The development of strong guidance programs that assure a fuller development of the talents of gifted disadvantaged children and youth is held to be one of the best investments America can make at this point in time. Several strategies for instituting solid programs of guidance and counseling services reflecting goals such as remediation,…

This State of Missouri Annual Evaluation Report on programs, projects, services, and activities funded in whole or in part under Title I Elementary Secondary Education Act is organized into 19 parts focusing on the following issues, respectively: focus--the Title I child, program monitoring, state Title I statistics for fiscal years 1968-1974,…

This report describes an off-campus alternative to traditional summer school sponsored by De Anza College and College of the Redwoods (California). Three twelve-day, concentrated summer programs, called "Action Learning Modules", utilized an interdisciplinary approach. The first module combined oceanography, marine biology, and scuba diving. A…

Experience gained from the 1973 summer teaching/training session of the Sodus Migrant Program constituted the planning core for the 1974 summer school program. In this 6 week session, 200 children (K-6) participated in individualized instructional activities and relationships focused on the program theme "Learning for Life." Academic…

This booklet, which describes federal food assistance programs, is designed to help large families, families on small budgets, and elderly people on fixed incomes get more food for less money. The book is divided into four chapters: Kids, Women and Children, Families, and Senior Citizens. Each chapter describes in detail the food assistance…

Developed during a summer 1968 inservice training program which focused on assisting educators of Evanston, Illinois School District 65 to develop some common understandings about crucial integration issues, this set of instructional materials on "Media and Prejudice" forms one of a series of "Unipacs" for the teacher. The…

An EPDA Institute, held June 10 to July 21, 1969, is described in this report detailing objectives, activities, staff, participants, and results. Based on the needs for inclusion of African and Afro-American materials in the curriculum, and for a more effective approach to the problems of the disadvantaged learner, the specific objectives of the…

This document evaluates a Human Relations Training Program for teachers in the Upper Cumberland region of Tennessee. The first part of the program, covering the period from the summer of 1968 to June 1969, is considered in detail in Appendix B. It included a 2-week summer laboratory and 14 Saturday meetings for 150 participants. The second period,…

Inaugurated for the purpose of training Sunday school teachers, the Chautauqua Movement rapidly expanded its course offerings and its popular appeal until it reached thousands of culture-starved communities and helped to give discipline and direction to angry and inchoate movements of social protest. It pioneered in correspondence courses,…

The document is designed to assist individuals seeking federal scholarships for professional training in the education of handicapped children. Information is provided defining handicapped children, the purposes of scholarships, types of scholarships available, and payment of tuition and fees. Also, details are given regarding who may receive a…

An Urban Affairs Seminar for Broadcast News and Editorial Directors is both a feasible idea and a need. Unlike newspapers, television and radio stations have no "resident experts" in the various aspects of urban affairs. A faculty was selected, the seminar was organized, and a prospectus mailed to approximately 500 stations. Unfortunately, the…

In the Foreword, it is stated that "It is not the purpose of this publication to set forth a grand scheme for migrant education programs, nor is it intended to serve as a progress report or an assessment of the Oregon State Plan for Migrant Education. It is published with the much more humble intent of reflecting in some degree the philosophy…

The Connecticut School program for migrant children which was conducted during the summer of 1968 implemented several innovative projects. Among these were dietery aides, visual stimulation for oral development, and parental participation. Ancillary services were also provided by the program; it was found that a large number of children, mostly…

In an attempt to lessen academic failure during the early years of schooling, 23 middle class kindergarten children who scored low on tests of cognitive development were given a special 6-week summer enrichment program. A control group of 23 low scorers received no enrichment program. Parents of the experimental subjects were invited to visit the…

Approximately 1,100 students from about 50 colleges and universities worked in more than 50 New York City agencies for the summer of 1966 in a million dollar program funded by the College Work-Study Program of the Office of Education and by the City, and administered largely by students. The Urban Corps had 3 purposes: to get needed work done; to…