This paper, in discussing the implementation of middle schools, makes six recommendations: (1) the program should reflect the needs of individual students; (2) the curriculum and schedules should accommodate an appropriate amount of independent study time paralleling the maturity of the individual; (3) the program should incorporate a non-graded…

The first of three reports on a North Carolina project to help counties plan community based status offender programs describes a statewide needs assessment to collect information about the needs of status offenders and youth at risk of entering the juvenile justice system. A questionnaire covered situational and behavioral problems experienced…

THE SALADO CONFERENCE, MAY 18-20, 1967, RECONSIDERED THE JUNIOR LEVEL PROFESSIONAL SEQUENCE COURSES IN SECONDARY EDUCATION AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO ONE ANOTHER AND TO OTHER COURSES IN THE SEQUENCE. FOUR POSITION PAPERS WERE PRESENTED. GENERAL AND SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS WERE DEVELOPED FROM THE DISCUSSIONS. (HM)

THE PROBLEM OF ARTICULATION OF A STUDENT TRANSFERRED FROM ANOTHER INSTITUTION TO THE EXISTING SEQUENCE OF INSTRUCTION IN TERMS OF HIS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE CONFRONTS ALL INSTITUTIONS ENGAGED IN THE TEACHING OF CHINESE. THIS IS THE RESULT OF THE DISINCLINATION OF THE PROFESSION TO AGREE ON WHAT CONSTITUTES THE ELEMENTS OF THE SUBJECT. THE PROBLEM IS…

THIS DOCUMENT IS A COMPILATION OF STUDIES ON THE PROBLEMS AND POTENTIALS OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION DURING THE TIME PERIOD 1961-71. SIX TOPIC AREAS WERE COVERED--(1) RECOMMENDATIONS, (2) THE FUTURE OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION, (3) THE COMMUNITY JOB OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION, (4) THE PROBLEM OF IMPROVING PROGRAMS, (5) THE PROBLEM OF FINANCING, (6) THE…

A PAPER PRESENTED AT A TWO-PART CONFERENCE ON PLANNING AND OPERATING LANGUAGE LABORATORIES WAS REPORTED. THE TOPIC OF THE PAPER WAS THE PREPARATION AND USE OF LABORATORY MATERIALS. DISCUSSIONS WERE INCLUDED ON (1) THE NEED FOR MATERIALS, (2) CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD MATERIALS, (3) CONTENT OF MATERIAL, (4) ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS, (5) USE…

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction originated and produced this guide to provide a resource for comprehensive kindergarten through twelfth grade reading program development. The chapters are presented in a sequence which gives emphasis to the belief that the people guiding the reading program--individual teachers and…

The second of three booklets developed by Project MAY (Mainstreaming Activities for Youth) is intended to aid youth serving agency personnel in planning, organizing, and implementing the mainstreaming of handicapped youth into regular programs. Eight steps in a planning/program development model are explained: describing the present program,…

RESULTS OF STUDIES SUGGEST THAT STUDENTS NOT ONLY NEED OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION, THEY NEED MORE AND BETTER INFORMATION TO SUPPORT THEIR OBJECTIVES OF CAREER CHOICE, CAREER PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, AND DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF VOCATIONAL CAPABILITIES. A PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE STRUCTURE FOR NEEDED OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION IS BASED ON A…

This document presents a detailed outline of the elements that need to be considered in creating a staff development program. It deals with such topics as, Who needs it? What is it? and, the possible pitfalls of a staff development program. Also included are a diagram of a model of staff development and a brief outline of a program planning…

The document presents the Nevada State Plan for Gifted and Talented adopted by the Nevada State Board of Education, May 16, 1974. The first section gives a position statement. A section on planning includes a table of the estimated number of academically talented students in Nevada school districts. Other sections outline State Board of Education…

Plans for the American Chemical Society's (ACS) information-oriented activities for the next five years (1971-1975) are summarized. Although the Society is concerned with a great variety of matters, only those programs closely related to chemical information are included in this document. It brings together thinking from all parts of the…

The rationale for pupil personnel services includes the following: (1) universal education as an ideal is an American phenomenon, (2) trends relevant today are toward personal worth and development, (3) basic factors such as advanced technology and automation, recent gains in knowledge, holding power of schools, and the widening range of pupil…