A SUMMER PROGRAM WAS CONDUCTED TO SERVE AS A MODEL FOR EDUCATORS WHOSE INTEREST LAY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NONGRADED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRAM. EDUCATORS FROM APPROXIMATELY 35 PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS WERE INVITED TO OBSERVE THE PROGRAM. THE SCHOOL CONSISTED OF 80 CHILDREN 6 TO 12 YEARS OLD, AND A GROUP OF 20 CHILDREN 5 YEARS OLD. THE EMPHASIS WAS…

The Individual Communications System (INDICOM) was begun in 1967 in Waterford School District, Michigan, as one of the first public school computer-assisted instruction projects in the Midwest. Its specific aim in developing CAI was to fuse the latest technology with the best thinking in education so as to create an instructional system which…

The purposes of the project were (1) to establish better methods of training technicians for the horological and industrial fields, (2) to encourage more young people to investigate horological and micro-precision work as a career, (3) to train a group of students who would be employable in diverse horological and industrial areas, and (4) to help…

THE ROLE OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT IS ILLUSTRATED IN REPORTS OF VARIED RETRAINING PROGRAMS (PART OF THE ACTIVE MANPOWER POLICY) IN GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND SWEDEN. THE PROGRAMS INCLUDE SUCH ACTIVITIES AS--(1) FINANCIAL ENCOURAGEMENT OF INDUSTRY TO PARTICIPATE IN TRAINING THE OLDER ADULT, (2) RETRAINING TO MEET…