A program is described that is designed to provide prospective teachers with a sound knowledge of their future role. (JD)

Discusses the expanding opportunities available to handicapped students and the changing role of educators and administrators as they strive to provide equal opportunity in all areas of vocational education. Suggested techniques for developing an individualized education program are given. (LRA)

A successful effort to raise reading achievement in the Denver schools illustrates key factors in educational change. (Author)

The study examined 102 elementary regular-classroom teachers' attributions and instructional prescriptions for normal achieving, educationally handicapped, and educable mentally retarded pupils. (Author)

Responses of colleges of education to requirements for mainstreaming of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) are similar to responses of public school systems. Possible reorganization approaches along functional lines are described for making teacher education as a whole more effective and flexible. (CL)

Describes a needs assessment model which can be used by grass-roots organizations to collect socioeconomic and demographic data in Hispanic and other ethnic-minority communities. (CM)

Briefly traces the history of community college foundations and outlines the steps involved in setting up a foundation. (MB)

Provides recommendations for developing programs for gifted students. Describes the development of an operational talented and gifted program for elementary students in Connecticut, called Operation Mind Stretch. (MA)

Discusses the four major concentrations that can form the framework for a childrens literature program: children's interests, literary types, literary elements, and creators of children's literature. (DD)

Cooperative programs are distinguished by their emphasis on being educational, on providing productive work, and on being an integral part of the curriculum. Implications for program definition and olanning are discussed. (Author/LBH)

Suggests ways to involve working parents with the early childhood education programs in which their children are enrolled. (MS)

Attempts to determine relevant indices of good practice by which external degree programs should be judged. (Author/RK)

In an open letter, this college supervisor gives his views on the means for successfully realizing the potentials possessed by his preservice teachers. (MB)

Summarizes the main landmarks in the development of the Unesco Institute for Education, how it has adapted to changing conditions and its present role in the educational world. (Author/RK)

Focuses on the development of roles in collaborative teaching arrangements, examining the use of paraprofessionals in schools as part of a differentiated staffing program and the implementation of team teaching arrangements. Additionally illustrates that the expectations role incumbents have on their behavior influences the degree to which the…