The State University of New York at Buffalo and the Maryvale School System cooperated in planning and developing an intensive one-year graduate teacher preparation program that provides the total sequence for certification. A clinical team (consisting of university coordinator, "in school" coordinator appointed by the school, and…

The Schenectady Intensive Reading Instructional Teams (I. R. I. T.) Program, funded under the Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III, is designed to provide intensive reading instruction to 135 students from eight elementary schools in the district. The students, mostly third and some fourth graders, are nominated by their classroom teachers…

As more states increase the number of credits required for high school graduation, progressively less time is being left for vocational education. To address this problem, many school districts and states are beginning to formulate policies for granting academic credit for basic skills training provided in vocational classrooms. As of 1985, 11…

A STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLE OF 20 SCHOOLS WITH 35 PREKINDERGARTEN ROOMS SERVING 500 CHILDREN WAS USED IN AN EVALUATION OF AN EXPANDED PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM OF COMPENSATORY EDUCATION FOR DISADVANTAGED 4-YEAR-OLDS. THE EVALUATIVE EMPHASIS CENTERED ON ONGOING CLASSROOM PROGRAMS, ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL, AND A FAMILY-COMMUNITY…

Presented are a description and evaluation report of the Comprehensive Support Services Program (CSSP), a regional effort by seven New York school districts to identify, evaluate, and provide supplemental educational support for learning disabled students with special educational needs through a multi-disciplinary team in each school. Summarized…

THE OBJECTIVES, CONTENT, METHODS, AND SCOPE OF HEBREW INSTRUCTION FOR EACH LEVEL OF A 4-LEVEL SEQUENCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE DELINEATED IN THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE, WHICH IS A REVISION OF EARLIER BULLETINS USED EXPERIMENTALLY IN NEW YORK CITY SINCE 1962. AN AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH IS ADVOCATED, AND SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES ARE SUGGESTED FOR TEACHING…

This is a collection of reports on innovative practices in student teaching programs. The label "innovative" is justified on the basis of the investigation's scope. Identification of innovative student teaching practices was accomplished by contacting chief state school officers, chairmen and members of state commissions on teacher…

The latest available statistics for 1958-59 indicate there were 8,084 small schools and that they had enrolled in them 1,650,000 pupils. It is a matter of conjecture how much these figures will be reduced in the next 10 years, but there is considerable doubt that the reduction will be a truly significant one. In any event the current figures are…