This annual report summarizes the programs and activities of the West Virginia Education Fund, an organization designed to bring the resources and expertise of the private sector together with the knowledge and creativity of the school system. The report lists recipients of grants by county, including project titles and school affiliation. The…

Family involvement in schools will work only when perceived as an enlarged concept focusing on all children, including those from at-risk families. Each publication reviewed here is specifically concerned with family involvement strategies concerned with all children or targeted at primarily high risk students. Susan McAllister Swap looks at three…

This paper analyzes the concept of parent involvement in the early childhood literature, and discusses the applicability of this information to the day care context. A review of the literature suggests three main goals of parent involvement programs: (1) parent education; (2) the right of parents to influence programs that affect their children;…

This paper examines literature on early intervention programs for disadvantaged and culturally diverse children from the 1960s to the present. The focus is on Project Head Start and its history, follow-through support programs in the primary grades, and current research on emergent literacy. The background of Project Head Start is provided, and…

This teacher training project sought to strengthen mathematics instruction in New York City's nonpublic schools (NPS) by training elementary level teachers and administrators in "Family Math"--a nationally acclaimed program conceived by the staff of the EQUALS Project at the University of California at Berkeley. The program works through…

This study examined special education services for migrant and Native American students in Northwest Educational Service District 189 in Washington State, in order to identify best practices and procedures as well as problems perceived by families and school staff. The study used a backward mapping approach, in which 54 educators, parents, and…

A study was conducted to survey the attitudes of elementary students toward read-aloud experiences. Subjects were 575 children in grades one through six. The results of first grade students were omitted due to inconsistencies in their responses. The remaining grade level distribution consisted of 137 second graders, 121 third graders, 145 fourth…

A national video teleconference addressed the failure of basic skills and rote instruction to engage students in learning and to promote understanding in ways consistent with the realities of an information-based society. Focusing on instructional strategies that actively engage students in what they are learning and that help them connect…

A practicum study, recognizing the expressive language delays of inner-city kindergarten children, implemented two strategies to increase their expressive language ability and their mean length of utterance. The target population, 14 kindergarten students who demonstrated vocabulary development delays on the Brigance Kindergarten Screening Test,…

Cognitive Learning Approaches Through E.S.L. Content Areas with Career Exploration Strategies (Project CALA) served 200 students in its second year of funding. The project offered students of limited English proficiency opportunities to develop cultural and cognitive skills necessary for success in school and work through two major components:…

This paper describes the migrant program in the Yuma (Arizona) Union High School District (YUHSD), and its documented successes in parental involvement and student graduation rate. Statistical profiles offer an image of the YUHSD and the migrant student population it serves. The migrant program's goal is to provide the best education possible by…

Two workshops on rural education held at Highlander Research and Education Center brought together grassroots community activists, parents, teachers, and students from rural communities in Appalachia, the southeast, and 15 states east of Mississippi. The participants represented the experiences of white Appalachians, African-Americans, Native…

This case study is the result of observations of the Responsive Education Project, undertaken at the University Center for Responsive Education, a resource center used by teachers, parents, and children, and at several New York City elementary schools in which the Project operates its Learning Community Program. This open education project was one…

THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: Two-semester program: The working center of the program is the production of two original plays, written by the drama teacher of Raney Junior High and based on ideas or interests researched by teacher and drama students. Four goals direct the writing of each play: (1) to have the original play do…

THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: Districts are currently searching for methods to do Something about the many problems facing education. Dwindling resources, a lessening of public confidence, and a rapidly changing world all make the search for a better way an urgent one. Continuing a district tradition of taking a pro-active role…