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Direct linkVerwys, Susan K. – Young Children, 2007
In this article, the author presents a discussion regarding the sharing of decision making regarding curriculum in preschool. The preschool where she teaches is housed in a diverse, faith-based elementary school in the heart of Grand Rapids, Michigan, a midsize, midwestern city. It offers full-day, half-day, and two-and-a-half-hour preschool…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Participative Decision Making, Emergent Literacy, Child Development Centers
Download full textMcClelland, Donna; And Others – 1970
The Ypsilanti Curriculum Demonstration Project's language training curriculum for three- and four-year old disadvantaged children, using the Bereiter Engelmann program, is provided. The purpose of the curriculum is to effect a behavior change in the child to enable him to achieve in the traditional education environment. Emphasis is given to the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Guides, Disadvantaged Youth, Language Instruction
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1974
This booklet is the second in a series of annual publications that list and describe a wide array of promising and innovative educational practices in hopes of stimulating the development of alternative educational delivery systems and strategies involving students, teachers, administrators, and parents. Included in the booklet are brief…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Innovation, Educational Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1977
This booklet is the fourth in a series of annual publications that list and describe a wide array of promising and innovative educational practices in hopes of stimulating the development of alternative educational delivery systems and strategies involving students, teachers, administrators, and parents. Included in the booklet are brief…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Administration, Educational Innovation, Educational Programs
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 2000
In operation since 1988, the Michigan School Readiness Program (MSRP) provides high-quality preschool programs for children who may be at risk of becoming educationally disadvantaged and who may have needs for special assistance. This manual provides guidelines for implementing all aspects of the program, including applying for funding, recruiting…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Learning Readiness, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Cook, Polly; Authier, Gail – 1977
The TELSTAR project serves preschool handicapped children in all categories of disabilities in a three-county rural area of Northeastern Michigan. Services are home-based from ages 0 to 3, with the children placed in appropriate group programs at approximately age 3. The assessment and evaluation of child progress is done using a standardized…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Education
Palomaki, Rita P.; Koski, Diane M. – 1974
Described is a cooperative preschool program for 20 handicapped children on a rural Michigan setting. It is explained that the program involved screening procedures in a naturalistic environment, weekly parent training sessions, and diagnostic prescriptive teaching. Included in three appendixes are examples of news releases about the program,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Diagnostic Teaching, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1975
This booklet is the third in a series of annual publications that list and describe a wide array of promising and innovative educational practices in hopes of stimulating the development of alternative educational delivery systems and strategies involving students, teachers, administrators, and parents. Included in the booklet are brief…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Educational Administration, Educational Innovation
Peer reviewedTaylor, Anne; And Others – Children Today, 1990
Describes the Head Start Classroom of the Future project, which is being introduced into inner-city centers in Grand Rapids, Michigan; a classroom for children of Hispanic migrant farmworkers in Holland, Michigan; and a classroom for Native American children at the Isleta Pueblo Head Start near Albuquerque, New Mexico. (BB)
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Demonstration Programs, Educational Facilities Design
Weikart, D. P.; And Others – 1978
The Ypsilanti Perry Preschool Project was designed to help economically disadvantaged children at high academic risk to cope more effectively with school and adult life in the mainstream of society. From 1962 through 1967, 123 children participated in the project. The basic experiment contrasted children who attended preschool with children who…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education
