Article evaluated a program whose purpose was to teach children to live in harmony with people from other national, racial and cultural groups. (Editor/RK)

THIS REPORT PRESENTS AN EVALUATION OF THE 8-WEEK NDEA INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY IN READING AT NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, SUMMER OF 1967, BY THE 27 PARTICIPANTS AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE. READING SPECIALISTS FROM ACROSS THE NATION SERVED AS CONSULTANTS. ADMINISTRATORS, SUPERVISORS, AND TEACHERS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL READING WHO HAD NOT…

The School Program Advancing Career Education (SPACE) was initiated in nine pilot schools in Greeneville and Greene County Tennessee in January 1973. The initial six months of program planning were climaxed by a 10-day workshop for the planning commission, consisting of 30 principals and staff members. This workshop was a cooperative effort of…

Described is a five-week summer institute sponsored by the National Science Foundation for 35 teachers and administrators interested in implementing "AAAS Science - A Process Approach." Institute activities included those suggested in the AAAS "Guide for In-Service Training," with additional activities beginning the fifth week…

This report evaluates the value and success of an Institute Program in human relations for educators and administrators in Los Angeles, California. Specific objectives include: (1) determining the overall value of the Institute to participant administrators; (2) determining the specific strengths and weaknesses of the Summer Institute Program;…

Records and observations from a summer Head Start program, conducted in Los Angeles by Delta Sigma Theta, are delineated in this book. It relates firsthand experiences of the participating personnel as they developed and implemented a Head Start program for some 300 children. The book is divided into three sections. Section I,…

Presents a description and evaluation of a summer program in which academic and vocational teachers and counselors from high schools and community colleges serve a 120-hour externship at a local job service center. (Author)

New approaches for disadvantaged and handicapped in North Carolina. (Editor)

A place-based learning community called "Klamath Connection" was designed to improve the academic performance of freshman in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) majors at Humboldt State University, a midsize public institution in a location geographically and culturally unfamiliar to the majority of its students. The…

This paper presents key concepts and practical suggestions to use in evaluating three types of Title I summer programs. A description of the summer program characteristics is followed by outlines of the three evaluation designs: (1) norm referenced design; (2) criterion referenced design; and (3) comparison group design. The techniques, procedural…

In the summer of 1961 migrant children took part in an experimental education program held in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. The unique factor in this program was the utilization of local school children as catalytic agents in the classrooms. The migrant children were given 2 four-week programs which ran concurrently with the general 8-week summer…

North Carolina has established programs and projects designed to meet the special educational needs of the children of migratory workers and has coordinated them with similar agencies. The State migrant program's priorities are regular school term and summer projects for interstate and intrastate migrants; staff development activities; a migrant…

A WORKSHOP FOR SUPERVISING-TEACHERS WAS ORGANIZED TO PLAN, EXPLORE, AND INNOVATE A MORE COMPLETE PROGRAM IN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. THE WORKSHOP ALSO INCLUDED DISCUSSION OF ESSENTIAL PHASES OF THE OFF-FARM AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS AS THEY APPLY TO THE PREPARATION OF STUDENT TEACHERS. THIS REPORT INCLUDED (1) A LIST OF PARTICIPANTS FROM 11 WESTERN…

This article is based on a M.S. thesis by Robert J. Ford entitled: Relation of Summer Programs to Total Programs of Vocational Agriculture in Iowa." (Editor)