CURRENT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN HAVE BEEN OF THREE TYPES--TRADITIONAL PATTERNS AND PRACTICES, TRADITIONAL PATTERNS WITH SOME CHANGE OR INNOVATIONS, AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS. A VARIETY OF INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS, BASED ON INQUIRY, DEVELOPMENT, DIFFUSION, UTILIZATION, AND EVALUATION, HAVE MOST SUCCESSFULLY MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF…

This second annual report by the Florida State Department of Education provides brief project descriptions of innovative programs for curricular change in schools. The listing is compiled on the basis of answers to a questionnaire. Part I of the listing is arranged by subject, with a breakdown by elementary, junior high, and senior high school,…

This issue of Kaleidoscope, which focuses on projects involving innovative educational changes, describes 90 programs in the elementary and secondary schools in Massachusetts. The projects cover a wide range of educational interests including school administration and environment, guidance and special needs programs, curriculum areas, and a…

This application for a continuation grant (P.L. 89-10 ESEA, Title III) for the Experimental Model School Unit (EMSU) of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (North Carolina) contains three sections. Section 1 outlines the revised and expanded evaluation plan for the project in which eight activities are being tested in the EMSU (a high school, a…

This issue of Kaleidoscope, which focuses on projects involving innovative educational changes, describes 102 programs in elementary and secondary schools in Massachusetts. The projects cover a wide range of educational interests, including school administration and environment, guidance and special needs programs, curriculum areas, total program…