Describes how to have the advantages of an open school in older classroom spaces, using team teaching, learning stations, and a group rotation schedule. (RB)

Suggesting that too often initiatives have been placed in schools without attention to the implementation process, this paper discusses a model used in a professional development program for teachers of beginning reading and then describes and documents how each feature of the model was addressed through development and implementation work. The…

Describes a writing program in a first-grade classroom in a primarily low-socioeconomic, urban Appalachian region. Notes that the program aims at helping children become writers and to: (1) teach the concept of writing as communication; (2) learn about children's strengths and needs through observations and writing samples and teach accordingly;…

The Sullivan Reading Program is designed to teach reading, with the focus on basic skills, to children beginning in kindergarten and continuing through grade 3. It is also used in remedial reading instruction for children and adults of all ages. The two basic series of materials are the Programmed Reading series and the Sullivan Reading Program,…

In 1972, the Nottinghamshire Education Committee surveyed all primary schools to identify those in areas of multiple social and educational disadvantage. A program, including increased funding, parent education, and in-service, was developed for these schools, to meet the Plowden Report's goal of "positive discrimination" for the…

An elementary education professor taught first grade for a year and developed a balanced program for beginning readers that blended instructional methods from skills-based and holistic perspectives. The program consisted of five complementary parts: teacher read-alouds, sustained silent reading, decoding instruction, shared reading, and writing…

The Primary Education Improvement Project was launched in Nigeria in 1971. It seeks to upgrade educational standards through the provision of new instructional materials and mobile teacher trainers. This report describes project background, strategies, problems, outcomes, and future prospects. (SJL)

This paper discusses the Science and Curriculum Reform Project, a model fostering science learning through a systematic approach to language development in young children; the paper focuses on the process and outcome of Component 1 and discusses the development phase of Component 2 of the project. The science curriculum promotes the content and…

"Project SAILS" (Symbolic and Innovative Language Systems) is a special program developed by the Portland, Oregon, public schools for training teachers to work with children who have learning and reading difficulties. Teachers are instructed in the use of the Monterey Reading and Language Programs, highly structured and highly…

During the 1975-76 school year, the Follow Through Program operated in grades kindergarten through third in four elementary schools, and in two nongraded primary schools. The Atlanta Follow Through Program implements the Interdependent Learning Model (ILM) developed by the late Dr. Lassar Gotkin. The Interdependent Learning Model presents a method…

California State Board of Education policies authorizing implementation of early childhood legislation for K-3 programs are given. Legislative authority is quoted for each of the policies, which cover: (1) development of the early childhood education master plan--district level planning, individual school level planning, optional waiver of…

The Contingencies for Learning Academic and Social Skills (CLASS) program is described. CLASS is a comprehensive, self-contained behavior management package designed for remediation of the behavior problems of disruptive, acting-out students in Kindergarten through grade 3. (Author/MH)

This report describes a 3-year project (1987-1990) implemented to assist migrant families and their children in transition to public school kindergarten and developmental kindergarten classes. The project served 30 children and 24 families in Ft. Pierce, Florida, approximately 75 percent of whom were Hispanic and 25 percent were Haitian. Goals…

This chronological summary describes the activities of the group that is developing CABOODLE, a children's educational television series in the arts and humanities, for the year 1978. Program areas reviewed include project personnel, project administration, curriculum design, physical facilities, materials and script development, research and…

This document is the eleventh in a series of 12 early childhood program descriptions compiled by the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development. The program described here is the Florida Parent Education program developed by Ira Gordon of the Institute for Development of Human Resources at the University of Florida in…