This is the annual evaluation report (1974-1975) for the Georgia Schools' Title I programs. Title I programming emphasis is increasingly oriented toward basic skills. In the programs evaluated, 99.5% of the total participating units of instructional activities were in preschool education, reading, and mathematics. For the first time, the local…

To respond to changes in the needs of consumers, priorities of funding agencies, and institutional capacity, the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory initiated a planning process involving the laboratory staff and board members as well as educational stakeholders in a seven-state area. The process consisted of three studies, followed by an…

Program descriptions for the School District of Philadelphia's 102 alternative elementary and secondary programs constitute the bulk of this booklet. Descriptions include information on number of students, grade levels, administrative staff, and program purposes. A brief summary of the evaluation of alternative education programs, as well as…

Discussed is the role of the parent of the gifted preschool child, and described is a parent group based on the philosophy that home, school, and community should work together in the education of the gifted child. It is explained that the program focused on self concepts of parent and child, characteristics of gifted children, opportunity for…

Described is the mainstreaming program at the College Learning Laboratory (at the State University College at Buffalo, New York) to further the temporal, social, and instructional integration of elementary grade mentally handicapped children with normal peers. Discussed are these three components of mainstreaming, requirements for successful…

Provided is an overview of the Austin Early Childhood Special Education (AECSE) program, a coordinated approach to serving preschool handicapped children in the school, home, and community. Brief descriptions are given of the following program components: eligibility, assessment and evaluation, educational services, therapy services, parent…

Describes a high school where reading is taught in every content area, including in marine biology, health, and United States History. (RB)

A state bureau of environmental education has developed a master plan, and state funds are allocated to school systems or individual teachers for the development of "exemplary programs or instruction materials." (Author/MLF)

The entire second part of the October issue presents the program for the 28th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society. Abstracts of papers are included. (EJT)

An art teacher developed a project on basketmaking, its history and techniques for a high school textile class. (Author/RK)

Article defined ethnomusicology and discussed its use at the Music Department of the University of Hawaii. (Author/RK)

This article described how certain junior high schools in Michigan utilized the micro-mini unit. (Editor/RK)

The school experiences in a typical English school are described from the perspective of a 6-year-old American. Some of the differences in classroom practices between England and the United Stated are discussed. (CS)

A unique program designed to give teacher-education candidates their first teaching experience with children of preschool age, using Sesame Street television programs as the curriculum focal point. (CS)