Reporting a demonstration environmental education program in Corvallis, Oregon, schools. (Author)

In Olmsted County, Minnesota, a garden became an outdoor classroom for extension program assistants in the Food and Nutrition Education Program. (Author/MB)

The short article describes the Shift of Emphasis Project in Texas, which is explained to be developed and funded by the Bureau for Educational Personnel Development, Special Education, U.S. Office of Education. (CB)

The introduction to this report summarizes the council's 1968 activities in reviewing and evaluating PACE (Projects to Advance Creativity in Education), Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Part 1, "The Past," summarizes the purpose of Title III and the major accomplishments and problems of the first two years.…

Reported is a program for models for in-service science training programs which school systems could use as they plan for the improvement of science education for children. The consumers of this program's services included classroom teachers (K-8), science supervisors, curriculum directors, and building principals. Personnel involved in program…

The author feels that the role of the paraprofessional can be especially beneficial to counselors working with minority groups since paraprofessionals from the community can more easily identify with the clients. (HMV)

AS THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE EDUCATION ENDEAVOR CONTINUES TO GROW, THE SINGLE SCHOOL OR DISTRICT IS FINDING IT MORE DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN AN OUTSTANDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ON ITS OWN. THE COMPLEX NEEDS OF SOCIETY DEMAND COMPLEX PROGRAMS WHICH THE SCHOOL CANNOT AFFORD. FOR THIS REASON, AND AS AN ATTEMPT TO CUT DOWN WASTE AND DUPLICATION OF EFFORT…

Since Somerton first became a demonstration school for migrant child education in 1967, three versions of the "The Somerton Story" have been prepared by consultants and the Somerton administration. However, these publications lacked the students' viewpoint on the new approaches to educating children. Therefore, this version was written…

The programs of Planned Variation in Head Start and Follow Through are described in regard to their history, the models of early childhood education included in each, and the results found in the first major evaluations of the programs. Results from the studies are tentative but appear to provide milestones in understanding the relationships…

Reports on 10 model programs in the education of handicapped children are directed at a definition of innovation in the educational realm, what people and what means are being used to achieve innovation in the education of handicapped children, and what ways additional people can be innovative. First described is Operation Challenge, a program of…

This is a companion document to "Educational Programs That Work," and is intended for use by state facilitators and other linking agents who are working with school districts to locate exemplary practices that, if adopted, will lead to improved educational programs. For all projects (whenever such information was available) the use of each…