This beginning teacher program is a combination of a support and training program for first-year teachers in 12 school districts in Kansas. Participation is required and the program features regular meetings with the building principal, a year-long, performance-based skill training program, and a set of performance tasks which ask the beginning…

This document addresses the first objective of a study to develop criteria to measure the effectiveness of vocational education demonstration projects. An introduction provides background to the project and the issue addressed here, namely the issue of interim and final acceptable evidence of project impact, including the criteria, documentation,…

This document addresses the second objective of a study to develop criteria to measure the effectiveness of vocational education programs. An introduction provides background to the project and the objective addressed here, namely the recommendation of proposal review criteria. Section II discusses development of the recommended criteria, which…

Proceedings from the September 1985 hearing focus on the implementation of P.L. 94-142, The Education for All Handicapped Children Act, as it relates to learning handicapped delinquents in the District of Columbia (D.C.). Statements are presented from officials of the general accounting office, D.C. public school officials, administrators of D.C.…

The present volume endeavors to highlight the deeper significance and broader implications for development theory, policy and practice of the realization of the movement toward universal child immunization by 1990 (UCI-1990). Simultaneously, the volume collects and analyzes the most significant findings and experiences of the movement since 1984.…

These papers represent the collected thoughts of the contributors to a national training and dissemination conference dealing with identifying and developing linkages between postsecondary special education and criminal justice preservice education programs in order to improve training for correctional educators working with disabled clients. The…

One curriculum design model for integrating oral communication in the English classroom consists of three components: communication contexts, communication functions, and communication skills. The model provides a perspective through which appropriate communication curricula and activities can be developed for students of all ability levels,…

Intended for Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) project sponsors and staff, as well as for advisory council members and ACTION staff, this handbook provides guidance for the management and operation of FGP projects based on the provisions of Public Law 93-113. An introductory chapter provides basic information and definitions, and in the 10…

This paper presents a descriptive review of how the Provost's Office of the College of Letters and Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) implemented 330 microcomputers in the 34 academic departments from July 1984 through June 1986. The decision to implement stand-alone microcomputers was based on four concerns: increasing…

This guide describes a model for a community-based literacy program for older adults that uses older adults as tutors. Guidelines are provided to program sponsors for implementing literacy education for older adults. Chapter I provides an overview of the problem of illiterate older adults and literacy education for them. Chapter II addresses the…

This guide is intended to assist administrators, curriculum directors, and teachers throughout Illinois in assessing and revising their current industrial technology education programs. The first section discusses the rationale behind the Illinois state plan for industrial technology education and lists the program's overall goals and objectives.…

This document contains testimony and written statements on a proposal to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize grants to states for demonstration projects that provide services to older persons in return for their service as volunteers. Persons testifying included representatives of the Reagan Administration, voluntary nonprofit…

This document comprises the proceedings of a 1987 symposium in Stockholm, Sweden, sponsored by the Council for Cultural Cooperation (CDCC) of the Council for Europe on the implementation of innovation in primary education at the local level. Aims of the symposium were to investigate means for coordinating initiatives in innovation at the national,…

In February 1986, a Dropout Prevention Office was created by the superintendent of the Denver (Colorado) Public Schools to develop a comprehensive approach to address the dropout issue. The Office was also to evaluate existing dropout efforts, and serve as a clearinghouse on dropout programs and information and as an encouragement to partnerships…

Case studies of five urban high schools illustrate some important factors that appear to be crucial in determining whether or not reform efforts are implemented. Among these factors are the following: (1) teacher participation; (2) collegiality among staff members; (3) shared belief that change can occur; (4) leadership by the principal; (5)…