The Omaha Westside Public Schools Director of Research made a thorough investigation of student participation in the commercially available mathematics programs, the Hoffman Mathematics System and Systems 80, and parental attitudes about student participation. This report answers questions dealing with the justification of Title I funds resulting…

This study focuses on the current practices of summer programs funded under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Information provided includes the types of programs that have been implemented, the populations they serve, and the programs' costs. Data presented from a national survey as well as from individual State education…

MIGRANT CHILDREN ARE DEPRIVED IN THE AREAS OF EDUCATION, OPPORTUNITY, ACCEPTANCE BY PEERS, DESIRE TO ATTEND SCHOOL, AND PARENTAL CONCERN ABOUT EDUCATION. SCHOOLS OFTEN HAVE TO FIND THE MIGRANT CHILDREN WHO DO NOT WANT TO ATTEND SCHOOL. WHEN THEY DO ATTEND SCHOOL, THEY ARE REJECTED BY LOCAL CHILDREN. BECAUSE MIGRANT FAMILIES MOVE ABOUT AS CROPS…

PURPOSES WERE TO CLARIFY THE PROBLEMS OF MIGRANTS, TO STUDY THEIR NEEDS, AND TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS TO ASSIST THEM IN ACHIEVING MORE ADEQUATE CITIZENSHIP. IN ADDITION TO CONFERENCES BETWEEN STATE DEPARTMENT AND MIGRANT SCHOOL PEOPLE, A 1-DAY CONFERENCE FOR SUPERVISORS OF MIGRANT PROGRAMS WAS HELD, IN WHICH NEW RECORD FORMS AND NEW STATE AID FORMULAS…

YOUTHS FROM "UNDER-PRIVILEGED" AREAS IN BOSTON HAVE DEFICIENCIES IN THE BASIC ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES WHICH PREVENT SCHOLASTIC PROGRESS AND MAY RESULT IN SCHOOL DROUPOUTS. THIS PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED BY FIVE JESUIT SCHOLASTICS TO FIFTY BOYS ENTERING NINTH GRADE, AND WILL LAST FOUR WEEKS. GROUPING WILL BE ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA BATTERY…

THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO TEST (1) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A WAY OF THINKING ABOUT PROBLEMS AND (2) THE EFFECTS OF INTRODUCING JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THE LOGIC OF SCIENTIFIC THINKING. THE STUDY HAD TWO OBJECTIVES (1) TO TEACH THE PROCESS OF SEARCH FOR AN ANSWER AND (2) TO TEACH THE LOGICAL STRUCTURE OF IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES. TEACHING…

THE ACTIVITIES OF A SUMMER WORKSHOP ON VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS WERE REPORTED. FOUR LEADERS WERE CHOSEN TO LEAD SMALL GROUP SESSIONS. THE TOPICS DISCUSSED WERE (1) DEVELOPING CURRICULUM AND ADMINISTRATIVE PATTERNS FOR OPERATION OF PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, (2) ISOLATING AND IDENTIFYING RESEARCHABLE PROBLEMS, (3) CREATING A…

Thirty-five children with reading problems received lessons by mail for 6 weeks in the summer. Lessons included illustrations and pictures and provided tokens for motivation. Significant differences were found in pre- and posttest gains in reading achievement between Ss and a control group. Subsequent studies demonstrated further value of…

This report describes an experimental project to provide alternative employment and vocational training programs to talented disadvantaged young persons. The target audience for the project was disadvantaged youths with exceptional learning abilities, i.e., youths who were unemployed or underemployed and who needed basic and remedial education to…

THE COLLEGE READINESS PROGRAM AT THE COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, WAS DESIGNED TO INTEGRATE MINORITY YOUTH INTO THE COLLEGE AND THE COMMUNITY. A STUDY OF STUDENTS WHO HAD ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM SINCE ITS BEGINNING IN 1966 INCLUDED THESE OBSERVATIONS--(1) 95 PERCENT WERE NEGROES, (2) ALTHOUGH 40 PERCENT HAD NOT CHOSEN A MAJOR, ACADEMIC OR…

APPROXIMATELY 160 PROFESSIONAL BOOKS AND PERIODICAL ARTICLES FOR USE IN PLANNING AND CONDUCTING SUMMER PROGRAMS ARE ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY AUTHOR UNDER THE SUBJECTS--(1) RATIONALE FOR SUMMER PROGRAMS, (2) PROGRAM PLANNING, (3) IMPROVING PHYSICAL FACILITIES, (4) TEACHING RESOURCES, (5) FILES AND STORAGE, (6) FFA ACTIVITIES, (7) PUBLIC…

The expansion of developmental reading programs into the secondary grades requires qualified and trained secondary reading teachers . This need is presently being met by local school districts through the operation of inservice training programs. The following observations of these programs are reported: (1) the secondary reading program is now…

Investigated were the participants of Summer Institutes in Science and Mathematics at the University of Idaho and their subsequent educational and professional stature, occupational mobility, ability to initiate change in the curriculums of the schools in which they taught, and reactions to the social and academic climate which prevailed at the…

During the 1974-75 school year, the North Carolina migrant program's priorities were program continuity; regular school term and summer programs for interstate and intrastate migrant children; staff development activities; Migrant Student Record Transfer System; migrant education program support team; and mobile vocational instructional program.…

This report discusses the goals, procedural format, and outcomes of a summer research training institute conducted by the Bureau of Educational Research and Testing Services at the University of New Hampshire. Trainees at the institute studied (1) the problems inherent in evaluating the particular educational problem with which the trainee was…