FACTS ABOUT INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENTS MADE BY 191 WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE YEARS 1958-1961 WERE PRESENTED. IN ADDITION TO THE IMPROVEMENTS MADE BY INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS, THESE DISTRICTS DEVELOPED 976 NEW INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS. THESE DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED ALL SUBJECT AREAS AND GRADES (K-14). THE FIRST PART OF THE REPORT SUMMARIZED THE…

The report summarizes data related to funding and implementation of the Education of the Handicapped Act, Title VIB New York Program, a statewide educational effort with a goal of aiding handicapped children to become as self-sufficient as their handicaps permit. Following an overview are chapters focusing on fiscal characteristics (sources of…

Describes how local area unemployment statistics are developed by state employment security agencies to provide the Bureau of Labor Statistics with data on the insured unemployed by county of residence. Includes a discussion of the handbook method, a consistent and uniform method of estimating total unemployment for states and areas. (Editor/TA)

The Georgia plan considers career education not as a program but as a concept cutting across all other program areas, with potential for achieving a variety of educational objectives. The underlying principles are those of a comprehensive, integrated approach to education, a developmental focus on individuals, and the integration of subject matter…

Educational philosophy and planning in the Delaware Department of Public Instruction must be conducive to broadly based adult and continuing education, especially for the large proportion of Delaware adults who are undereducated and disadvantaged. Local school district responsibility should include budgeting, staffing, promotion, and program…

This final report of the Montana Commission on Post Secondary Education discusses information and projections relevant to present and future needs, resources, and the economic and social trends relating to the future of postsecondary education. The 11 chapters of the report are: 1. New Times, New Conditions, New Choices; 2. Goals; 3. Educational…

Presented is the 5-year (1974-1979) plan of Tennessee by the State Division of Mental Retardation. Changes in philosophy and service delivery to mentally retarded (MR) persons are discussed in terms of definition, causes, classification, and training for employment. Ways of helping MR persons are described in relation to previous efforts and new…

This manual presents information about major causes of developmental disabilities, discusses strategies to prevent development disabilities, and identifies relevant resources and reference material. Introductory information defines developmental disabilities and prevention (under Virginia statutes). The first section considers causes prior to and…

The goal of a project was to survey the vocational divisions of state departments of education across the nation in order to provide the vocational division of Virginia with information upon which to base decisions concerning the development of its vocational exploratory program. A search of the literature was done and an ERIC search completed.…

This report is the first attempt by the Office of Education to determine: (1) what the condition of bilingual education is in the United States, (2) what advances have been made, and (3) what problems remain to be solved. Following a discussion of the history and rationale of bilingual education, and the quantification of the need for bilingual…

A 1956 Office of Education study showed that 26 million rural residents were without any public library service and that more than 300 rural counties had no public library within their borders. An additional 50 million rural residents had only inadequate service. Congress passed the Library Services Act in 1956 to stimulate the further development…