"The Achiever" is a monthly publication for parents and community leaders from the Office of Communications and Outreach, U.S. Department of Education. This issue contains the following articles: (1) Spellings, Education Community Discuss President's Agenda; (2) Arts Integration at Oklahoma School Provides Multiple Paths for Learning;…

The Institute for Junior College Teachers of Disadvantaged Students from Urban Ghettos was a summer program designed to acquaint white middle class teachers with life in six San Francisco slums. This institute can be used as a model for training teachers for other inner-city junior colleges. (MS)

A place-based learning community called "Klamath Connection" was designed to improve the academic performance of freshman in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) majors at Humboldt State University, a midsize public institution in a location geographically and culturally unfamiliar to the majority of its students. The…

Because children who are deaf or hard of hearing are being identified at birth, fitted with advanced hearing technology, and enrolled in early intervention programs, families increasingly seek professionals who can provide services that support their choice of listening and spoken language. The increased demand for these services and shortages of…

A CURRICULUM WITHIN THE SIX-PERIOD DAY, THAT WOULD PROVIDE FOR DEVELOPING SUFFICIENT DEPTH BACKGROUND IN THE HUMANITIES, WAS PRESENTED. THE PROGRAM SUGGESTED AUGMENTING THE EDUCATION OF THE GIFTED THROUGH SPECIAL SUMMER SESSION CLASSES OR IN A SATURDAY OR WEEKDAY SEMINAR-TYPE SITUATION (HORIZONTAL ENRICHMENT). THE STUDENTS WERE TO BE SELECTED IF…

Presented in this report are data on prevailing rates of pay to junior college teachers for summer session, evening classes, and nonteaching assignments. Summer session pay by hourly rate was reported by 39 districts, by contract fees by two colleges, and as a percentage of annual salary by 16. Hourly rate basis for evening classes was reported by…

To investigate the role of psychopathic traits in a clinical and comparison sample, we obtained dimensional California Child Q-Set (CCQ) personality profiles for 66 preadolescent boys with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and 56 comparison boys during naturalistic summer programs and correlated each boy's CCQ profile with an…

This report evaluates the value and success of an Institute Program in human relations for educators and administrators in Los Angeles, California. Specific objectives include: (1) determining the overall value of the Institute to participant administrators; (2) determining the specific strengths and weaknesses of the Summer Institute Program;…

A 1969 summer program under the Region III Migrant Education Project in Merced County, California, brought dental services to migrant children in the northern San Joaquin Valley. The goal was to screen and test as many children of migratory agricultural workers as possible in a set span of time. The University of California School of Dentistry was…

AN INSTITUTE WAS CONDUCTED TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGES AND SKILLS ESSENTIAL FOR TEACHING SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL COURSES. THE PARTICIPANTS WERE 16 TEACHERS IN THE TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL AREA OF INSTRUMENTATION. THE ACTIVITY INCLUDED LECTURE AND DISCUSSION, DEMONSTRATION, LABORATORY WORK, AND FIELD TRIPS. THE SCOPE OF THE PROGRAM…

A PROGRAM DEMONSTRATING THE VALUES TO BE GAINED BY 60 RURAL PUPILS ENGAGED IN A 5-WEEK SUMMER SESSION WAS PRESENTED. THE BOYS AND GIRLS SEPARATELY PARTICIPATED IN A 10-DAY TRIP TO CAREFULLY SELECTED AREAS OF ARTISTIC, SCIENTIFIC, OR HISTORIC INTEREST IN CALIFORNIA. THE PURPOSES WERE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE INTELLECTUAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SOCIAL…

Since 2007, Chevron has funded the Research Experience Vitalizing Science -- University Program (REVS-UP), which lasts four weeks each summer to develop Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) projects at CSUB [California State University, Bakersfield]. Over the past six years, a total of 26 STEM professors have led the…

A 1983 directory of California migrant summer secondary programs contains listings for schools in 79 communities; emphasis is on secondary education, although listings are also given for some junior high and grade schools that may serve grades 9-12 through PASS (Portable Assisted Study Sequence). A map of counties is given for each of 11…

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…

For 22 years, at 166 sites around the world, over 1 million teachers have been teaching each other in nearly identical National Writing Project summer institutes. This article discusses the lessons learned about teacher leadership, the qualities of worthwhile staff development, writing instruction, and educational reform's bumpy landscape. (MLH)