This is the final report of one of three studies in an overall project entitled "Evaluation of Bilingual Education Programs." The objectives of this study were to: (1) identify and recommend as exemplary up to 10 bilingual education programs for submission to the Dissemination Review Panel (DRP) of the Education Division, DHEW, and (2)…

The Aroostook County Telecommunications System is a slow-scan television network connecting five health institutions in the county with the Central Maine Interactive Telecommunications System (CMITS). The Aroostook system allows both audio conferencing and still-image videoconferencing among the Aroostook participants, and provides for an…

This report describes ongoing efforts of the Maine Department of Education to encourage high school improvement through state-level actions. Three intertwined strategies have added value to the individual schools' improvement efforts, including: (1) the drafting of a statewide reform framework called Promising Futures; (2) the creation of a new…

A project was conducted to (1) demonstrate comprehensive career education in grades K-12 of the Bangor, Maine, public school system and (2) demonstrate to teacher educators at Husson College and the University of Maine the concepts, philosophy, and methods of comprehensive career education. (See CE 019 623 for the performance report.) Based on the…

A comprehensive career education project in Maine was conducted on three levels: university/college-based activities; public school activities, K-12; and state department-based activities. The major objective for level I was to demonstrate to teacher educators and teacher trainees the philosophy, methods, and objectives of comprehensive career…