The small rural school's foremost and largest problem is providing an adequate curriculum for students in a changing world. Often the small district cannot or is not willing to pay the per-pupil cost of curriculum specialists, specialized courses using expensive equipment no more than one period a day, and remodeled rooms to accommodate new…

Casa de la Raza, a K-12 grade school, operated from September 1971 to June 1973 as part of the Berkeley Unified School District's Experimental Schools Program. Based on the belief that using the student's home culture and language within the instructional program would foster personal growth and academic advancement, Casa used a bilingual…

Prepared under authority of the Economic Opportunity Act, this New Careers report offers suggestions on how police departments can improve relations with inner city disadvantaged residents (usually minority groups) by using hard core unemployed community members to close the information gap on both sides, provide community services, relieve the…

The multi-faceted program of the Day Nursery Association of Cleveland is described in this booklet. Specific topics included are: a therapeutic nursery school, day nurseries for low-income neighborhoods, neighborhood day care homes and group centers, summer camp, and consultation services. Sources of more detailed information are provided for this…

This document contains a historical summary of the Community Service and Continuing Education Program conducted in the State of Arkansas by institutions of higher education for the Fiscal Years 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1969, under the Title I Higher Education Act of 1965. Included are various programs, each with its project number, institution with…

This book, written by the national advisor of the Pre-school Playgroups Association, outlines the history of the development of the playgroup movement, offers recommendations for its future, and serves as a practical handbook for mothers, teachers, and playgroup organizers. (CS)

This two-part report summarizes the comprehensive Report on the Development of the National Drug Education Program (NDEP) Information Support System. The first report describes the implementation and growth of the system, discusses the design approach, and provides sample information collection instruments. Part II is, itself, in two sections: (1)…

Planning methodology should concentrate first on outcomes before emphasizing inputs and processes. In developing a plan for planning for a State community college system, such questions as these must be answered: why plan? who plans? what is to be included in the planning? what is the time frame for planning? Five general processes, each a…

An intervention project concerned with the education of very young, disadvantaged children in an attempt to prevent intellectual deficits in "high-risk" children is presented. The intervention technique employs an intensive educational program for the very young high-risk child, beginning before six months of age. Using survey data, a maternal IQ…

Reporting a 1966 1-year demonstration project involving youth in community action, this pamphlet shows how the 24 community action programs in this California project selected and trained personnel, selected and trained youth trainees, established the needs of respective communities, set about to match these needs, and evaluated their action. The…

A survey, commissioned by the Alberta College Commission as part of its master planning project, was conducted to identify existing programs, services, and enrollments in post-secondary, non-university and continuing education in the province. A survey instrument was sent to all licensed trade and business schools, adult education centers, private…

the steps taken by a large urban school district to develop and implement an objectives-based curriculum with criterion-referenced assessment of student progress are described. These steps include: goal setting, development of curriculum objectives, construction of assessment exercises, matrix sampling in test administration, and reporting of…

A masters program specifically designed to train community college English teachers is badly needed is the contention of this paper. The community college holds greater job potential for English majors, does not pressure for faculty publication, and is the only area of higher education for which growth is predicted in the next decade. A proposed…

The purpose of the Florida Coordinating Council Development Project is to further develop the processes and procedures used by community college district coordinating councils so that all school districts and community colleges can cooperatively plan, implement, and evaluate an appropriate delivery system for vocational education, adult general…

This 3-year pilot project demonstrated the feasibility of schools assuming responsibility for the job placement of students at every exit level, and established a systematic, effective job placement service capable of serving all secondary students. The project was operational at a high school serving 1,303 students of which the racial balance is…