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Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1977
The final evaluation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I Migrant Program in the Austin, Texas Independent School District is reported. The program consisted of instructional, student recruitment, parental involvement, health services, and clothing components. The instructional component included programs for pre-kindergarten…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Students, Clothing, Compensatory Education
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. Div. of Program Development. – 1976
Designed to assist the parent in providing language learning opportunities to children at home from infancy through first grade, this practically oriented guidebook includes activities for early childhood to develop sensory awareness and to encourage directed play, investigation, and exploration. Exercises are designed to develop physical…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Concept Formation, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience
Urban Coalition of Minneapolis, Minn. – 1979
The quality of education for nonwhite students in the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) is examined in this report. Three areas are discussed: (1) student achievement; (2) evaluation of teachers, principals, and administrators; and (3) system accountability. Emphasis is placed on the accountability of the MPS to the black, American Indian, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, American Indians, Blacks
Garcia, Jose D.; Minkler, Elton D. – 1979
Designed to provide the prospective subgrantee with information necessary to plan, develop, and administer a Title I Migrant project in accordance with federal and state requirements, the manual presents extracts from federal statutes and regulations, Oregon Revised Statutes and Oregon Administrative Rules, Oregon Department of Education…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Ancillary Services, Compliance (Legal), Definitions
Scott, Elois M. Skeen – 1978
This paper presents a random sampling of responses to a questionnaire that was sent to teachers in the program. The organization of this report is developed around a statement of each question followed by an analysis of the responses. Taken into consideration are respondents' attitudes toward student selection, inservice programs, materials and…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Compensatory Education, Cooperating Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Bates, Sue Ann, Ed. – 1978
This collection of articles, intended for kindergarten teachers, focuses on the importance of the teacher's relationship with parents and the need for parents to be active participants in their child's educational development. The first article reviews the literature and research related to parent/early childhood education, touches on some current…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Teachers
HAYMAN, JOHN L., JR.; AND OTHERS – 1964
DURING THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF THE PROJECT, PARENTS OF FIFTH-GRADE SPANISH STUDENTS WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE BY VIEWING THE TELEVISED INSTRUCTION WITH THE CHILD, PRACTICING SPANISH WITH HIM AT HOME, AND USING THE PARENT GUIDEBOOK AND PHONOGRAPH RECORD PROVIDED FOR THE COURSE. THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF CHILDREN OF PARENT PARTICIPANTS ON…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Demography, Educational Television, Family Influence
SPRIGLE, HERBERT; AND OTHERS
AN EXPERIMENTAL PRESCHOOL PROGRAM HAS BEEN DEVELOPED, THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF WHICH IS TO HELP THE CHILD TO LEARN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING. ORGANIZED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT COGNITIVE GROWTH PROCEEDS FROM MOTOR TO PERCEPTUAL TO SYMBOLIC FUNCTIONING, THE PROGRAM EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE AS A TOOL FOR THINKING AND REASONING. AN…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Research, Disadvantaged
Luterman, David M. – 1967
To try to produce more capable deaf children through early parental education, eight families participated in a 2-semester program. Parents observed the children, aged 18 months to 3 1/2 years, receiving language stimulation in free play in a nursery and observed individual therapy based on the Tracy Correspondence Course. Non-directive group…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Counseling Instructional Programs, Deafness, Evaluation Needs
Smith, Carl B.; And Others – 1969
Environmental causes of reading problems and suggested programs which principals can implement are presented. Parental attitudes and behavior, the absence of books in the homes, lack of language stimulation, nonstandard dialect, and inadequate experience opportunities are among the environmental causes mentioned. Preprimary diagnosis,…
Descriptors: Classes (Groups of Students), Community Cooperation, Disadvantaged Environment, Educational Innovation
Rau, Dorothea Natalie – 1967
To identify home influences related to the school achievement of the educable mentally retarded, 36 subjects (ages 9-0 to 12-11, IQ's 55 to 75) representing high or low school achievement were selected and divided into higher and lower socioeconomic groups. Both parents were questioned about their activities with the child, and the mother was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Exceptional Child Research, Family Influence
Development Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1976
This workshop was convened by the Office of Child Development (OCD) to identify research issues and to set priorities for research related to bilingual/bicultural early childhood development programs proposed by OCD. Workshop participants were researchers and persons with expertise in the development of bilingual/bicultural preschool programs. The…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Child Development
Sanger, Clyde – 1977
A pilot project (to run from 1974 to 1979) to improve the delivery system of primary education in rural areas of the Philippines (Project Impact) and Indonesia (Proyek Pamong) is described in this progress report. Underway in seven villages, the experiment (aimed specifically at increasing schooling opportunities for young people in the Third…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Community Involvement, Coordinators, Cost Effectiveness
Gifford, Ida I. – 1978
The overall communication network specific to remedial reading frequently is connected by very weak linkages within and between components of the system, namely parent/school, board of education/administration, administration/reading teacher, reading teacher/classroom teacher, and reading teacher/parent. This paper tells how one school built a…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Models
Upton, James; And Others – 1978
This paper examines community responses to court-ordered desegregation in Louisville, Boston, Denver, and Dallas. Background information is provided on the implementation of desegregation, court decisions affecting desegregation, reactions to desegregation and busing, and the influence of social structures, political traditions, and prevailing…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Court Litigation
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