This collection of 12 articles, prepared by the editors of the weekly newsletter "Education USA," attempts to highlight significant new developments that have surfaced as major education issues. The aim of the collection is to provide "an authoritative, up-to-date report on what's new in education in one book." The articles…

This document describes the objectives, development and evaluation of the Syracuse Responsive Care Program. The Responsive Care Program was designed to facilitate the development of children's social and cognitive repertoires, and was first implemented at Syracuse University with preschool children. Assumptions are that optimal learning is likely…

A resource document for implementation of community coordination of child care (the 4C concept), this organizational guide is based on the experiences of 24 local programs in Michigan communities, 1969-75. Flexible models are presented, capable of accommodating to the uniqueness of each community. Functioning to maximize resources, a 4C Council is…

This document reports research and recommendations made by the Pacific Training and Technical Assistance Corporation for a comprehensive child-care program in Berkeley. The report is divided into two sections. Section I, "Research and Planning," describes research methodology and findings and includes demographic information on the city…

This handbook is intended as an aid to administrators in setting up a preschool program based on the Responsive Care Model and provides administrators with useful guidelines and resource materials. The Responsive Care Program was designed to facilitate the development of children's social and cognitive repertoires and was first implemented at…