Describes a special school-based program to provide medical, social, and educational services to pregnant adolescents. (PB)

Designed to stimulate school staff to consider a wide range of student learning activities as they identify ways to improve their local career education program, this resource booklet is divided into six sections which provide an overview of current career education practice (activities) in secondary schools. The first five sections correspond to…

This handbook is designed to aid in developing a comprehensive program awareness effort to disseminate information on availability and accessibility of vocational programs at local, regional, and state levels. The first section focuses on developing a regional plan. It provides a suggested format for developing a county or regional plan and…

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE CHALLENGED TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR MATURE WOMEN. NEARLY 29 MILLION WOMEN ARE IN THE LABOR FORCE, MORE THAN TWICE AS MANY AS IN THE YEARS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE WORLD WAR II. IN 1966, THEY REPRESENTED 37 PERCENT OF ALL WORKERS IN PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL, AND KINDRED OCCUPATIONS COMPARED WITH 45…

Various myths concerning black women and their educational status are examined, with current statistics provided to indicate their validity. Overall results of this examination indicate that minority women fare less well than minority men, just as white women fare less well than white men. It is suggested that minority women are affected by both…

This booklet contains abstracts of 62 documents published by the Johns Hopkins University Center for the Study of Social Organization of Schools from September 1967 to May 1970. The majority of the documents are research studies in the areas of desegregation, language development, educational opportunity, and educational games--most of them…

Essays on access to the State higher education systems of Nebraska and California and an extensive case study of the open admissions program at the City University of New York are presented. The document indicates the right to a free higher education of a student's choice, criticizes the institutions that allegedly provide open admissions, and…

Pending and completed litigation (through 1972) regarding the education of handicapped children is summarized on the basis of statements from attorneys, organizations, and plaintiffs involved in the cases. Twenty-one cases specifically concern the right to education, six cases deal with the right to treatment, and six cases concern placement of…

The National Education Task Force De La Raza uses lay and professional people of Mexican descent to provide role models and motivate students and teachers toward self-development and community service. Its major objectives are to: (1) prepare its members as educational catalysts and consultants; (2) assist in identifying, recruiting, and training…

Prior to 1858, the women in Great Britain were denied the right to attend courses in the medical curricula that were prerequisites to the practicing of medicine in that country. The movement to permit women to study and practice medicine was spearheaded by Sophia Jex-Blake when she sought admission to the medical classes in the University of…

This paper presents a follow-up of what happened to health service personnel two years after training in an innovative program. Residents of a disadvantaged community were trained to serve as Family Health Workers, being provided with employment opportunities as well as academic accreditation. The program included academic courses related to…

Sidney P. Marland, Jr., U.S. Commissioner of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, reports on progress made toward the national objective of full educational opportunity for handicapped children by the year 1980. It is explained that during 1971 the Office of Education has attempted to strengthen state, local, and federal…

Compiled in this report is a mixture of formal and informal discussions of problems related to population education, as presented at the National Conference on Population Education, held November 11-13, 1971. Focus on the secondary schools was chosen because this level presents a workable testing ground for experimenting with alternative ways to…