To gather empirical evidence about the effects of multiple federal programs on school and school district operations, researchers interviewed teachers, principals, and categorical program coordinators at 24 elementary schools in eight districts across the nation. All the schools had four or more federal categorical programs and were known to be…

The document provides information on physical activities for handicapped and young nonhandicapped children. Activities are explained to include individual, small group, and large group experiences. Entries for five activities provide information on equipment needed; areas of concern (motor, perceptual motor, or physical skills); procedures; rules;…

The first of a three volume report on a project to develop and apply quantitative procedures to measure motor and sensory/motor growth in nonhandicapped and severely/multiply handicapped children presents 17 papers delineating ways to measure motor function. The following motoric functions are considered: visual fixation, visual tracking, visual…

To help New York City public schools reduce the fragmentation of student services and design comprehensive instructional plans, researchers gathered examples of cohesive programs that unify classroom instruction with special compensatory educational services funded by outside sources. Chapter one reviews the problems caused by fragmented…

In 1975 the North Adams State College Education Department joined with the Campus School in developing a collaborative program for the education of both inservice and preservice teachers. This effort led to the creation of area teacher centers. Each center employs a college faculty member as a facilitator to assist cooperating teachers and student…

Continuous recent Teacher Corps involvement with community-based education has led to a conceptual framework for implementing programs. This framework results in better delivery of services to the community through grass roots community development and the use of school facilities for providing programs. The major role of the community coordinator…

Although coordination among programs funded by the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) is occurring, it can be improved by removing barriers and specifying what is to be coordinated and how. HEW's National Coordination Study telephoned 187 agency personnel at federal and local levels in 54 HEW programs and talked in-person to…

The annual report describes goals and objectives, implementation procedures, and results, evaluation, and recommendations of the Piedmont Virginia Community College project to improve vocational guidance and counseling for handicapped students. The project had the following goals: to provide an opportunity for key faculty, staff, counselors, and…

Proceedings from a 1980 symposium on the delivery of education and health services to handicapped children are summarized. Topics briefly addressed include funding, leadership and responsibility, communication and trust, and coordination and collaboration strategies. Fifteen conference recommendations are listed, including that each level of…

Right to Read is a national effort to develop and improve the reading skills of all citizens through the coordinated involvement of every segment of society. This report summarizes the program operations, program support, and agencywide and national coordination activities of the organization during fiscal year 1978. It then details the activities…

Vocational education programs cannot and should not serve all the population groups targeted by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). Rather, they should and must collaborate and cooperate with the manpower community. In order to do that five major policy issues need to be dealt with: getting agreements to collaborate, prime…

This study was conducted to document successful linkage efforts and activities between education agencies and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs. To identify successful linkage efforts, a nomination questionnaire was initially sent to educational institutions; prime sponsors; state agencies active in employment,…

Presented is a Department of Defense Office of Dependents Schools approved list of basic texts and instructional materials in mathematics. Texts and materials were provided by publishers for a review process during the 1977-78 school year by formal review committees. These worldwide committees were composed of students, parents, community…