Fifty abstracts present studies completed for the master's degree at The Cardinal Stritch College. Of these, 37 deal with reading, and 13 treat the education of the mentally handicapped. Each abstract reviews the problem, procedure, and findings and includes summary and conclusions. The original reports are available from the Stritch College…

The report evaluates some 300 items of literature dealing with programs for mid-life career redirection. A 20-page introductory chapter presents background information, a general description of target groups, and suggestions for further research in mid-life redirection of careers. Part one, Mid-Life Redirectors: Sources and Opportunities, contains…

Contracted by the Select Council on Post-High School Education in Florida with the Southern Regional Education Board, this study was designed to provide information and observations which the Council could use in formulating suggestions and recommendations for the special post-high school educational needs of Negro students. The issues to which…

Presented is an independent evaluation of a Title I cooperative effort to create a "model school" in the Bedford Stuyvesant area of New York City. Project Beacon of Yeshiva University, the local school board, and P.S. 129 sought to develop innovative approaches, improve student achievement and instruction, and rehabilitate dropouts. The…

The educational operations for children in the Northwest Territories and for Eskimos in Arctic Quebec are presented in this review of the 1964-65 school year. This publication, the second annual report of the Education Services Division of the Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, lists as one of its goals the preparation of young…

One of a series, this publication contains forty articles on educational change taking place in Kentucky elementary schools in the areas of school organization, educational practices, experimental projects and programs, and philosophies. A brief description of this series is given in SO 002 584. The publication, covering a wide range of…

Comprised mainly of tabular data, this 1975-76 annual report on the American Indian Education Program in Eastern Oklahoma presents statistics, a brief narrative highlighting the year's accomplishments, and an appendix. Specifically, this report includes statistical tables on the: number of schools; enrollment and average daily attendance of all…

This second section of the Annual Report of Federal Security Agency for the Fiscal Year 1945 provides the U.S. Commissioner of Education's annual report. In part II of the 1944 Annual Report of the U. S. Office of Education there was set forth a plan of organization to improve the services of the Office to American education. During the fiscal…

Recounts the experiences of a California middle school class that produces an ongoing magazine of oral histories. The multilingual, multicultural, working-class students have interviewed hundreds of participants. In the process they have learned how to research, interview, transcribe, and publish. Includes sample transcripts from the magazine.…

Describes the effects of technology on teaching, learning, and teacher-student relationships in a public school program for pregnant teenagers (mostly ethnic minorities). The teacher's role changed from leader with all knowledge to guide and partner in learning. Students' roles changed from resistant nonachievers to more confident, enthusiastic…

Argues that some educators view the integration of children with special needs into regular schools as a fundamental right. Examines British government statistics relating to the education of special needs children and examines the rights of the children and their parents. (CFR)

Helen Ladd takes a comparative look at policies that the world's industrialized countries are using to assure a supply of high-quality teachers. Her survey puts U.S. educational policies and practices into international perspective. Ladd begins by examining teacher salaries--an obvious, but costly, policy tool. She finds, perhaps surprisingly,…

This directory describes programs for gifted students in the public schools of Delaware. Separate sections provide listings for elementary programs, intermediate programs, high school programs, college programs, and summer programs. Descriptions of 55 district-level programs provide information such as: program administrator; contact persons;…

This report discusses strategies to increase the retention rate of students in the following Special Programs sponsored by the City University of New York: (1) Search for Education, Elevation and Knowledge (SEEK); (2) the College Discovery Program (CD); and (3) the College Discovery and Development Program (CDDP). Section 1 covers strategies used…

Nationally, disabled persons have more than twice the college drop-out rate and only half the attendance rate of the non-disabled population. In 1990 a study was conducted at Gavilan Community College to investigate the relationship of five self-concept constructs to students' academic ability, persistence, disability status and other selected…