The bases and need for Minnesota's family oriented services for hearing impaired preschoolers are stated. Guidelines specify program objectives and standards, and describe the instructional and comprehensive programs. The need for parent involvement is considered along with parent counseling and guidance. Also delineated are site, personnel…

The National Council of Associations for International Studies, composed of 11 regional associations encompassing over 400 U.S. colleges and universities, has published this revised edition (see ED 010 402 for first edition) for two reasons: (1) the self-instructional approach to language teaching represents a significant breakthrough in the…

The final report of the Roberson Center Title III Project, establishing the Upper Susquehanna Regional Supplementary Educational Service Center, includes a complete description of the teaching activities, finances, organization and programs of the experimental project. The central purpose of the project was to provide, through various practical…

The book, in a three-ring binder format, is the final product of the Illinois Occupational Curriculum Project and was designed and field tested to assist local leaders with the various activities vital to the effective planning, implementation, and evaluation of career preparation programs utilizing a management by objectives approach. The first…

The National Urban League has prepared this handbook as a guide for parents who want to improve systems and change schools. It is written with the hope that parents will use it as a tool to improve the quality of their children's education, striking out at the root causes that make our schools instruments of ignorance. Since laws vary from state…

A review of the administration of the school lunch program was instigated to determine whether the program objectives -- making nutritious lunches available to all school children and providing them free or at reduced prices to needy children -- were being achieved effectively. The review included visits to 46 schools in 13 districts in…

The "Hunger-1973" committee report, details the continuing hunger problem in the country. The report shows that the administration and participation of the Food Stamp and Surplus Food Program vary widely across the country. It shows that the benefits available under both programs are being severely restricted by the current food cost…

Based on two seminars on correspondence study, held by the Dag Hammarskjold Foundation (Uppsala, Sweden) during 1967-1968, this volume consists of lectures delivered at these seminars, together with a selection of essays produced by the participants. The first section reviews the relationship between adult education and economic development,…

This report documents study efforts to obtain information regarding the organization and performance of research and development in Pennsylvania State departments and agencies. Departmental procedures for determining research priorities, performers, project administration, and information dissemination were examined; and the relationship of these…

The right-to-read effort in Florida is a statewide program to encourage and expand the teaching and learning of reading on all educational levels. The program depends on the coordination of state-level activities with activities of local school districts, colleges, and universities. State-level activities include program development, assessment,…

An industrial study group was contracted to perform a systems analysis of institutional training conducted under the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) of 1962, as amended, in order to: (1) illuminate management decisions in the areas of program priorities, alternative methods of administration, and allocation of resources, and (2)…

These hearings on the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs are organized in two parts, the contents of which are as follows. Part I concerns the Summer Lunch Program Funding, with opening statements by two senators, followed by the presentations of other witnesses. The focus of these two parts is on such topics as program needs,…

To discuss common problems and plan for their solution, this meeting of personnel from the Office of Education, the State Department of Education in Region VIII, and career Education Projects in the Rocky Mountain region was held. Specific goals included efforts to: (1) identify new approaches and alternatives in an effort to continue examplary…

The attitudes of State legislative education committee chairmen concerning possible changes in the financing and governance of education were surveyed. The chairmen provided comments on the deficiencies in federal, State, and local revenue sources; discussed problems of governance; gave their opinions on educational innovations and program…

The proceedings of the National Conference on Day Care Services are reported. Addresses before general sessions were: (1)"The Nation Looks at Day Care Services" by Hubert H. Humphrey; (2) "Spotlight on Day Care" by Ellen Winston; (3) "Education and Welfare: Allies Against Poverty" by Francis Keppel; (4) "Twenty Percent of the Nation" by Julius B.…