In order to diversify its economy and raise the economic level of its people, South Carolina concluded that a possible solution might be to provide pretrained people for the work force of any industry that located in the State or for any expanding industry within the State. In 1961, Technical Education Committee (TEC) Centers were created and…

The original impetus for Alaskan Instructional Aides was derived from the Alaskan section of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and was jointly funded by them and the Manpower Development and Training Act. Since that initial program in 1966, the BIA has funded 2 additional programs training instructional Aides for BIA schools in Alaska. More than…

As background for the development of a new regulation for certification of social studies teachers in the state of Minnesota, a Task Force identified desired social studies outcomes in the affective domain. These goals for student attitudinal change are listed. The paper includes detailed suggestions for specific teacher behaviors indicative of…

The bibliography provides access to some of the latest findings and developments in migrant education. A supplement to 4 earlier bibliographies, it contains approximately 100 citations and abstracts published from 1965 to 1973 which have appeared in "Research in Education". The "Current Index to Journals in Education" section…

The report contains information on significant developments in the 1971 Washington State Farm Labor and Rural Manpower Program. Part I, the Annual Summary, recommends that state agencies should devote more effort to the Annual Worker Plan and that farm placement personnel should try to advise persons who have job commitments of any delays in the…

The report contains information on significant developments in the 1972 Washington State Farm Labor and Rural Manpower Program. Part I, the Annual Summary, recommends that farm labor programs be designed to insure an adequate number of efficient workers and that a means be developed to prolong employment periods for the worker, thus reducing…

Presented is the 5-year (1974-1979) plan of Tennessee by the State Division of Mental Retardation. Changes in philosophy and service delivery to mentally retarded (MR) persons are discussed in terms of definition, causes, classification, and training for employment. Ways of helping MR persons are described in relation to previous efforts and new…

A statewide evaluation effort was conducted in Utah in the Spring 1970 to determine how well students in the public schools were attaining specified goals and objectives. A sample of students at all grade levels throughout the state were involved in the study. Data were gathered from test scores, school records, self-ratings, and ratings by…

This report traces the evolution of the Sullivan Country Festival of the Arts and changes in the curriculum and social life of the schools of Sullivan County. It summarizes the experiences and conclusions of a three-year period of activity in a pilot-demonstration project of the Division of the Humanities and Arts of the New York State Education…

The annual report (1972-73) of the Nevada Department of Education on the American Indian education program is concerned with the allocation of the Johnson O'Malley (JOM) Act funds, which enables the Bureau of Indian Affairs to contract with states and local school districts for the education of Indian children. At present, the JOM funds in the…

The names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the organizations and individuals who are able to reach minority groups to tell them about job training and job opportunities are listed in this directory, alphabetically by State and city. This edition of the directory covers black universities and colleges, and black fraternities and sororities.…

The Northern Indian California Education Project is devoted to increasing the quantity and quality of accurate information available about local American Indian life through curriculum development, to helping school personnel to better understand and meet the needs of Indian students, and to increasing the participation and influence of Indian…

The second of 2 volumes of position papers presented at the first Native American Teacher Corps Conference (Denver, Colorado; April 26-29, 1973), is composed of 8 position papers. These include: Indian education: the rights of a people; education and politics; school as it relates to present and future societies; multi-cultural teacher education…

The central purpose of this study was to identify the role of state field supervision of vocational education in Ohio in relation to change as perceived by supervisors and their reference groups. The primary task was accomplished in part by testing the following hypotheses: (1) The supervisors' reference groups differ in their perception of the…

This preliminary report, consisting of 14 statistical tables and a summary of their contents, was prepared from the states' reports on vocational education programs. The tables, which include data on enrollments and expenditures, indicate the national norm and each state's relationship to this norm. For certain items, data for previous years are…