The Multi-Level Linguistic Captioning Project at public television station WGBH in Boston developed a method of captioning that controls vocabulary and idiomatic expressions, syntax, and inference at each of three captioning levels (simplest language, greater sophistication, and most difficult). Examples are provided along with background…

The article reports the development of an occupational therapy program at the North Carolina School for the Deaf. Currently employed evaluation and intervention techniques are discussed and the population served by the program is described. Also reported are plans for the 1979-80 school year. (Author/DLS)

Overviews 15 years of accomplishments by Project Head Start. (DB)

Describes programs at a vocational-technical school and urges that Congress look to operating programs such as this in its effort to design vocational education programs. (IRT)

Briefly outlines the investment procedures one school district uses for each of 10 funds. (IRT)

Describes the kind of training programs that AT&T and Citicorp offer to their employees. (IRT)

Describes a new lay education program at Wesley Theological Seminary called "Equipping Lay Ministry," which is a part of an overall emphasis on partnerships with congregations. It is one of the things Wesley is doing to cultivate a "culture of the call" renewing a commitment to invite persons to acknowledge and explore their calls to ministry,…

Describes a new way to link graduate education and entrepreneurship, the Intellectual Entrepreneurship program at the University of Texas at Austin, which provides opportunities for graduate students to discover how they can use their expertise to make meaningful and lasting differences in their academic disciplines and communities--to become…

Describes the advisory program at Roosevelt Roads High School (Puerto Rico) that uses middle school concepts at the high school level. Describes the program, its objectives, and its scope and sequence. Lists monthly topics for all four grades, and offers suggestions for implementing advisory programs in high schools. (SR)

Describes the process of creating the John Hope Franklin Institute at Duke University, including the sometimes complicated collaboration between the committee wishing to honor Franklin (a renowned historian) and the one planning a new humanities center; major players in its development; and funding issues. (EV)

Rigorously evaluated prenatal and infancy home visitation programs for families at risk have proven to effectively prevent the development of early onset and later conduct problems. the German pilot project "Pro Kind" is an adaptation of the US evidence-based Nurse-Family Partnership program. It has been evaluated in a longitudinal…

Attracting and retaining quality teachers to rural and remote areas has been a challenge over the last decade. Many preservice teachers are reluctant to experience a rural and remote practicum and may not consider applying to teach in such areas when they graduate. Education departments and universities need to explore innovative ways that will…

The Academy for Educational Development (AED) has many opportunities to apply expertise and creativity to the solution of perplexing human problems. It is much more rare, however, to find oneself at the nexus of a set of opportunities that make it possible to make a greater contribution than the original objective. Macedonia's commitment to…

The College Access Challenge Grant (CACG) Program is a federal formula grant designed to foster partnerships among federal, state, and local governments and philanthropic entities to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education. Created by the College Cost Reduction Act of 2007, the…

The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC) was charged by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) from 2001-2006 to develop, implement, and evaluate an approach to technical assistance that would result in sustainable systems change in state Early Intervention and Preschool Special…