This report describes the process by which participating agencies in the Interagency Panel on Early Childhood Research and Development establish priorities, translate these priorities into research activities, and utilize these research findings in further policy decisions and research planning. The process is discussed under the following…

This report describes the early childhood educator training programs of the 4-C (Community Coordinated Child Care) project, held in Milwaukee and Dane Counties, Wisconsin from 1970 to 1973. The goal of the training programs was to help teacher-directors, teachers, teacher-aides, and parent-assistants become aware of ways to improve and expand…

Designed by the Monroe County Library System as a cooperative venture with Model Cities and the Adult Basic Education Department of the City School District of Rochester, New York, the project explored the feasibility of using socially oriented programs and area canvass by library aides to uncover communication needs and recruit enrolless for an…

As Jewish leadership began to study the numerous facets of the Jewish poverty problem, it became evident that a cooperative, coordinated communal activity was essential. With an initial grant of 40,000 dollars from the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, the Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty became a…

This report presents the results of an effort to develop a series of program alternatives for consideration by the National Institute of Education (NIE) that correspond to selected program goals developed and presented in an earlier report. The program alternatives draw heavily on the following conclusions that have emerged from ongoing…

Focusing on one of the most critical and complex aspects of the concept of the regional educational service agency (RESA), the paper questions whether RESA's should be an arm of the state educational agency, pure creatures of constituent local school districts, or pure special district governments. The critical dimensions of the issue being…

This speech emphasizes Florida's progress in school planning while exposing a number of their still unsolved educational planning problems. Among these problems are those of (1) pupil population analysis within the school district when considerations have to be made concerning whether to add to or remodel existing schools, or to construct new…

The purpose of this study was to determine the scope of library service rendered to persons over 65 by public libraries and libraries at state and federal institutions. Library services were defined to exclude routine services such as book lists but include programs and services (1) which are offered specifically for the aging population or (2) in…

To gain information about the reported characteristics, operational functions, procedures, and service orientations of Educational Information Service sites, interviews were conducted with managerial personnel at 53 sites across the United States. Interview responses were coded to form 109 frequency rank ordered displays which are summarized,…

Described is the program of the Georgetown Adolescent Intervention Team (Washington, D.C.), which provides interdisciplinary evaluations and diagnoses, and identifies appropriate alternative placements for developmentally disabled juvenile offenders (10-16 years old and older). The program is discussed in terms of a review of procedures for…

Describes the curriculum materials developed by a regional alliance of twelve central states called the Mid-America Vocational Curriculum Consortium, (MAVCC), administered by the Oklahoma State Department of Vocational and Technical Education. Inservice teacher training in the use of the materials is also offered. (MF)

Both the government and private associations have made significant contributions to international educational exchange. An overview of the role of both sectors, including strengths and weaknesses, is provided, and the importance of continued cooperations between the government's International Communication Agency (ICA) and the private sector is…

Project LINCS (Linking Infants in Need with Comprehensive Services) is based on a process orientation to the delivery of comprehensive services for rural handicapped infants and their families. Effective regional-community linkage is developed by community analysis, community entree, formal linkage development, formal structured interaction, and…

Describes Seward County Community College's Refugee Services Program, designed to meet the language instruction and job training needs of a large new community of Southeast Asian refugees; to provide community service agencies with translators and interpreters; and to increase crosscultural understanding among the white population. (DMM)

Describes 1982 creation of United States Department of Education's Intra-Agency Committee on Rural Education. Summarizes 10 rural policy initiatives proposed in "Rural Education and Rural Family Education Policy for the 80s." Lists major accomplishments/strategies including conferences, annual reports, and information network. Outlines…