a 4.0 and 7.0 grade equivalency range. During the fall semester 56, and during the spring semester 62, low-income population academic and vocational high…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Resources, Individualized Reading, Inner City
Davies, Ruth Ann – 1974
The modern school media center is a learning laboratory whose function is to enrich, to vitalize, and humanize the educational program. Relating the library program to today's educational goals, this book details the design of the media center and the role of the library media specialist in curriculum development and support. Chapters are devoted…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Criteria, Facility Guidelines
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1973
This publication reviews a statewide change effort in New York conceived of as a comprehensive, systematic process of change involving the participation of a total community in the examination and redefinition of its educational needs and goals. As a change strategy, Redesign attempts to deal with the entire system of education and is concerned…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Demonstration Programs, Educational Change
WGBH-TV, Boston, MA. – 1972
An evaluation of the demonstration Urban Conservation Project (UCP) produced by WGBH, Boston's public television station, is presented. The project, released under the title "If You Live in a City, Where Do You Live?", seeks to link the value systems represented by the predominantly rural American conservation ethic with the plight and…
Descriptors: Books, Citizen Participation, Conservation Education, Curriculum Development
Marinelli, Joseph J. – 1972
Reported in the manual are systems procedures to assess needs of educable mentally retarded (EMR) children and adults in three Florida counties in terms of EMR student and teacher assessment, EMR classroom programs, job opportunities, and services available, as a first step in developing a total curriculum. Described are the project's 3 year…
Descriptors: Administration, Agencies, Community Services, Curriculum Development
Joiner, Lee M.; And Others – 1972
Evaluated was a New York City summer enrichment program for 357 educable, trainable, or brain damaged elementary and secondary school children. Objectives of the program were measured improvement in social and emotional development, cognitive development, hobby skill development, and physical fitness. Evaluation consisted of observation,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary School Students, Enrichment, Exceptional Child Education
Mortimore, David E.; And Others – 1973
In September, 1969, a radically innovative program for middle school children was undertaken at Theodore Roosevelt Junior High School, one of eight junior high schools in School District 4J, Eugene, Oregon. Because the Roosevelt program is one that goes far beyond the usual idea of innovation, it is anticipated that this program description will…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Experiments
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