Describes Greenwich, Connecticut's new budgeting system that allows only for those expenitures used to implement one of 47 statements of policy on program goals. (JF)

"Town Meeting, an unusual experiment in using television for improving citizen participation in the American democratic process, has given viewers in Minnesota and South Dakota an opportunity to hear about issues and to join in the decision-making." Based on remarks made to the Kettering Conference on Public Television Programming.…

The development of a model elementary school mental health program is described. The outline is intended to serve as an effective guide for school psychologists interested in providing leadership in the formation of such programs within their schools. (Author)

This article discusses the need for the four year technology curriculum and its place in the technology spectrum. (JS)

A county wide approach was effective in assisting communities to establish sex education programs in their schools. It was a united effort involving many individuals in all phases of planning. The county committee provided the incentive, leadership, resources and support to communities that wanted to establish sex education programs. (Author)

Lists step-by-step procedures used in planning and organizing a poetry workshop for English teachers in the Parma, Ohio, area. (SW)

Describes the objectives, staff, orientation, program, evaluation and participant supervision of the Experienced Teachers Fellowship Program in Reading Instruction for Elementary and Junior High School Teachers at Loyola University, New Orleans. (MB)

Advises deemphasizing reader materials and prepared programs as sources for the solution of reading problems. (MB)

The American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation now has a Dance Division. (GC)

This paper presents a report on a special services aide program in Connecticut. The community was the source of the paraprofessional personnel, who were then trained by teachers. By the end of a successful second year, there was a need for a university/school cooperative training program to fill the demand for these personnel. Presented in a…

Discusses a program to utilize a school farm for agricultural instruction, nature study, field trips, science projects, and surveying and topography by eight high schools, 15 junior high schools, and all elementary schools in Omaha, Nebraska. (DM)

Traces the organization and development of a central county reading clinic with facilities for diagnosis, remediation, and teacher training to supplement 30 satellite clinics in individual schools. (MD)