This report presents the findings of a rapid response inquiry about the new training opportunities afforded through an amendment to Section 353 of the Adult Education Act that increased the state set-aside for innovative demonstration projects and teacher training projects. The report also describes a number of activities supporting the newly…

The Ohio State University, Inland Fisher Guide Division of General Motors, and United Auto Workers Local 969 formed a collaborative partnership in 1990 to train employees whose inadequate literacy skills made them unable to respond to the requirements of "synchronous manufacturing" (or "just in time" production). One of the…

This report examines the progress in 1992-93 of the Career Awareness Program for Bilingual Haitian and Hispanic Students (Project CAP) in New York City. In the year under review, Project CAP served a total of 292 students with limited English proficiency who were also limited in their ability to read and write in their native language.…

This description of career education activities in Akron (Ohio) Public Schools was prepared as part of a study conducted to identify evaluated, exemplary career education activities which represent the best of the current career education programs and practices referred to in Public Law 93-380. (See CE 018 212 for the final report of this study.)…

Focusing on special education needs of Indian youngsters and supportive services for parents and community, the main component of the Ft. McDowell Indian Community Preschool Program is the classroom and training activity designed to promote each child's maximum development. During this fifth project year, the preschool classroom laboratory has…

During the four years of its operation, the Fort McDowell Indian (Reservation) Community preschool and kindergarten program has been directed toward three major areas of emphasis: (1) to provide activities and experiences that focus specific attention on meeting the special education needs of Fort McDowell youngsters; (2) to offer supportive…

Designed for equipping teams of local school district personnel, called cadre, to assume leadership of career education inservice teacher training at the secondary level, the project developed two products: a transportable package of instructional materials and a set of organizational procedures. Following a formative evaluation strategy, these…

An evaluation was conducted of the fourth year of Project Future, implemented in the Bremerton (Washington) School District. The project objective was to provide pilot class students at four grade levels (grades 3, 6, 9, and 12) with career education learning experiences which used commercial and teacher created classroom activities and materials,…

This manual is designed for the administrator or coordinator responsible for implementing the World of Related Knowledge and Educational Development (WORK-ED) program in a school district. (The program is a career education course of study for ninth graders designed to enable students who have not chosen the traditional college prep high school…

An evaluation was conducted to measure the effectiveness of the K-12 Career Education Curriculum Model developed and implemented in the Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit (Edinboro, Pennsylvania). (See CE 017 643 for a detailed description of the project.) Career awareness, career exploration, and career preparation of pupils, K-12, were…

To provide coordination and technical assistance through a regional approach to local Michigan school districts, a career education implementation project was conducted based on the following nine sub-goals: (1-2) the development and infusion of career education activities into the existing curriculum by teachers and counselors; (3) staff…

This volume is a collection of informative integrative reviews of primary research and development reports relevant to workers and students in early childhood education. The articles are: (1) "Psychological Perspectives and Early Childhood Education: Some Relations between Theory and Practice"; (2) "Children's Friendships in School…

The Philadelphia Prekindergarten Head Start Program is a child development program for three- and four-year old children from low-income families funded through the Philadelphia Anti-Poverty Action Commission. The approach stresses an interacting and multidisciplinary attempt to improve the child's physical and emotional health, his family…

This brochure reflects information concerning the findings of staff members of the Elementary Schools Organization Section of the Office of Education in their visits to 16 cities (Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, New Haven, New York, Oakland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, San Diego, and…

Australia's National Reporting System (NRS) was developed as a mechanism for reporting the outcomes of adult English language, literacy, and numeracy provision in the country's vocational educational and training system, labor market programs, and the adult and community education sector. This document is intended to explain the NRS to potential…