On December 7, 1988, the director of the Regional Pedagogic Centre of the Netherlands, Dook Kopmels, presented a workshop that focused on primary education in Ireland. Contents concerned: (1) official aims of primary education in Ireland; (2) responsibility for organizing primary education at national, regional, local, and school levels; (3) the…

The Governor's Institutes of Vermont are summer programs for Vermont high school students with strong personal motivation and interest in Art, International Affairs, and Science and Technology. In summer of 1990, a new program, based on the concept that teachers teach better when they are learners as well as leaders and called the "Lead…

This report reviews, recounts, and assesses the accomplishments and progress made to date by many public health professionals engaged collectively in a nationwide health education-risk reduction program. Papers are presented outlining progress by health agencies, working alone or in collaboration, whose basic goals were: (1) inventory of statewide…

This resource manual--proceedings of two task force meetings--is intended to assist Florida school districts, state agencies, and parents in the provision of special programs for students who exhibit disorders in oral or written language. As part of a continuing effort to improve services for exceptional students in Florida's public schools, the…

Fifteen author-contributed papers focus on the learning disabled adolescent and young adult. The first section provides a general overview while subsequent sections address educational and social techniques, steps to employment, and programs for adolescents. The following titles and authors are included: "Prevention: Primary, Secondary, or…

This document reports on the activities of the Southeastern Teacher Corps Network's 1979 conference on planning for the documentation and follow-up survey of educational conferences. Topics discussed at the meeting include developing the skills and operational procedures for documentation processes in Network organizations, and developing the…

The events of the tenth anniversary celebration of the Open Corridor program in New York City schools are presented in this publication. These events include: a tribute to Lillian Weber, a case history of the implementation of an open education program in a specific New York City public school, a description of community involvement efforts,…

This publication details the proceedings of an oversight hearing on federal library programs which focused on those programs that (1) make federal funds available to school districts to purchase instructional materials and school library resources, (2) authorize funds for the support of college and university libraries and for the improvement of…

An International System for the Exchange of Information on Science and Technology for Policy-making, Management, and Development (SPINES) was established to provide a decentralized international system for information exchange between member states which collect, process, and disseminate basic data on science and technology with special emphasis…

The fourth annual meeting of editors of national surveys of educational research was held in the form of a joint meeting with the members of the Bureau of the Committee for Educational Documentation and Information on May 25, 1976, in Strasbourg. Oral reports were given on the present state of national surveys and related activities in each…

This booklet presents the proceedings of the Administrators' Conference of the New England Consortium for the Right to Read. The reports of most sessions are given in summary form. However, the keynote address is presented in lengthier form as a resource for those who wish to use the ideas presented in developing a master plan. The contents…

The seven papers in this booklet include "Continuous Progress in Reading," which discusses managing continuing progress programs, clarifies the rationale underlying continuous progress programs, outlines a developmental checklist of objectives, and offers suggestions for arranging for continuous assessment of progress and providing for…

This report covers the findings and recommendations of the Workshop on the admission and academic placement of students from selected sub-Saharan countries. The workshop was held in Ghana, Togo, and Nigeria from July 19 to August 10, 1973. The report has been subdivided into five major areas: West Africa; English speaking Africa; West and Central…

The program for the semiannual Cooperative Program Seminar, held October 9-10, 1973, in Washington, D.C. is presented in this document. At this seminar plans were made to broaden the program focus from just consortium concerns to include the full range of interests in systems of interdependence in postsecondary education. These proceedings, to the…

The papers in this volume are: Learning to Be; Staff Development for Student Development; A Humanistic Approach to Educational Management; Inservice Education, A Total Staff Involvement; Community Colleges as Political Institutions; Student Development--Where Are We Going; Of Time and Modules--The Organization of Instruction; Measuring Student…