Six suggestions for comprehensive secondary reading programs were developed after consideration of comments made by Judith A. Boettcher, Anne E. Newton, Randall J. Ryder, and Roger C. Googins (see related documents). The suggestions are as follows: (1) A comprehensive program must deal with all students who need help; thus, there should be a…

Interactive Research and Development on Teaching (IR&DT) was initially proposed as an alternative to linear educational research and development strategies that often resulted in irrelevant, uninterpretable, time consuming research that did not actively involve teachers. This paper reports on the insights gained from implementing the IR&DT…

IN VIEW OF ITS HEAVY NEGRO POPULATION AND ITS DEEP SOUTH LOCATION, THE PROGRESS OF MEMPHIS TOWARD THE ELIMINATION OF RACE DISCRIMINATION IS REMARKABLE. CONSPICUOUS, THOUGH STILL TOKEN, STRIDES TOWARD DESEGREGATION AND EQUALITY IN SCHOOLS AND EMPLOYMENT HAVE BEEN MADE. GREATER PROGRESS HAS BEEN SEEN IN THE DESEGREGATION OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS. A…

This reference, published under provisions of the Adult Education Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, is designed to help members of the National Advisory Council on Adult Education and the public communicate more effectively and knowledgeably about terms, definitions, and organizations associated with adult learning. Subject areas defined…

Title IV represents the first consolidation of federal education programs. It funds a wide range of items, from school library acquisitions to innovative projects on art education and teenage pregnancy. The major objectives of this study were to describe how the Title IV program operates in states and local school districts; to assess Title IV as…

The progress report of the College and University Program covers activities from 1977 through 1980. The primary purpose of the organization is to assist higher education institutions in Japan and the United States in establishing one-to-one international exchange relationships. Program objectives during this period have focused on binational…

The participative management procedures used in establishing goals, objectives, and priorities at Bucks County Community College (BCCC) for 1978 and 1979 are described in this report. BCCC's mission statement is examined first as adopted by the Board of Trustees in 1977, and then the steps involved in securing staff paricipation in the…

During the early years of Title I, parents were provided with little information about the program and were not encouraged to participate. After evaluations of the program revealed little parental awareness of the program, the original provisions for parent involvement through Parent Advisory Councils (PACs) were made more explicit. There are many…

The purpose of this Personalized Activity Kit is to help the participant develop the skills necessary to collect facts related to concerns already gathered. Specifically, these skills are methods for collecting a full range of facts and a means for sifting out the statements that are not true or valid. Guidelines and exercises for distinguishing…

The purpose of this Personalized Activity Kit is basically threefold. When the participant has performed the steps presented, he will have three products: (1) an improved statement of school goals, (2) a priority list of validated needs, and (3) an operational philosophy. Several steps are involved in developing each of these products,…

Background is given for the state-level adult education planning process, developed in response to the need for program direction; definition of the relationship of adult education to other vocational and adult general education institutions; and delineation, articulation, and elimination of unnecessary duplication. Focus is on the Adult Education…

Designed to simplify the task of selecting the right reading materials for students, this guide provides a method for structuring the work of textbook selection committees. It guides committees through a six-step process involving answering the following increasingly specific questions: what is the socioeconomic background of the students? What do…

A STUDY WAS MADE TO DETERMINE TO WHAT EXTENT EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS SERVED THEIR COMMUNITY EDUCATION NEEDS, AND WHAT METHODS WERE USED TO IDENTIFY THE NEEDS. TELEVISION STATIONS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS IN SIX CITIES WERE STUDIED AND QUESTIONNAIRES MAILED TO 48 ADDITIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS. IT WAS FOUND THAT FEW STATIONS HAD A SYSTEMATIC,…

This program was initiated in 1967 to provide an alternate source of teachers for vocational education. It gives high school graduates, primarily from vocational and industrial arts education programs, as well as technical institute graduates, an opportunity to combine a cooperative work experience in their chosen trade or occupation with an…

This report summarizes a national, invitational seminar to identify and encourage priority research in trade and industrial teacher education and certification. Fifteen nationally recognized leaders in trade and industrial education and three observers from other vocational services met to review relevant research completed to identify and list…