Describes how Virginia's annual summer conference for agricultural educators is planned, conducted, and evaluated. Includes a sample format and evaluation scale, and examples of subject areas covered. (SH)

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Tells how a few members of each upcoming yearbook staff at Indiana State University attend a yearbook workshop at another university during the summer and then present a workshop for other staff members. Includes the outline sheet used for the "home" workshop. (GW)

Outlines process of putting together a local week-long day camp: assessing community resources, developing a curriculum, choosing the staff (coordinator; teachers/counselors; assistants; directors of art, recreation, and music) and marketing the program. (NEC)

The parent of a trainable mentally retarded adolescent describes his need for a summer school program and the successful efforts of organized parents to obtain summer educational services. (DB)

Describes the Children's Writers Workshop, a summer program of the Troy (New York) Public Library, which introduces children to the art of bookmaking by allowing them to write, illustrate, lay out, and bind their own books. Registration policy, staff, materials, costs, funding, and activities for the five sessions are among the topics covered. (6…

"Family learning vacations" 5-10 day summer residential programs for families with deaf children, are described. Guidelines for establishing such a program are given concerning rationale, physical plant, eligibility, scheduling, parent activities, children's activities, and evaluation. (Author/DB)

A study was conducted to determine attitudes of Ohio vocational agriculture teachers toward summer programs; and to determine any differences or relationships existing between these attitudes and length of extended service; taxonomy area; years of experience teaching vocational agriculture; educational level of teachers; additional summer…

A British educator discusses the summer he spent as an American camp counselor. Discovers that in combining the roles of activity center, holiday resort, and place of learning, over 8,000 summer camps are an important part of educational process and significant formative influence on a large proportion of this nation's young. (NEC)

Park and recreation agencies across the nation can participate in a new effort to reduce illiteracy which is part of the national Right to Read program. (SK)

Article described Project "Turn-On," which took place at the Cloisters in New York City, designed to introduce children and teachers in District 6 in upper Manhattan to the beautiful and unusual "neighborhood" museum that became the focal point for active learning in many areas. (Author/RK)

This paper describes a program in which parents learned about becoming educational researchers and developed research skills they could use for school improvement. Parent-U-Turn is a parent organization in Lynwood, California and surrounding communities that has worked with researchers from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) to…

This paper explores the differences in how young children respond to three different types of sample survey response icons. The purpose of the project was to determine if using different types of response icons would result in greater levels of discrimination by children in kindergarten through third grade. The setting was a summer enrichment…