Summarizes major features of the Project Information Packages and describes the eight steps to follow in order for a school district to obtain one. (HOD)

After describing social-emotional learning, provides a framework for implementing an effective program that includes, for example, building connections between students and their schools, involving families and communities as partners. Describes three exemplary social and emotional learning programs for grades K-6: Caring School Community,…

Brief profiles of 51 exemplary innovative schools are presented in this document. Many of the schools belong to the Associated Network of Individually Guided Education (IGE) Middle, Junior, and Senior High Schools. A 1978 conference of IGE schools identified successful practices for individualizing schooling related to one or more of the following…

A project testing solar heating and cooling in an existing building, the George A. Towns Elementary School, is intended to provide information on system design and performance, allow the identification and correction of problems encountered in installing large units, and gauge community/user reaction to solar equipment. (Author/MLF)

Explores the gap between the ideological orthodoxies of mathematics education and the expectations and beliefs of parents. Three strategies are proposed: repetition and attention, narratives and stories, and giving instruction that credits students with their own intelligence. (MKR)

Describes (as part of a series of articles describing exemplary school reading programs) several innovative programs designed to connect home, school, and classroom at Baltimore Highlands Elementary School. (SR)

The paper discusses tested and approved basic models and their replication, with special emphasis on replications of an educational program for Down's syndrome children (preschool to elementary age). Essential components of the program are noted to include individualized programs, instruction based on the normal sequences of development, short-…

A model elementary science program was established through cooperation of Washington, DC, schools and the National Science Teachers Association. The program is expected to be a model for techniques and strategies adaptable to other schools. Program content, instructional purposes, and the fully equipped laboratory used are discussed. (DH)

Provides a brief overview of current geographic ideas regarding continental drift and plate tectonics and suggests techniques for illustrating continental motions to elementary school pupils. (Author/DB)

Discusses the compensatory and regular reading programs examined by the Educational Testing Service. (HOD)

Describes the Math, Science, and Computer Camp for girls ages 8-12. Includes vignettes that illustrate worthwhile mathematical tasks in which girls engage that expand their notion of mathematics. (MKR)

Cordova Villa and Reymouth Schools (Folsom-Cordova Unified School District, California) have developed a program to accomplish a positive community involvement in the educational process by inviting parents to enjoy lunch and to use the playground facilities with their children during the lunch hour. Parents have a chance to talk to their children…

The Tennessee Early Intervention Network for Children with Handicaps (TEINCH) examined problems in the transition from early childhood to elementary school programs. Surveys of administrators from public schools and preschools revealed helpful strategies (such as encouraging both preschool and school personnel to attend the child's individual…

The educational needs in curriculum programing for the gifted and talented are considered; and a program for gifted and talented students in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades in the North Kitsap (Washington) School District is described. Chapter I Outlines results of a 1973 survey (including that there is a need to provide for students who have…

Described as one of 34 booklets in a series of promising programs on childhood education, the report presents information on the Boston Public Schools Learning Laboratories (Massachusetts). The special approach for slow learners and gifted students in grades two through four is discussed in terms of purpose and structure, population served,…