A research project conducted from July 1974 through June 1976 to develop more comprehensive State-local planning for curriculum development, work-experience programs, and programs for the disadvantaged and handicapped was designed to coordinate total planning activities from the Kansas State Department of Education to the local classroom level. A…

This study was undertaken to determine the advisability of establishing an area vocational-technical school. The county's population characteristics and the economic base of the county as well as its history were studied for background information. the staff then surveyed 2,288 high school seniors in the county to determine which ones and how many…

The final report, covering the time period from January 1, 1971 to June 30, 1973, summarizes an exemplary program to introduce career education into three Kansas project sites: Kansas City, Clay Center, and Lawrence, which are representative of the schools in the State. Individual reports from the project sites and from the cooperating State…

In order to develop a more standardized curriculum and provide educators with available materials for conducting secondary health care occupations courses in Kansas, a project was conducted to determine the number and types of secondary health occupations education programs and the availability of curriculum and instructional material related to…

Goals, objectives, and sample units used during Phase II of a career development project conducted by the Central Kansas Area Vocational Technical School (CKAVTS) Administrative Center to demonstrate the integration of career development in the classroom are contained in this resource handbook for grades K-12. The materials were developed by…

This presentation describes a curriculum revitalization project begun in Spring, 1983 in Baxter Springs, Kansas. The cooperative "effective schools" effort used a broad base of support to establish a director of curriculum, create new school-university ties, focus a reading K-12 curriculum improvement effort, and hold instructional…

The Kansas State Board of Education's Quality Performance Accreditation system is described. Unlike past accreditation methods, which focused on the facilities or institutional characteristics, Quality Performance Accreditation accredits schools based on student performance. Through the accreditation process, the state will establish the same high…

The career education infusion plans compiled in this document were developed by Kansas counselors, teachers, and administrators in a secondary career education workshop. The following curriculum areas are included: administration, counseling, English and foreign languages, fine arts, library and media services, industrial arts, vocational…