The Michigan Department of Education with assistance from the Educational Testing Service has compiled the results of valid educational research studies on specific topics into a report to be used as a guide for developing effective schools. It is intended for use by practitioners to help bridge the gap between educational researchers and…

The book defines and discusses eight key elements of a family-centered approach to care for children with chronic illnesses and special health care needs: (1) recognition that the family is the constant in the child's life, while the service systems and personnel within those systems fluctuate; (2) facilitation of parent/professional collaboration…

This health education curriculum supplement is intended to provide middle school students with a basic core of factual instruction about acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The instruction is designed on a middle school level of comprehension to present enough selected facts, to demonstrate the logic behind and value of the primary means…

This report summarizes a working conference held at the Educational Technology Center in the Harvard University Graduate School of Education to explore the uses of educational technology in urban schools and offer recommendations for developing policies and programs. Participants included urban practitioners, researchers, professors, policy…

The manual is intended for inservice training of parents and professional teams in reviewing and rating, from a parent perspective, the existing quality of special education programs for handicapped students. Each team consists of three parents and one educator who receive training in the application of quality indicators previously developed by…

Despite 20 years of hard fought gains to achieve respect as equal participants within the formal economy, the majority of working women have made only marginal progress in obtaining sexual equality within their families. While the roles of men and women within the family have historically been distinct and different, they have generally been…

Participants in the Second Eastern Hemisphere Seminar (held at Salisbury, Zimbabwe in 1981) discussed topics related to the theme of integrated and early childhood education. The seminar was organized into plenary and small group discussions centered on four sub-topics of the broad theme: (1) Early Childhood Education: The Community Dimension; (2)…

Several ways in which the culture of the home in a traditional society differs from the culture of the school, as well as obstacles to efforts to coordinate school and home, are identified prior to a discussion of the educational function of the home and functions of the school. It is pointed out that, whereas in traditional societies education…

Project REACH (Rural Education Approach in a Consortium for Handicapped) was designed as a model program to demonstrate methods of service for mildly, moderately, and severely handicapped children located in 14 school district areas in 5 counties of the San Luis Valley in southern Colorado from October 1978 through June 1981. The main emphasis was…

During the 1980-81 school term, educational services were provided to 2,893 migrant children (pre-K-12) in 34 school districts in 12 counties. Identification and recruitment was conducted by local project schools and recruiters. Services were provided in reading, language arts, and math. Data revealed that 1,039 students received services in…

Several evaluations reports of Title I programs and activities conducted in Wichita, Kansas, elementary schools during 1980-81 are presented in this document. Compensatory education activities described include corrective reading programs, elementary mathematics programs, institutional programs for neglected and delinquent children,…

This report provides some initial findings from the "Study of Parental Involvement in Four Federal Education Programs." The four programs concerned are Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, ESEA Title VI, ESEA Title VII, and Project Follow Through. This report describes parental involvement in these…

Evaluation results of 1981 compensatory education programs for first through sixth graders in Baltimore, Maryland public and private schools are presented in this report. The program provided compensatory reading, mathematics, and language instruction for educationally disadvantaged students, and made available supportive guidance and health…

This document examines the role that parents (especially blacks) can play in improving the quality of their children's education. The ideas are discussed from the viewpoint and experiences of a technical assistance specialist of the Documentation and Technical Assistance Project (DTA), who was primarily involved in encouraging parental…

This paper reports on a pilot project in curriculum integration, funded by the Ethnic Heritage Studies Program, and is intended to explore ways of coordinating public school instruction with Indian heritage education. Classroom teachers in a suburban school district participated in six workshops with Indian parents, students, and heritage…