Instructional programs, pupil services, program personnel, and the summer migrant program and institute were described in this annual report. Programs were operated in grades K-12 (with a special preschool for 4-year-olds), serving 59,417 migrant children in 177 Texas school districts during the 1973-74 school year. Affording pupils comparable…

Twenty culturally deprived children planning to enter first grade in the fall attended an 8-week half-day summer program in which a systematic classroom management program utilizing token reinforcement and isolation techniques was combined with a strong academic program. One hour and 40 minutes was allotted daily to pre-reading and language…

This study compared the performance of kindergarten children who had participated in a full-year Head Start program (FYHS) with that of children who had attended summer Head Start (SHS). FYHS subjects at each of two elementary schools were selected at random from eligible applicants. SHS comparison groups were made up primarily of children from…

An intensive summer Spanish course conducted at the University of Wisconsin in 1965 for graduate social science majors studying in the Latin American area studies program is described. After outlining the details of the experimental course based on the "Modern Spanish" package and discussing its special implications for modern language…

Statistics concerning Indian education for the fiscal year 1968 are provided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) which had direct responsibility for the 55,799 children enrolled in Federal schools and housed in Federal dormitories. The BIA had partial financial responsibility for approximately 2/3 of those enrolled in public schools. Included in…

Six articles on the problems in planning and executing a high school humanities program are collected here. Wallace Kennedy gives a partial listing of Minnesota teachers and schools that offer humanities in grades 11 and 12. Fred E. H. Schroeder takes up the problems of defining "humanities," selecting good teachers, preparing an interdisciplinary…

This report examines the College Discovery and Development Program, which seeks to identify underachieving disadvantaged high school students with college potential, to increase their academic motivation, to improve their scholastic achievement, to develop their acceptance of college study as a realistic expectation for themselves, and to…

Two final reports, winter 1968-1969 and summer 1969, respectively describe the sixth and seventh sessions of the Cambridge School Department's After School Center Program and involving six elementary schools. Both the winter and the summer programs were designed to give disadvantaged children remedial instruction in reading and mathematics along…

This compendium contains descriptions of 25 Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I projects involved with mathematics, chosen as representative of the 367 mathematics education projects funded for approximately 9.2 million dollars during fiscal years 1966-68. Variables considered to be criteria for representativeness include: instructional…

The Migrant Education Section of the Oregon State Department of Education is responsible for providing educational and ancillary services to children of migrant agricultural workers. Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), provides payment to state educational agencies for assistance in educating migrant children. Funds provided by…

This publication is intended to help secondary and college level teachers locate textbooks, curriculum units, audiovisuals, and other resources on China. The guide's contents include the following: (1) Teaching Materials on Contemporary China: A Critical Evaluation; (2) Adapting Scholarly Work to the Needs of Educators; (3) Teaching about China in…

The City School District of Syracuse, New York devised an individualized instructional program which developed students who were creative, self-discoverers, problem-solvers, and capable of learning to learn. As a first step, a 1969 summer inservice workshop was held at which one or more administrators and two teachers from each of 13 schools were…

This textbook for third level French was designed for use at a summer language camp. Its various selections of narratives, conversations, and songs are meant to serve as a springboard to direct classroom conversation. Among the topics discussed are camping, vacations, sports, music, nature, and French singers. (SK)

Evaluation reports for 13 of the 23 1971 Summer Migrant Projects in North Carolina are presented in Volume II of this compilation. Each report contains the following information: (1) descriptive statistics and results of student achievement; (2) description of the project as obtained from site team reports and other available information; and (3)…

The three major components of the HCSP, Academic Course Work, Academic Tutorial, and Clinical Tutorial, are discussed in detail, as well as budgeting considerations, program effectiveness, and recommendations for the future. See also TM 000 760 and TM 000 761. (AG)