This annual report evaluates the programs run by the Vermont State Department of Education for educationally disadvantaged children. The report comprises a general introduction highlighting the operations of these programs: a descriptive summary including such items as basic statistics, staff visits, changes in State Agency procedures, effect upon…

An estimated one million students drop out of school each year; this is but one indicator of the failure of schools to provide equal educational opportunity for all children. One main reason is the failure to take into account the diverse backgrounds of the students. In particular, schools have been structured in a manner that discriminates…

Educational diagnostic methods were used to screen children evidencing minimal brain damage, dyslexia, or emotional problems. Of 750 children, 15% had such difficulties; they received a highly structured language arts program in homogeneous transition groups while remaining in their usual homeroom. In addition, they participated in motor training…

Intended for pre-camp preparation and in-camp studies, this test presents to the student a description of the daily community life at the Mohican School in the Out-of-Doors at Perrysville, Ohio. Assignments and study topics include (1) history, (2) creative expression with sketches and poetry, (3) botany, (4) birds, (5) soil, and (6) weather.…

A listing of 11 annotated bibliographies on educational planning is followed by four main sections containing brief descriptions of over 500 items related to educational planning in both the developed and the developing nations. Most of the items (books, articles, monographs, seminar and conference papers, and research reports) were published…

In response to requests for up-to-date and authentic resources covering the increasing and changing occupational opportunities within the health manpower area, the New Jersey Health Careers Service has revised, expanded and updated its 1964 Health Careers Bibliography. This second edition lists only those materials published since 1964. Over 3500…

The survival and improvement of culture in desirable forms in American society will require increased knowledge and skills; renewed social and civic consciousness; and the physical, social, and economic well-being of all citizens. This general uplifting can be accomplished only through broadened educational efforts at the grassroots community…

The legislative mandate of Section 507, 1972 Education Amendments (PL 92-318), called for an evaluation and assessment of Title I (1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act) operations and their impact on migrant students. Emphasizing a comprehensive description of program activities, the study did not attempt to measure educational quality by…

The document was prepared persuant to the Man in the North Conference (Inuvik, November 1970), where northern Indian participants identified a history of the native peoples of Canada as a most important priority. Since existing books on Canadian history are essentially European in nature, this classroom text endeavored to provide a history of the…

Building upon Course I, this teaching guide for the first of four units of Course II introduces the secondary student to geographic concepts and generalizations of the physical world to which man has related over time. All units of the second course emphasize the process of development whereby man, coping with given conditions in his physical…

The purpose of this curriculum guide is to help the tenth grade teacher in his endeavor to fulfill his teaching responsibilities. Space is provided for teachers' additions, deletions, notes, and criticisms, which will be useful when the guide is revised. The guide is arranged in vertical columns relating the Spanish curriculum concepts to:…

Step-by-step guidelines are provided for the planning and implementation of inservice workshops and conferences for persons working and/or interested in the library/media field. Along with the descriptions of many existing programs, suggestions are made for possible topics, materials, and formats for the training of a variety of personnel:…

The brochure describes an eleventh and twelfth grade interdisciplinary course in environmental education taught at Lansdowne Senior High Baltimore, Maryland. The major objective of the course is to create realistic awareness of environmental conditions. Teaching techniques used include individual and group projects, which are determined by…

This study reviews the following problem areas: the flow of reports and information to the school committee from outside agencies and staff; evaluation of educational programs and personnel using in part the "deans' study" of the promotion system; present treatment of community relations and participation and the staffing for…

The purpose of the career education project of the public school system of Yonkers, New York was to develop a conceptual model program appropriate for the diversified urban composition of Yonkers by use of the delphi technique to gain a broad consensus of and commitment to the basic premises of the career education model. A two-round, 35-statement…