The 1968 report of New York State's program for the education of migratory children presents brief program descriptions and evaluations of all phases of the statewide effort. Objectives for the 1968 program for the special education of the migrant child were (1) to improve self-concept, (2) to develop social and academic skills, (3) to develop…

Study objectives were to find out whether the use of disadvantaged women as parent educators of indigent mothers of infants and young children (1) enhanced the development of the infants and children, (2) increased the mother's competence and sense of personal worth, and (3) contributed to the knowledge of the home life of infants in the study. In…

The directory of institutions providing a degree program for training adult educators was developed as an essential step in making training opportunities better known to prospective students and their advisers; the population covered includes programs omitted from prior studies. A substantial portion of the document is comprised of a listing of…

Operations at the Boston Center for Blind Children's day preschool for visually-impaired, multihandicapped children (3- to 8-years-old) are described. The following stages of evaluation and planning are identified: development of a treatment plan based on performance in the developmental areas of self-help, language, motor skills, socialization,…

The purpose of this report is to record as accurately as possible the activities of the Ford Training and Placement Program for the training of educational personnel. The program accepted a theoretical construct based on the premise that a school is a social system. A four-point proposal was developed, featuring: (1) Focused preparation--personnel…

The SPAN Project was developed as an exemplary career education project to serve grades K through 12. The program consisted of three components: one at the elementary grades, one for middle or junior high grades, and a component to service the senior high school students. The original title, "An Accelerated Project for a Systems Program…

This guide was developed to acquaint teachers with the Continuous Progress Program, which is designed to recognize the individual differences of children in a nongraded curricular system and to make available to teachers a set of guidelines for implementation. The guide establishes the parameters within which the operation of an individualized…

The major portion of this report is devoted to a description of the objectives, training strategies, evaluation strategies, and recommendations of the two 1973 summer Institutes for Program Assistants and Field Representatives of the Tucson Early Education Model (TEEM) Program. Within the TEEM program, education is viewed as a continuous process,…

The National Assessment is a plan for a systematic survey of knowledges, skills, understandings, and attitudes. The development of citizenship assessment described in this paper typifies the processes undergone for each subject--art, career and occupational development, citizenship, literature, mathematics, music, reading, science, social studies,…

This report of the education seminar held before media representatives contains statements by policy-level officials and technical experts in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Formal presentations are followed by question and answer sessions. Participants in the seminar include Lewis M. Helm, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs;…

The Brookline Early Education Project (BEEP) has been initiated by the Public Schools of Brookline, Massachusetts to help parents provide an optimum learning environment for their children throughout the preschool years. Enrollment in BEEP begins at birth and the project provides educational and diagnostic services, including pediatric care. Each…

This report describes in detail a performance objective curriculum designed to help disadvantaged prekindergarten and kindergarten urban children attain the skills required to be at grade level in reading and mathematics and at the national norm in I.Q. by grade 1. The program is designed to systematically develop students' skills in 10 critical…

This report discusses the background study, and proposed objectives, mode of operation personnel training, staff, assessment, and facilities of a Head Start relocation service for migrant families. Included is a description of the establishment of such a relocation service which provided followup social services activities from one state to…

Two automated teaching systems were evaluated in Alaska to indicate the problems and benefits derived from modern educational technology in two rural schools (Tanana State School and Nenana City School) and an urban career center (the Adult Career Development Center) during the 1973-74 school year. Interviews, questionnaires, and classroom…

An internship is required of doctoral programs in vocational-technical education programs funded under Section 552 of the Education Professions Development Act; the programs of the 11 original EPDA 552 institutions were investigated, and the results are presented. The historical background of internship in the United States is developed in a…