As reported in this publication, about 410,000 Alaskan Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts receive a full range of curative, preventive, and rehabilitative health services--including hospitalization, outpatient medical care, public health nursing, maternal and child health care, dental and nutrition services, and health education. The U.S. Public Health…

This is a report which describes and evaluates a Summer Day Elementary School (SDES) program conducted in 1969 and involving 153 elementary schools in New York City. For six weeks, 37,502 children from disadvantaged areas attended voluntarily for a half day. Services provided included: (1) reading and arithmetic (Basic Component); (2) enrichment…

The rapid industrialization of agriculture has necessitated the implementation of programs which more effectively coordinate state supervision activities, industry participation, and teacher education. In order to meet this need, a structured occupational experience was designed to provide beginning teachers with agricultural industry-related…

In 1961, administrative personnel at Delhi College in New York observed that formal training programs for animal science technicians were virtually nonexistant. Response to this apparent need resulted in the initiation of perhaps the first 2-year Animal Science Technology Program in the nation. This two-volume report is the result of an extensive…

The second booklet in the series Career Development in Head Start concerns the third component of career development, career ladders. Job descriptions are given for each step in the teaching ladder--the teaching assistant, traits, tasks, and training; the teaching assistant trainee; the teaching assistant; the senior teaching assistant; the career…

Self contained multi-media kits for grades 1 through 6 involve students directly in the learning process. Emphasis is on non-verbal learning which takes place when youngsters examine real objects and engage in learning activities. Involved in the discovery and inquiry process, students hypothesize, classify, and categorize. In an interdisciplinary…

This is an interim report for the period January 1, 1972 through December 31, 1972 of a project designed to develop a comprehensive program of vocational education in a rural school system located in an economically depressed area. The exemplary project design provided for four major areas: (1) career awareness in grades 1-6, (2) career…

The Nebraska State Department of Education sought to raise the level of management skills of educational administrators through the establishment of planning and evaluation capability among personnel. Training sessions in both planning and evaluation skills were held. This publication contains the materials used in the training sessions in…

This compilation of abstracts summarizes the papers and symposia proceedings of the 2nd Convocation (1971) of the Northeastern Educational Research Association. Many topics in educational research are covered, such as: measurement, accountability, evaluation, instructional techniques, disadvantaged youth, testing, and special programs. A listing…

This document reports on an 8-part task undertaken to produce an operational planning and reporting system for a proposed Educational Extension Program (EEP) that would use management-by-objective techniques. An integrated schedule of activities was developed to extend the program from the three pilot project States to nationwide implementation…

The second year report of this exemplary project describes the problems, objectives, and programs for the development of a comprehensive and sequentially planned effort for career education. Most of the document consists of the project evaluation and the appendixes of materials relating to the project. Evaluation outlined the need for more…

This report is a guide to ESEA Title III programs in Massachusetts. Forty-six programs are described; these programs concern, among many other topics, curriculum development, bilingual education, inservice teacher training, interdisciplinary programs, individualized instruction, learning and behavior problems, and environmental study. In addition…

The paper gives a brief overview of the National Institute of Education's Fourth Model for Career Education, a residential model operated by a non-profit corporation for rural disadvantaged families. The model consists of three operational units: Career Guidance-Youth, Career Guidance-Adult, and Work Experience Education. The Youth element of the…

The emphasis of this publication is on new or proposed physician support training programs which are in the advanced planning or pilot stages and on operational programs which have not yet received accreditation or have only recently been accredited. Detailed data were gathered for 71 programs through mailed questionnaire or telephone surveys, and…

Continuing education activities available to laboratory technologists and personnel are listed in this directory. Workshops, seminars, short courses, and night classes intended to help the working technologist update his professional knowledge and keep abreast of new developments are listed by states. Courses offered at various colleges and…