THE SCHOOL SYSTEM RECOGNIZED THAT CHILDREN OF LIMITED BACKGROUNDS COULD, AND SHOULD, BE HELPED. THE DISTRICT DECIDED TO USE FUNDS FROM GRANTS TO (1) PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CONSULTATIVE SERVICES AND TEACHER TRAINING, (2) PURCHASE EXTRA INSTRUCTIONAL EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS, (3) FACILITATE CURRICULUM EXPERIMENTATION, AND (4) ARRANGE OPPORTUNITIES FOR…

A project was conducted to develop a summer institute for new (up to 2 years' experience) adult education teachers in Pennsylvania. During the first phase of the project, the institute was designed as a 3-day intensive training session consisting of 14 workshops (most presented twice), and teachers were recruited. The second phase of the project…

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY WAS COMPILED AND EDITED FOR USE IN A WORKSHOP ON MEETING SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF SOCIALLY AND CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS. SELECTED READINGS FROM THE BIBLIOGRAPHY WERE USED TO ACCOMPANY WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES. BESIDES LISTING SELECTED WORKS ON DISADVANTAGED YOUTH, THE BIBLIOGRAPHY PRESENTED REFERENCES ON SUCH TOPICS AS…

A project developed and conducted a summer institute to offer training, hands-on activities, and workshops addressing educational technology for adult basic education (ABE), General Educational Development (GED) and literacy education teachers, administrators, and staff. During the first phase of the project, the institute was designed as a 3-day…

The purpose of this project was to accomplish two goals: (1) to provide the school district of Lancaster (Pennsylvania) with an inservice program for teachers in the bilingual education program; and (2) to develop a computer-assisted bilingual education teacher training program. Seven two-day workshops were held. In addition to providing inservice…