The programs of Planned Variation in Head Start and Follow Through are described in regard to their history, the models of early childhood education included in each, and the results found in the first major evaluations of the programs. Results from the studies are tentative but appear to provide milestones in understanding the relationships…

Part of a series of various Model Programs which informs educators about successful ongoing programs, the booklet describes the Project Early Push in Buffalo, New York, a preschool program for disadvantaged 4-year-olds which has been operating since 1966. The program provides experiences which are basic to later reading success and which are…

The report provides an overview of the nature of the open classroom in terms of implications for special education, describes an ongoing research project on the open classroom, and presents data on one phase of the project. Considered in the overview of the open classroom are the teacher role in the learning process, the role of individual…

Reports on 10 model programs in the education of handicapped children are directed at a definition of innovation in the educational realm, what people and what means are being used to achieve innovation in the education of handicapped children, and what ways additional people can be innovative. First described is Operation Challenge, a program of…

A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT WAS BEGUN TO CREATE GROUP-PACED, PROGRAMED TELEVISION INSTRUCTION IN THE FORM OF A SHORT SERIES OF LESSONS DESIGNED TO ENABLE STUDENTS WITHIN A GIVEN TARGET POPULATION TO LEARN A SPECIFIC SET OF INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES. THREE GEOGRAPHY LESSONS WERE DEVELOPED THROUGH A PROCESS OF TESTING, REVISING, AND VALIDATING UNDER…

An evaluation of the "Project Advance" program at the Morse Crisis Intervention Center was conducted. Review of documents, formal and informal interviews, questionnaires and direct observations were the methods used to assess the correspondence between the objectives of the program and its achievements. The evidence, based on findings from…

For several years, physical educators in Marion County, Florida, have been actively illustrating their programs to the community they serve. These demonstrations reflect the variety and diversity of the county's physical education programs. The main objectives for these presentations are: (1) to inform the public; (2) to give exposure to the…

The objectives of this project are two-fold: (1) to provide runaway counselors--both professional and paraprofessional--with training in the knowledge and skills needed to effectively deal with runaways and families affected by alcohol abuse, and to evaluate the impact of this training, and (2) to document the incidence and degree of alcohol abuse…

Results achieved through the use of this program indicate that underprivileged black children from slum areas can be taught to read and communicate as well as whites can achieve equally high test scores, and they can achieve these in a segregated school system. (Author/AM)

A chemical demonstration book project was described. (BB)

The Dallas Model Office has succeeded in resolving the old Equal Employment Opportunity Commission problem of backlog of complaints about discrimination so that greater and more meaningful attention can be given to the problem of eliminating systematic job discrimination. (Author/WI)

The article briefly surveys evidence concerning the nature and extent of children's behavior problems in Northern Ireland, and the measures being taken to meet them. (Author/DLS)

For availability, see EC 103 600 Described is the program offered by the Child Service Demonstration Center for Urban Secondary Students with Learning Disabilities in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (IM)

Reports on the two-year experience of a foster home program for retarded children undertaken by a state agency as an alternative to placement in mini-institutions or group homes in residential communities throughout the state. (BR)

Describes the dilemma of research training in gerontology: the need for rigor of disciplinary science with intradisciplinary awareness. Relates the problem to organizational features of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education and the Gerontological Society of America, and summarizes a preliminary educational approach to possible…