Giving a child the chance to select and keep a book for her or his very own is the Federal Inexpensive Book Distributions Program's strategy for stimulating an interest in reading. (Editor)

Noting that most school-based health care is provided at the secondary level, this report provides background and a rationale for implementing such services at the elementary school level. The first section of the report addresses several questions about school-linked health services, including: what are school-based health centers, why should…

The purpose of the booklet is to provide overall background information on the Vocational Exemplary Projects, as well as an abstract of the activities being undertaken in each individual project. An opening section discusses the background for the initiation of projects under the provisions of Part D, Section 142 (C) of the Vocational Education…

Approximately 288 programs conducted in various counties of Georgia during the regular school year or summer of 1969 and funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act are here reported in summary fashion. The following information is provided concerning each program: name of system, name of project, regular or summer…

This study was originally undertaken to describe an elementary school's bilingual education program and examine the process and effects of bilingual teacher development efforts, but it refocused on program change due to reduction in federal funding. A literature review explores materials relating to the process of change, staff development and…

In an effort to clearly illustrate the most effective approach when seeking Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP) validation, this report describes four different educational programs. A program involving prekindergarten special students, and a project entailing a systems approach for disadvantaged elementary school students, were awarded…

A high intensity language training (HILT) summer program in English as a second language and Spanish as a second language offered to second through eighth grade students in the North Monterey County Unified School District (California) during the summers of 1982 and 1983 is described. The program funding, design, admission, development, and…

Title III projects conducted by local education agencies in Connecticut are listed alphabetically by agency and described. Each entry gives project title, amount and term of funding, target population, major objectives, evaluation design, findings to date, and dissemination plan. The agency name and address and the project director for each of the…

This report of the education seminar held before media representatives contains statements by policy-level officials and technical experts in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Formal presentations are followed by question and answer sessions. Participants in the seminar include Lewis M. Helm, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs;…

Project Challenge, a federally funded project in School District 189 of East St. Louis, Illinois, includes only those public and private schools at the elementary and secondary levels with the highest concentration of disadvantaged children. Teaching personnel for the project's in-service training program are provided by Southern Illinois…

The 58 career education abstracts included in the document represent the projects selected for the second three-year round of vocational examplary projects supported by the Office of Education under the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968. In a standardized format, the abstracts provide information about each individual project. Abstracts are…

At the request of Congresswoman Edith Green, the Comptroller General of the United States reviewed grant procedures covering two awards made by the Office of Education (OE). The first award, made to the Berkeley Unified School District, was funded under Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, which provides…

The partial immersion program at Key Elementary School (Arlington, Virginia), where half the day is taught in English and half in Spanish, continued to be successful in its eighth year. Reasons for success include: dedication and in-depth understanding of immersion philosophy among principal, coordinator, teachers, and staff; innovations in both…

It is proposed that contract public schools (alternative elementary schools) be established within local school districts to develop more effective compensatory education programs. Each contract school will be governed by its own council of directors, which will be elected by the parents of enrolled children. The council's authority to establish…

The partial immersion program at Key Elementary School (Arlington, Virginia), where half the day is taught in English and half in Spanish, continued to be successful in its ninth year. Reasons for success include: dedication and in-depth understanding of immersion philosophy among principal, coordinator, teachers, and staff; innovations in both…