Describing the Work Experience and Career Exploration Project, this article presents a sequential process for establishing WECEP in a school district. (JC)

This technical manual discusses some of the recent developments in the science of graphology and their implications for the science. The manual contains the following sections: (1) Graphology: An Introduction; (2) "CHAPS": Computerized Handwriting Analysis Profiling Systems; (3) HRC Profiles; (4) Reliability; (5) Validity; (6) Historical…

The guide presents information on 53 federally funded projects for gifted and talented students. Projects are arranged according to geographic regions, and entries usually contain information on such aspects as funding level, population, administration and organization, staffing, curriculum description, dissemination, evaluation, and the address…

This publication discusses the need for feasible alternative methods of reaching consensus about major educational issues and identifies several methods that reflect the pluralistic nature of education and yet can produce unified policy directions for education at the national, state, and local levels. Section 1 focuses on the need for and nature…

The purpose of this guide is to provide basic factual information about the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC), its data base, its operation, and its functions. It is intended for libraries which have not yet participated in OCLC, but would be useful as a reference guide in all libraries. Presented in question and answer form, the guide consists…

When implemented by local school districts, the guidelines in this document should result in a process that will produce a consistent link between educational outcomes and planning. By June 1981, each local school district must complete each of the following steps. (1) Develop essential student outcomes for both state-mandated and locally…

A creative drama program for eight secondary school aged severely physically handicapped students is described. The 20-session program is explained to have focused on effective communication through such drama activities as sensory exploration tasks, poetry, pantomime and improvisation. Space and time limitations of the program are cited. (CL)

This paper discusses the emergence of a system that can improve the capacity of school districts to bargain effectively, administer their contracts evenly, and be served by lawyers who have current knowledge of legal developments within the state. Several conditions lead to uneven results in school district collective bargaining cases. The result,…

Businesses have a great deal of expertise that could be useful to school districts. Business acumen can be used to make the educational system more efficient and effective or to make organizational and systems changes. An administrative school study can be undertaken by study teams of business personnel to determine problems in the district and…

Four basic approaches to the manual organization of information which concentrate on information storage and subject retrieval are described. Uniterm and Optical Coincidence are indexing systems, Keysort is an indexing tool as well as a storage and retrieval method, and Filing is used in conjunction with the above systems to store and retrieve…

The report contains a discussion of how electronics is taught at the Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering as well as what students are to be selected for the program. (NTIS)

Explains search commands for SERIDU, an online bibliographic search system developed at Brussels Free University. These commands and output formats are compared with Euronet commands (from which they were derived), with existing INFODOC storage system commands, and with the planned BIDULE system commands. An evaluation of SERIDU is included. (SW)

Intended to provide guidance on the organization of meetings on Universal Availability of Publications (UAP), this document draws on experience gained from a number of meetings already held. These meetings highlighted the nature and extent of problems associated with availability of publications, provided a forum for discussion, and proposed…

The self evaluation guide is explained to be designed for accreditation of services to blind and visually handicapped students in service programs for which the NAC (National Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving the Blind and Visually Handicapped) does not have specific program standards (such as radio reading services and library services).…

This program resource guide is a compilation of all programs and projects on preventing school violence and vandalism referenced in National School Resource Network (NSRN) materials. The programs cited are described in NSRN trainers' guides, participant guides, technical assistance bulletins, an "Aha" listing, and a compendium. The index is…