The report provides descriptions of 65 projects in the states of Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin which were identified by a peer nomination process as representing unique and exemplary practices in special education. The one page description of each project includes program title; information on population served; a one…

The booklet contains descriptions of 15 Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP) projects as well as descriptions of special education projects developed with funds from other sources. The first section contains an overview of all HCEEP programs; identifies the special class of children who are targets for HCEEP efforts; and briefly…

Described are 28 special education exemplary programs and 34 programs that have been adapted for use with the handicapped. It is explained that each has been reviewed and validated as exemplary by the Joint Dissemination Review Panel of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Arranged alphabetically by project name, listings include…

The final report summarizes activities over an 8-year period of a research, development and demonstration center for the education of handicapped children. An introductory section focuses on the history and administrative organization of the program. Brief summaries of 23 projects follow, with information on purpose, history, research activities…

The booklet explains the activities of a Think Tank Day designed by the staff, gifted students, and parents of Pasadena High School to focus on what leaders could do for their school. After outlining the design of the day and briefly describing the movie which was presented to stimulate discussion, a list of 37 "boxes" people at the high school…

The paper describes a cooperative teacher training program operated by California State University at Hayward and the Clausen House service-delivery system (a satellite system of six group homes and an apartment living complex serving adults with mental retardation) in Oakland, California. Sections address rationale for the program, the program…

Despite lack of money and time, schools in the eighties are going to make changes. For this reason, educators are being forced to look again at the lessons of the innovations of the seventies. This paper discusses research done on those innovations, both the ones that succeeded and the ones that failed. A discussion of costs is followed by a…

The purpose of undertaking an administrative internship in the state of Indiana is to satisfy certification requirements for obtaining a superintendent's license. This paper discusses the one-year internship program in Indiana, beginning with a review of the month-by-month timeline of internship activities. Next, the paper lists 20 suggested…

The Pacific Science Center developed a program to prevent mathematics avoidance in gifted females in fifth through seventh grade by increasing gifted girls' confidence in their ability to do mathematics and by increasing their mathematics ability. The Math for Gifted Girls curriculum included four general themes: innovative review of topics in…

This publication contains a report on the status of the K-12 economic education program in Texas and recommendations for further improvement, modification, or additional legislation. The report was submitted by the Central Education Agency to the State Legislature, as it is required to do by law. The first part of the report describes actions…

The research considered here provides the basis for a number of general observations. Evaluation itself appears to be worthwhile, both as a way of measuring principal performance and of improving it by focusing attention on how principals are doing. The best evaluators appear to be teachers. District personnel and outside observers can also make…

The final report discusses achievements of a 3 year program for hearing impaired preschoolers. The following topics are addressed in the report: program objectives (involving the community, improving student skills, and training parents); program variables (personnel, process of conducting program activities, and student behavioral changes); the…

The final report of Project OPEN Child Service Demonstration Center, a program designed for identification and instruction of junior high learning disabled students, summarizes project goals and achievements in screening methods, staff training, educational planning, and pupil performance. (CL)

This report describes an investigation of the recent senior adult theatre movement conducted by the American Theatre Association Senior Adult Theatre Project. Sections of the report concern: (1) the types of senior adult theatre organizations reporting, including those developed by parent theatre organizations and residential communities and those…

This booklet is the first in a series of eight that describe the tenth-cycle Lincoln, Nebraska, Teacher Corps Project, located at Goodrich Junior High School under the joint sponsorship of the Lincoln Public Schools and the Teachers College of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The three goals of the competency-based preservice and inservice…