As a means to integrate children with learning disabilities into the regular class structure of the school, a plan has been developed which would provide for specialized services in a flexible organizational pattern. A revised system of state reimbursement to the local school systems is designed to maintain children with mild handicaps in the…

The Early Childhood Education Program at Essex Community College is used as a model to present the intentions, realizations, and disappointments of a new careers" program for inner-city resident adults. (CA)

Evaluated is an educational program, funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I, as a rehabilitative school for delinquent adolescent girls in Baltimore, Maryland. Both the regular school year and the summer programs are directed toward development of ability to adjust in society. The school offers an academic curriculum as well…

This publication offers a sampling of the innovative programs begun or expanded in fiscal 1972 in the State of Maryland. These programs were designed to turn on bored students to the relevance of education, to develop career awareness among students at all grade levels and alert them to the values and rewards of work, to make adults aware of new…

The Division of Vocational Technical Education of Maryland is answering the job challenges of tomorrow with vocational-technical programs for the students of today. The current status of vocational education in Maryland is discussed in terms of educational need, program development, and an explanation of the allocation of Federal funds. Supporting…

Reported are results from a needs assessment study on handicapped Howard County (Maryland) residents including information on basic population characteristics, inadequate community services for the handicapped, and recommendations for service improvement. Among findings discussed are that 4.3 percent of the population is handicapped; that the most…

Environmental education is the process of preparing people to make decisions and take action which will create and maintain optimal relationships between themselves and the environment which sustains them. This booklet provides an interdisciplinary environmental education curricular framework for K-12. Although this framework was designed by the…

From September 1975 to January 1976, two Maryland nature centers were analyzed with regard to their (1) programs and facilities, (2) clientele and potential clientele characteristics, and (3) naturalist staff conceptions and ideas. In four surveys, data were collected to determine critical parameters affecting clientele usage of the facilities, so…

This guide was developed for teachers who are using the Maryland Plan's group processes--the group project and line production methods. The guide is divided into four sections. The first section is an overview of the entire Maryland Plan. It describes the program which provides high school industrial arts students, from seventh grade through ninth…

Prepared to assist school staff in the development of community resources in the career education process, the document provides suggestions and guidelines for the recruitment of community resource personnel to help orient students to the world of work. The program implemented by Prince George's County Public Schools, Maryland, serves as the basis…

This document evaluates the effectiveness of a project on health education conducted in Appalachian Maryland. The emphasis of the project was on teaching children in the fifth grade about lung and respiratory system problems and their connection with smoking. This health education course was incorporated into their regular curriculum. Prior to…

This report is the result of a survey of educators using the Chesapeake Bay in environmental education courses. The goal of the survey was threefold: first, to identify persons using the Bay area in their educational programs; second, to ascertain the level of environmental education programs being offired; and third, to determine the services…

Describes the planning, including learning centers and a media library, for Bryant Woods Elementary School. Includes building data. (CC)