Testimony concerning the Summer Feeding Program was heard during the June 25, 1971 hearing from R. S. Gribbs, mayor of Detroit, Mich.; K. Gibson, mayor of Newark, N. J. and, Arnold Robles and Edward Koplan, program administrators of Los Angeles County, Calif., and City of San Antonio, Texas. Testimony concerning the withholding of funds for…

During the past 15 years the Social and Rehabilitation Service has supported almost 1,700 research and demonstration projects attempting to improve rehabilitation services. In an effort to provide researchers with information on previous projects, all project directors, past and present, were asked to list final reports, related documents, and…

The manual of administrative guidelines outlining program organization for the education of the mentally retarded in Kansas presents standards of program organization and operation and plans for implementing specified services for the various levels of mental retardation. Part 1 of the manual, detailing program organization, covers program…

The University of Connecticut-Keswich Hall College exchange program is a 7-week experience which offers British and American students and faculty the opportunity to learn first-hand about the education and culture of another country. American students go to England from June 1 until mid-July, while British students come to the United States from…

This evaluation report on the Green Thumb program is the first in a series of three reports that will constitute a comprehensive evaluation of Operation Mainstream (OM). Operation Mainstream is a collection of programs designed to employ as enrollees poor, chronically unemployed adults. This evaluation relies primarily on cross-sectional and…

The seventeen papers presented in this publication review various programs and issues in elementary school science. At least one paper is devoted to each of these programs: The United Kingdom program Science 5/13; The African Primary Science Program; The Tel Aviv Elementary Science Project; UNESCO Program in Junior Science Teaching; The Philippine…

This program involves an exchange of faculty and students between the university and two English colleges of education--Berkshire in Reading and Coventry. The student exchange, one semester in length, is limited to juniors who are pursuing a professional teacher education curriculum; their English counterparts, also in teacher education, are…

Six individual briefing pamphlets for members of the commissions of the York (England) 1971 International Conference on Teaching and Learning English comprise this document. The Conference is cosponsored by the National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE) of Great Britain; by the Canadian Council of Teachers of English (CCTE); and by…

This paper presents a brief description of a basic model for planning, monitoring, and evaluating educational programs using managerial concepts. The model involves the use of five steps as follows: (1) identification of a need; (2) a statement of desired outcomes (objectives); (3) the development of a program, including processes and resources;…

This report contains an analysis of the Concentrated Employment Program (CEP) termination data collected and maintained by the Department of Labor, specifically the Office of Manpower Management Data Systems (OMMDS). The objectives of this study were to examine the OMMDS characteristics file, to determine the extent to which data are recorded, to…

This study was undertaken to relate Job Corps training outcomes to the costs of training, in terms of human talent, time, and material resources. Training outcomes or benefits were classified according to Job Corps objectives, then compared to total costs incurred by both training center and enrollee. Empirical validation and other evaluation of…

The final 1970 report of a 3-part study on regional education services focuses on a unit for (1) planning cooperative educational programs in terms of financial considerations, resource allocations, program operation, governance, and roles relative to operation; (2) making provisions for evaluation of the regional cooperative; (3) providing for…

This study of lunch services in public and private elementary and secondary schools is one of a group evaluating selected aspects of public food assistance programs. During a survey in March 1968, noontime food services were provided in about 75 percent of the nation's schools, serving about 80 percent of all pupils enrolled. Results of the survey…

The Toy Library program trains parents to use a limited number of educational toys to teach specific skills, fundamental concepts, and problem solving behaviors to their own three- and four-year-old children. The program is designed to fill the educational needs of the many three- and four-year-old children who are not participants in some other…

This interim report, developed by the Michigan Department of Education, concerns the selection of local education agencies, community agencies, and resource centers for "Mini-Grants" for planning follow-through studies. The interim report covers the general concept of the Michigan Planning Study, identification and selection of local projects,…