The goal of the Families Learning Together Program is to design, systematize, field test, evaluate and publish a dual-focus curriculum for teaching adults and children. Adult basic education, parenting, and daily life skills were to be taught to adults as these adults simultaneously taught their children attitudes and skills of the program are…

Included in this conference report are: a preface; an open letter; a keynote address on the importance of instilling positive self images at an early age; five group reports; the conference agenda; and a list of participants. The group reports address: programs for children with special consideration for education, physical and mental health and…

This report describes and assesses a year-long effort by the Institute for Responsive Education (IRE) to support and evaluate local school advisory councils in five communities around the nation (San Diego, a suburban community in southern California, Fairfield and Calhoun Counties in South Carolina, and Yonkers, New York). An overview of the…

This Child Development Associate (CDA) training module is designed to help the CDA intern establish a positive type of relationship with parents which will lead to effective communication and cooperation between home and school. Objectives are presented along with suggested activities for achieving each objective and an assessment checklist. Also…

Students who master the material in this Child Development Associate (CDA) training module should know how to (1) involve a parent in a center activity, (2) foster cooperativeness at a staff meeting and (3) identify a community resource and show how it can be used to benefit the classroom. Both teacher and trainee materials are provided in the…

This article presents 5-year longitudinal data on parent involvement in the Parent Education Follow Through Program in ten communities in nine states. The data are categorized in terms of the six major ways in which parents can become involved in the program: (1) teachers of their own children, (2) paid paraprofessionals, (3) decision makers and…

This paper explores how the idea of community control came about, what the concept is, and some implications it might have for communication practices in school systems. Social and political conditions which led to the idea of community control of education are reviewed. Particular attention is given to the dissatisfaction of minority groups and…

The booklet presents Oregon's guidelines regarding the most appropriate/least restrictive placement of hearing impaired students. Guidelines address the following topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): identification (school screening, failure criteria, followup); referral; assessment (criteria, records, parent rights, group and individual…

This paper, a response to questions raised on state and local levels on reading in kindergarten, deals with insights required to teach early reading rather than daily reading activities for children. Sections briefly discussed are: A view of reading as a communication process; the importance of teacher sensitivity to individual differences in…

THIS REPORT PRESENTS A DESCRIPTION OF THE IMPACT OF THE SUMMER 1965 HEAD START PROGRAM IN GREENE COUNTY, OHIO ON GROUPS OF PERSONS HAVING SOME CONTACT WITH IT. THE REPORT DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO ASSESS THE EFFECT THE PROGRAM HAD ON THE CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN IT. INITIAL SECTIONS OF THE REPORT PROVIDE AN INTRODUCTION, DESCRIBE THE PLANNING OF THE…

An analysis of two rural and two urban Head Start centers in the state of New York during the school year 1966-67 attempted to find out if rural-urban variables affect the administration of Head Start programs. The four programs were compared in terms of (1) community socioeconomic characteristics, (2) administrative organization, (3) pupil…

This paper examines federal requirements which promote parent involvement in day care, particularly in services for children under 3 years of age. The rationale for parent participation in poverty programs for children is discussed from three perspectives--political, economic, and socio-psychological--and Project Head Start's application of this…

The project operates year-round sites at Connell and at Moses Lake, Washington. A mobile site which operates in La Grulla, Texas during the home base period, sends teachers out to follow migrant families as they move north for seasonal farm work, operating the educational program in temporary sites along the northern work route. The project…

There is a movement toward educational decentralization in Australia that is bringing more power to communities in the governing of schools. This report discusses this movement and summarizes the issues and conclusions emerging from the National Conference on School-based Decision-making. An introductory chapter sets the movement in the context of…

This report presents a broad preliminary examination of parent involvement in eight early childhood education programs in the School District of Philadelphia: Child Care, Follow Through, Follow Through Expansion, Get Set Day Care, Kindergarten, Parent Cooperative Nurseries, Prekindergarten Head Start, and Primary Skills. Data were collected from…