The Farmington Public Schools (Michigan) have developed a special fund that they make available to teachers for innovative curriculum development. The funds serve as start up money for pilot programs. Some successful programs have been implemented systemwide as a result of the pilot projects. (MD)

The authors report on a conference on career development at the University of Texas at Austin that was designed to offer undergraduate women the opportunity to discuss their career choices with professional women from the university or community. (Author/RP)

Sophisticated techniques are rapidly replacing the crude adaptations of "normal" programs in curriculum, remediation, and learning environment design. (Author)

Describes a school that emphasizes short-term goals to help achieve self-confidence. The adolescent program includes four interconnecting parts: the academic classroom; home economics; industrial arts; and an evening program of art, music, guidance, and physical education. (Author/JF)

Since January 1972, the Open University has been operating a project for the undergraduate education of the growing number of hearing-impaired students. These students face psychological, social and linguistic problems and other difficulties which arise from their isolation in the world, their limited ability to communicate and their educational…

Describes the development of a special program for farmers children in the Philippines set up by the Extension Department of the University at Los Banos. (GB)

The U.S. Commissioner of Education describes the responsibilities, activities, and plans of the government for the education of the academically above average. (Editor)

Describes a special help program at the Roosevelt Elementary School in South Plainfield, New Jersey, involving the development of physical skills, with social and academic aspects as well. (NL)

Evidence was sought to test the claim that many young children lack the abilities prerequisite to taking standardized tests and therefore, perform poorly. Curricular materials were designed and implemented in an effort to increase the test-wiseness of children unfamiliar with standardized tests. The experimental group improved significanly after…

A special program creating a miniature community inside the school provides students with real-life curriculum. (GB)

Describes a new standard that seeks to encourage motivation and an imaginative approach by the college or university in providing quality instruction to its various constituents in special programs. (Author/ML)

The need for community colleges to change their programs to meet the needs of industries, businesses, and the professions is discussed. (GB)

Describes opening of special school whose objective is to provide uninterrupted education for pregnant students. Not only does this school reduce load on homebound instruction, but it also provides link between it and reincorporation into school system. (Author)

To keep the state educational system attuned to technological activities and to be relevant to basic skills learning, a Technology for Children Program (T4C) was created by the New Jersey Department of Education. T4C provides K-6 students with experience in problem solving and inventiveness. (CM)

Reports on the results of the "Program for Verbally Gifted Youth" (PVGY) initiated by the Departments of German and Classics at Johns Hopkins University, and particularly on the one-year experience with a beginning German course. Describes the students as eighth graders selected for their high verbal aptitude. (MES)