This booklet discusses the Community Cooperative Nursery School, a program of preschool education for children from a wide range of socioeconomic levels. The involvement of mothers in the classroom, in special classes, and in decision-making, is an integral part of the program. Sources of more detailed information are provided for this program,…

Volunteer reading aides in the District of Columbia became aware of certain inadequacies suffered by the children with whom they worked. The children had no books of their own, school libraries were inadequate and sometimes nonexistent, public libraries were not easily accessible to the children, etc., etc. A proposal made by one of the…

This report gives the background of the Neighborhood Study Project, conducted in Louisville, Kentucky, in the spring of 1968. The city at that time had lost the first round competition for the Model Cities Program, and although the morale of the target neighborhood residents had been damaged, some community leaders still were willing to support a…

An independent evaluation of the VISTA program in two Baltimore, Maryland, schools describes the objectives and activities of this project funded by the Economic Opportunity Act. Assessment of the VISTA efforts was based on questionnaires completed by the 10 volunteers, and interviews with principals, teachers, guidance counselors, pupils, and…

The introductory chapter of this booklet describes the problems which ESEA Title 1 funds (over a billion dollars to local school districts) were intended to help solve. Each of five chapters is devoted to descriptions of a number of specific Title I projects, presented as examples of what local school districts might undertake in improving the…

Part-time, summer or volunteer jobs serve as a try-out work experience and/or as an income producer. Advice is given on where to find these jobs and how to get them. Other major sections present information about: (1) part-time jobs, (2) summer and other temporary jobs, and (3) volunteer jobs. These sections are further divided into advice for…

Project Homebound, a pilot demonstration program in the use of volunteers as a means of attacking adult illiteracy, proved operational in Butte, Montana. Home bound instructors were divided into six teaching teams, each comprised of a certified teacher who served as team leader and designed the materials used, two teacher's aides who recruited…

Problems of schools in rural areas are said to be related to the problems of talent search for the gifted in these areas, and to ways for meeting their needs. If a comprehensive model of special education is used in which the major function is specified as therapy, then the term therapy must include a total community involvement, with therapy…

This guide was prepared to aid Spanish-speaking volunteers working with preschool children before, during, and after viewing the television program, "Sesame Street". The text is written in Spanish. Suggestions in this booklet grew out of a study called the Sesame Mother Pilot Project conducted in 1970-71 by the Institute for Educational…

The educational needs of all women in the United States were studied. Educational opportunities for the mature women fall very short of the need. The committee therefore recommends that: (1) a large-scale effort be made to provide a system of elementary and secondary education for adults, with regard for the special needs of women and for the life…

Plans for evaluation should be laid prior to implementation of a program. A hierarchy of types of program evaluation helps select the exact type of evaluation intended. This hierarchy starts with the easiest (and least useful) type of evaluation and six progressively more difficult levels of evaluation are added in cumulative fashion. The seventh…

This document reports on statistics regarding the need for day care facilities for children under the age of six. It also gives suggestions for making better use of local day care resources. Statistics show that: (1) There are more than 5 million children in this country under the age of 6 whose mothers work; (2) There are licensed day care…

A bibliography of literature on the relationship of social structures to development is presented. Development is defined as a decision-making process characterized by resource utilization which benefits the public interest as well as private economic interests. Entries are made under the following categories: changing social, political, and…

The role of the county Extension Leader in recommending members for the County Agricultural Extension Committee is discussed from the standpoint of principles and procedures involved in identifying, selecting, orienting, training, utilizing, recognizing, and evaluating leaders. Two techniques for identifying potential leaders are the reputational…

Written guides for new teachers and aides entering Head Start and kindergarten programs in Warren City (Ohio) schools, as well as those who already have been teaching for some time, are presented. Chapters are provided on: the rationale for using educational aides; State licensing requirements; absence procedure; pre- and in-service training;…