The guide was developed by the coordinating teachers of the Developmental Vocational Education Program for the senior high school level in the Model Cities area of Cleveland, Ohio. The purpose of the guide is to strengthen the students' ability to select and acquire a positive attitude toward work, toward all levels of occupational choices found…

As the implementation of year-round programs in school districts accelerates, the conceptual, promotional, and testimonial literature continues to keep pace. Empirical research on the subject, however, is lagging. The research available consists of feasibility studies, evaluation reports of implemented projects, dissertations, and isolated…

This yearbook focuses on the issue of opening the society for all people, particularly for those who have not been properly represented heretofore. Part 1 reviews some of the progress made toward an open society during the past two decades. It delineates the exasperatingly slow but important gains that have been registered since the Supreme Court…

California State Advisory Committee (SAC) of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights held hearings in Santa Maria, California (May 20, 1972) to collect information on civil rights problems of Mexican American students in the Lucia Mar School District. Major issues were community complaints about the arrest of 26 Mexican American students and some…

FLES programs are generally viewed from the vertical dimension, as the beginning classes in a continuing language program. This paper treats the horizontal dimension, the interrelationship of the foreign language program with other curricula such as literature, history, and language arts. Three current trends in language arts have implications for…

Ninety-six percent of the students who enter first grade in the San Juan School District, Blanding, Utah, cannot speak or understand English. They are Navaho and attend school on the Navaho reservation. A unique bilingual Navaho curriculum project has been developed to provide learning materials in the Navaho language to enable the child to learn…

The safety education program for Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools was prepared as a simplified guide for teachers to use in grades 1-12. Safety programs in schools should develop knowledge, habits, and attitudes in order to eliminate, as far as possible, the dangers of accidental death or injury to children. It should inform these future…

Title III projects dealing with cultural diversity in the classroom are described in this issue of the Title III Quarterly. Major articles are devoted to the following projects: Two Arts Culture Three Project, developing the crafts and music of mountain whites, blacks, and Cherokees; the Rota Bilingual Project, the Marianas District, emphasizing…

The General Accounting Office (GAO) undertook this review to test the effectiveness of the Upward Bound program, which is administered by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's (HEW) Office of Education (OE). This program was designed to provide low income students who are potentially successful but inadequately trained, with skills…

This 1-year study was undertaken in the Reupublic of Zambia to survey and analyze needs in cooperative education and training and to plan and execute immediate courses with detailed curricula in this area. A brief history of Zambian cooperative societies and a description of the expert's study activities are followed by conclusions and…

The source book was compiled to contain the materials supplemental to a planning guide designed to assist educational leaders at the district level with planning and implementing a program of career education. Illustrations and forms too voluminous to be contained in the guide are organized by steps recommended for planning: (1) conduct needs…

The basic resource materials in this document represent the cooperative efforts of graduate students enrolled in a 2-week field learning class at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh. These reports are an initial attempt to acquaint teachers with the many activities available to enrich the curriculum through the Outdoor Education Methods.…

An evaluation of the demonstration Urban Conservation Project (UCP) produced by WGBH, Boston's public television station, is presented. The project, released under the title "If You Live in a City, Where Do You Live?", seeks to link the value systems represented by the predominantly rural American conservation ethic with the plight and…

The report is one of a series which supplements the overall report "Exploratory Study to Analyze New Skill Content in Selected Occupations in Michigan and the Mechanism for its Translation into Vocational Education Curricula". It presents detailed task analyses and results of employers skill requirements for bookkeeper, clerk typist/clerk…

Reported in the manual are systems procedures to assess needs of educable mentally retarded (EMR) children and adults in three Florida counties in terms of EMR student and teacher assessment, EMR classroom programs, job opportunities, and services available, as a first step in developing a total curriculum. Described are the project's 3 year…