MIGRANTS WERE AIDED BY THE COLORADO MIGRANT MINISTRY, WHICH WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICALS AND HEALTH AND WELFARE AGENCY PERSONNEL, HELPED TO DETERMINE LEGISLATIVE NEEDS, AND PROVIDED DIRECT SERVICES TO MIGRANTS IN THREE AREAS OF COLORADO. IN ROCKY FORD, A SPANISH-SPEAKING EDUCATED HUSBAND-WIFE-DAUGHTER TEAM WORKED WITH VARIOUS GROUPS WHO LED…

THE OREGON PROGRAM IS A 4-YEAR STATEWIDE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM. IT IS A THREE-WAY COOPERATIVE ALIGNMENT AMONG OREGON'S LOCAL SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ACHIEVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS BY IMPROVING CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT THROUGH THE STUDY AND REFINEMENT OF MATERIALS, STAFF UTILIZATION, AND…

THIS HANDBOOK CONTAINS ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIONS OF SEVEN ELEMENTS FOR AN EDUCATIONAL AUDIOVISUAL PROGRAM--(1) COMMITMENT, (2) FACILITIES, (3) STAFF, (4) BUDGET, (5) INSERVICE TRAINING, (6) MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT, AND (7) EVALUATION. (MS)

EXISTING JUNIOR COLLEGE PROGRAMS IN UTAH WERE SURVEYED TO ASSESS PRESENT AND FUTURE CURRICULAR NEEDS AND TO RECOMMEND GUIDELINES FOR A CURRICULAR PROGRAM FOR THE EXISTING AND PROJECTED JUNIOR COLLEGES IN UTAH. METHODS EMPLOYED IN GAINING BACKGROUND AND IN COLLECTING DATA WERE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, INTERVIEWS, CAMPUS VISITS, AND STUDY OF…

THE DATA IN THIS STUDY WERE COLLECTED FROM ELEVEN COMMUNITY COLLEGES, FROM THE 4-YEAR INSTITUTIONS TO WHICH THEIR GRADUATES TRANSFERRED, AND FROM THE 1744 GRADUATES THEMSELVES, 1296 OF WHOM HAD BEEN ENROLLED IN TRANSFER AND 448 IN OCCUPATIONAL CURRICULA. OF THE OCCUPATIONAL STUDENTS, 19 PERCENT LATER CHANGED GOALS AND CONTINUED AT A 4-YEAR…

MAJOR EMPHASIS, DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION, WAS ON--(1) ACTING AS LIAISON WITH STATE AGENCIES, LABOR GROUPS, AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN RESEARCH IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, (2) WORKING WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN INITIATING AND CONDUCTING RESEARCH RELATED TO VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, (3) ENCOURAGING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DESIGN AND…

WRITTEN BY THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF THE DELAWARE AND WILMINGTON DIVISIONS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, THIS BOOKLET PRESENTS A FIRST PERSON ACCOUNT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION IN DELAWARE. AFTER A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF THE BEGINNINGS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE DIVISION…

THIS MASTER PLAN ESTIMATES FUTURE JUNIOR COLLEGE POPULATIONS AND THE MINIMUM NECESSARY ENROLLMENT PER COLLEGE, PROPOSES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ENOUGH JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS TO ACCOMMODATE THEM, AND SUGGESTS CERTAIN CURRICULUMS. BASED ON THE NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES IN 1963, PROJECTIONS WERE MADE FOR 1968 TO 1977, AND PROJECTIONS ON THESE…

TO HELP THE GIFTED AND ACADEMICALLY ABLE STUDENTS, WEST VIRGINIA DEVELOPED A 5-YEAR STATE PLAN. ITS RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED ORGANIZING PANELS TO STIMULATE, DEMONSTRATE, AND LEAD DISCUSSIONS IN LOCAL SCHOOLS, HAVING COUNTRY-WIDE WORKSHOPS AND DEVELOPING EXAMPLE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. THE SELECTED STUDENTS WERE DIVIDED INTO TWO…

THE NUMBER OF MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS REHABILITATED THROUGH STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCIES INCREASED EACH YEAR FROM 1958 TO 1963. MENTALLY HANDICAPPED REHABILITANTS WERE YOUNGER THAN THOSE WITH OTHER DISABILITIES. THERE WERE MORE MALE THAN FEMALE, AND MORE WHITE THAN NEGRO MENTALLY HANDICAPPED REHABILITANTS, ALTHOUGH THE PROPORTION…

A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM WAS UNDERTAKEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHOWING HOW A STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CAN UTILIZE ITS RESOURCES AND SUBJECT MATTER SPECIALISTS IN DEVELOPING OVERHEAD TRANSPARENCIES TO IMPLEMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM IN THE STATE. SUBJECT SPECIALISTS (26) REPRESENTING 10 COURSE FIELDS WERE BROUGHT TOGETHER AT THE BEGINNING OF…

Most standardized achievement tests do not provide much information that can be used in improving an educational program. Teachers and other program developers need to know what kinds of program objectives are being learned and by what kinds of students and what kinds are not being learned and by whom. Information of this sort furnishes a basis…

Summarized are results of a survey of Tennessee teachers, elementary school principals, and supervisors of instruction regarding their views of environmental education and its implementation. Of the possible respondents, 35.4% returned the survey questionnaire. Frequency tabulations, percentages, and means show that environmental education is…

Intended for administrators and other school personnel responsible for planning, coordinating, and supervising and conducting screening in their local school district, the booklet gives an overview of screening requirements for New York State public schools and provides information on organizing and conducting screening activities to identify…

A review and analysis was conducted of state programs in bilingual education for the purpose of describing authorizing legislation, identifying program goals, objectives and mandated or prohibited approaches or practices; defining program requirements for staff qualifications, training activities, materials development and technology and…