THE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS NECESSARY TO DEVELOP A NATIONWIDE STATE-LEVEL, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION INFORMATION SYSTEM (VEIS) WERE PRESENTED IN THIS MANUAL. THESE SPECIFICATIONS WERE PREPARED TO CONFORM TO A UNIVERSAL STYLE FOR ALL STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES TO USE IN FULFILLING THEIR FEDERAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. THE OUTPUT…

MOST CHILDREN WHO ENTER MADISON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ARE BELOW THEIR GRADE LEVELS IN READING AND LANGUAGE SKILLS. THE 1962-63 CORE PROGRAM WAS OFFERED TO SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS WHO WERE PERFORMING AT APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR BELOW GRADE LEVEL IN BASIC SKILL AREAS. THEY RECEIVED ALL INSTRUCTION IN REQUIRED ACADEMIC SUBJECT AREAS IN THE…

A SURVEY OF PRACTICES OF SCHOOLS IN TYPICALLY DEPRESSED URBAN AREAS FROM FOUR LARGE CITIES IS PRESENTED. STAFFING AND PROGRAM PLANNING ARE DISCUSSED. PRACTICES SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED TO HELP PARENTS LEARN HOW TO PARTICIPATE MEANINGFULLY IN THE EDUCATION OF THEIR CHILDREN. IN PREPARING THE PRESCHOOL CHILD, PARENT AID MAY BE ENLISTED THROUGH…

THE PROJECT'S PURPOSE IS TO EDUCATE CHILDREN TO THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL, ENABLING THEM TO ACCEPT PROMISING OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY ARISE. THE GOALS ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF MOST OTHER SCHOOLS, BUT THE PROJECT DIFFERS WITH RESPECT TO THE PROCESS OF EDUCATION. SOME OF THE CHANGES IN PROCESS BEGUN DURING THE FIRST YEARS OF THE PROGRAM INCLUDED--THE…

A SUMMER INSTITUTE WAS CONDUCTED TO PLAN NEW PATTERNS TO ATTAIN OCCUPATIONAL, VOCATIONAL, AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION GOALS. THE IMMEDIATE PURPOSE WAS THAT OF DEVELOPING CRITERIA FOR NEW INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND LEARNING AIDS FOR SUCH EDUCATION. SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS WERE STRUCTURED FROM THE INSTITUTE--(1) THAT THERE BE INITIATED A DEVELOPMENT…

THIS GUIDE LISTS PROGRAMED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AVIALABLE IN THE FALL OF 1963. THE NUMBER, VARIETY, AND SOURCE OF AVAIALBLE PROGRAMS ARE INDICATED TOGETHER WITH CRITERIA FOR THEIR SELECTION. THE CONTENTS INCLUDE (1) A STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S ACTIVITY, (2) INSTRUCTIONS FOR USAGE, (3) GUIDE TO PROGRAMS, AND (4) APPENDIXES.…

BASED UPON DATA GATHERED IN A SURVEY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHER COLLEGE EDUCATION PROGRAMS, LEADERS IN THE PROFESSION WERE CALLED TOGETHER TO DISCUSS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON EXISTING PROBLEMS. THE CONFERENCE CONSISTED OF 18 PARTICIPANTS AND OBSERVERS WHO WERE PRESENTED WITH SUFFICIENT DATA TO DESCRIBE CONDITIONS AND DISPARITIES. STUDIES…

This guide presents a staff development program on content area reading that high school reading specialists can conduct for teachers of content areas such as history, chemistry, and literature. Section one of the guide offers specific reasons why professional growth is necessary for teachers, why reading education ought to be part of that…

The purpose of Project SABOR (Sound Approaches to Bilingualism and Opportunities for Recognition) was to develop and promote native and second language skills in all curriculum areas for students in grades four to eight. Eight hundred students received instruction in English and native language arts and reading, mathematics, science, social…

During the 1979-1980 school year, the Rafael Cordero Bilingual School (RCBS) operated in a New York City junior high school whose student body was composed of approximately 80 percent Spanish-dominant and 20 percent English-dominant students. The educational program of RCBS was comprised of five components: (1) bilingual instruction in all school…

This is the evaluation of the final year of a five year bilingual education program funded under Title VII and carried out in elementary schools of Community School District 30, Queens, New York. The program is described as (1) involving content instruction and materials development in Spanish and Greek, as well as an English as a Second Language…

This study argues for the use of public service employment (PSE) as a portion of an anti-recessionary fiscal policy package to include public works and tax cuts. Keynesian economics, deficit spending in this case, serves as the study's underpinnings. Chapter 1 reviews public service employment's current low status as an anti-recessionary measure.…

This paper is one in a publication series containing general knowledge which can help colleges and universities in the various phases of developing comprehensive cooperative education programs (see note). It focuses on design of a suitable cooperative management information system. The paper begins by establishing a perspective about management…

A project was designed to expose and orient Hispanic high school students in New London, Connecticut, to vocational education generally not available to them and to provide them with effective bilingual vocational education. Twenty Hispanic youths aged 13 to 21 were enrolled in an after-school exploratory vocational program. Students were exposed…

This final report contains information on the school-based portion of the Saskatoon Region Project, a program designed to develop effective services for educationally handicapped children in rural areas around Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada). Chapters of the report provide descriptions of early initiatives that led to the project's conception,…