The primary objective of the Agri-Development Program is to elevate the student's level of competency to a level that provides him with the confidence needed to enroll in the regular farm training program. (Author)

Reporting on the second year of Sweden's experimental adult education program inititated in 1970, the article discusses the program's progress in reaching adults with inadequate education who, for geographic, economic, social, and psychological reasons, did not participate in adult education. (MW)

A brief history of the development of the limited-purpose Federal education programs is used as background to make a case for the diminishing likelihood of a major Federal initiative beyond the presently enacted categorical grant programs. It is noted that present limited Federal programs, centering on education for the disadvantaged have been…

Various policy issues surrounding educational voucher plans are explored: Who would provide schools under such plans? What rules would govern enrollment (including concerns about one-race schools)? What variety of schooling should be permitted and how would they be evaluated? Voucher plans are compared with other related educational reforms in…

An examination of the language of the disadvantaged, particularly black dialect, exploring the conflicting views of the deficit and difference model theorists. The necessity of distinguishing between meaning and structure is emphasized as a potential avenue of reconciliation for the two divergent perspectives. (EH)

An account of an assistant principal's efforts to assist new and inexperienced teachers to remain in education, focusing on solving the problems of 3 basic types of new teachers: (1) the scared to death, but tries to teach them anyway teacher, (2) the managerial efficiency teacher, and (3) the idealistic teacher. (EH)

The article discusses the ISSCS in Normal, Illinois, a residential facility providing for the emotional, educational, and psychological needs of dependent neglected children and minors in need of supervision. (Author)

Statements, prepared statements, letters, and supplemental materials from a regional congressional hearing to review the implementation of and funding for 14 education programs authorized by the School Improvement Act of 1988 are included in this report. Some of the programs include compensatory education, Head Start, science improvement, teacher…

This study was designed to investigate the effects of the changes suggested in the Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Education in Western Australia (Beazley Report) and the Report of the Ministerial Working Party on School Certification and Tertiary Admissions Procedures (McGaw Report). Special attention was directed to the impact that the…

This report describes and evaluates the Boise (Idaho) School District's operation of a Chapter 1 Project, the Elementary Structured Tutoring Program. The project provides tutoring in reading and mathematics skills to educationally deprived students in grades 2-6. Tutors are either paraprofessional adults or supervised students (grades 4-6) who…

About 60 percent of Binghamton's pupil population come from low income families; close to 1,000 pupils are provided remediation under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. This program provides educationally and economically needy people with ways to succeed. The program's attributes for success are as follow: (1) clear…

Chapter 1 is the largest federal education program in existence. It provides extra services to help low-achieving students and is targeted primarily at areas where low-income families reside. Parent involvement in designing and implementing the program is an essential part of Chapter 1. However, the parent involvement component is often not as…

Several reforms recently proposed for secondary schools and their impact on students and schools are discussed. One type of reform being proposed for secondary schools is aimed at students and at the schools' power to make sorting judgments about students. Examples of these reforms are differentiated diplomas, minimal competency tests for…

This report based on data collected from 17 school districts in eight states throughout the country, examines how local school districts allocate Chapter 1 and related resources to public school and private school students and describes the distribution of Chapter 1 resources. The report is organized into eight chapters. Chapter 1 presents an…

Project STAR (Elementary) in the Cleveland Public Schools is designed to improve reading and vocabulary skills for grades 4-6 by providing 2,700 selected students with daily 40-minute sessions in STAR Learning Centers in 42 elementary schools. Eight to twelve students at a time use an individualized, self-pacing audio approach to remedial reading…