To provide information on what innovations are considered to be desirable and promising in the improvement of education, this study analyzes the grant proposals submitted to the BankAmerica Foundation's Educational Initiatives Program from 1978 to 1980 in terms of technical and practical utility. The results of the study show that California…

To insure that information needs are met or identified and that these needs are communicated to information producers in a systematic way, a sensing network is proposed for monitoring information system operation and forecasting information needs. Concerns of the network and bases for evaluating the information system are identified. Five staff…

Migrant coordinators from 21 Eastern Stream States attended the Eastern Regional Migrant Education Conference. These four reports briefly summarize the: State coordinators meeting, discussions on pre-K and kindergarten, Interstate Migrant Project for elementary school children, Bilingual Migrant Project, and interstate proposal considerations as…

This paper overviews a proposal for implementing an adult literacy program in a small tribal community in northern Alberta (Canada). The program would enhance participants' ability to manage change affecting the community's economic, social, and educational circumstances. Recent data indicate that 24 percent of Native Americans in northern Alberta…