Experience a Practicum with Exceptional Children (EPEC), university lecture courses and practicum experience within a local school district, offered field-based teacher education on the needs of handicapped students. The EPEC summer program recruited elementary students who were gifted, learning disabled, educable mentally retarded, mildly…

The resource guide to Colorado career education programs offers information on more than 50 school programs, obtained from a number of sources including a statewide assessment instrument administered by the 1974 Colorado State facilitator project and the Colorado Department of Education. It is not intended to be comprehensive. Information…

This resource guide to Colorado environmental education programs offers information on environmental programs currently in operation and services available to Colorado educators in environmental/conservation education. Information is provided on five programs that have been validated for national dissemination by the United States Office of…

This report presents findings from a national survey on emerging credentialing programs for school-age care (SAC) providers. About half of the states report that a credential is already available, is being piloted, or is being planned. About one-third of the states do not have a credential, nor is one being planned. Common characteristics of the…

An application for a proposed South Umpqua School District (Oregon) Experimental Schools project is provided. The project will personalize and intensify those instructional processes dealing with basic education and career preparation. The goals of the project are: A. Operational Processes--personalization of instruction, parent/patron…

This report describes a project developed by the American National Metric Council (ANMC) to assess the effectiveness of the parent-through-child learning model as a method of transmitting metric knowledge. The model used has been in effect in one classroom in El Cajon, California since 1974. An elementary level classroom teacher there initiated…

These 51 charts outline the general educational structure of each state and the District of Columbia. The charts identify elementary, secondary, and postsecondary state-level boards, chief state school officers, and local structures, as well as institutional boards. The relationships between these entities are also indicated. Where possible the…

A teacher of gifted children implemented a 10-week practicum intervention designed to improve regular classroom teachers' knowledge, attitudes, and skills concerning the education of gifted elementary school students. The intervention was designed to enable participants to identify characteristics and needs of gifted children, develop positive…

This brief report of remarks of a three-day workshop in career education describes the workshop agenda, activities, and projects underway in Florida and gives a list of objectives for grades K-6 through post secondary education. A master plan for career education in Brevard County, with a planning and implementation checklist, is followed by…

Nine foundations are the focus of this study of the educational activities of major philanthropic foundations. The foundations are: (1) Ford; (2) Grant; (3) Russell Sage; (4) Carnegie; (5) Danforth; (6) Kellogg; (7) Lilly; (8) Mott; and (9) Rockefeller. After a brief overview of foundation activities, general themes, appropriations and projects,…

This volume provides an annotated listing of successful educational programs involving parents which are now in practice in local school districts of New Jersey. Also presented is an overview of parent and citizen involvement within the New Jersey Department of Education. The first section of this resource book classifies programs into five…

This New York State annual report for the fiscal year 1972 describes the State's attainment of the objectives of its 1972 state plan for administering vocational education programs. A statistical overview of the current status of occupational education in New York State precedes the descriptions of program developments and accomplishments. Data…