This report evaluates the corrective reading services for disadvantaged pupils in non-public schools who are deficient in reading, instituted by the New York City Board of Education under Title I, 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act. The program is organized so that small groups of pupils meet with the Title I Reading Teachers to receive…

A national indifference to children is indicated by the system of foster child care and by the treatment of mental retardates. Another manifestation is the attack on Head Start. Criticism based on the program's failure to raise standardized intelligence or aptitude scores is misplaced. Head Start is a broad developmental program having many…

The goal for the instructional program at Luckie Street Elementary School was to improve instruction in all subject areas at all grade levels. However, reading was identified as the subject area which would be emphasized in grades one through seven, with special help for grades one through three, through the Comprehensive Instructional Program.…

Data from a stratified random sample of full-year 1967-1968 and summer 1968 Head Start programs were re-analyzed to compare centers operated by local educational agencies (LEA) and community action agencies (CAA). The analyses indicated that CAA-operated programs were more likely to report parent participation in decision making and as paid staff,…

This publication is the report of an attempt by the Division of Compensatory Education to evaluate the effectiveness of parent advisory committees as they operate in relation to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I programs in California Schools. The sample for this study was randomly selected. It consisted of 186 advisory committees…

Portal schools, designed to bridge the gap between pre- and in-service education, introduce new curriculums into schools by concentrating the resources of and by encouraging shared responsibilities among universities, public school systems, and communities. As a public school that facilitates change, dependent on each school's needs and resources,…

This paper is intended to furnish the necessary context and background information for an understanding of the role and functions of the Queensland, Australia Pre-School Correspondence Program. This educational service, the first of its kind in Australia, occurred within the context of a policy to provide one year of free preschool education for…

The early education program uses paraprofessional teachers to provide bilingual multicultural education to children of migrant and seasonal farm workers. The program operates on an interstate and interdistrict basis. Interstate migrant children from south Texas are followed from their home base community to northern locations. By working…

This report contains twenty-four tables which present data on Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I-funded projects for the state of Ohio. Major instructional areas are: reading, mathematics, vocational education, tutorial services, pre-school education, and special education. Reading and mathematics evaluation data are presented in…

This primer is designed to provide an introduction to evaluation and its potential value in assisting staffs and parents to provide high quality child development programs for young children. A discussion of two types of evaluation (summative and formative) is followed by a step-by-step program for formative evaluation which includes (1) making a…

"Options in Education" is a radio news program which focuses on issues and developments in education. This transcript contains discussions of volunteer parent tutors in a junior high school, the feminization of the teaching profession, the test score controversy, busing as an issue in the political primaries, and busing and the role of…

A description and evaluation of components of Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I-funded projects for the state of Nebraska is presented in this document. The Omaha Nebraska Public Schools have a very comprehensive ESEA Title I program and their data is presented separately. In all projects, major emphasis was placed on reading…

The results of a recent survey of high school seniors show that their parents have a significant influence on their postsecondary planning. Greater parental involvement in guidance and admissions could add a new, beneficial dimension to counseling and recruiting efforts. (Author/LBH)

Reviews software that focuses on writing skills for children aged 2 to 15. Includes information on public domain and commercial programs on learning the alphabet, basic penmanship, sentence structure, and writing book reports and essays. Provides ordering information on the suggested programs. Explains how parents can help. (ML)

Identifies some aspirations of Native Canadians in sparsely populated isolated communities: relevant curriculum, acceptance and encouragement of native language usage, active involvement of parents in the educational process. Describes Brandon University's new distance education program for special education certification in Manitoba. (NEC)