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Chicago Urban League, IL. Dept. of Research. – 1982
In this report, the Chicago Urban League assesses the Chicago Board of Education's proposed school desegregation plan. The report discusses eleven points of disagreement with plan provisions. The issues raised include: (1) the absence of concrete provisions, especially numerical standards, to ensure that existing black-white separation in Chicago…
Descriptors: Blacks, Busing, Community Attitudes, Demography
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1982
This report presents a synthesis of studies on the present situation and emerging policies of the Inservice Education and Training of Teachers (INSET) Project, developed collaboratively by members of the Organisations for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The project achieved a broad dissemination of national practices and experience,…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Individual Needs
Lile, Kurtis J. – 1976
Traditionally, tests administered in the Fremont, California Unified School District were selected by administrators at the district office level. For this practicum, a district selection committee, composed of certificated staff on all levels, reviewed and selected tests to be administered within the district. Testing workshops were conducted for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Basic Skills, Change Strategies
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Div. of Occupational and Vocational Studies. – 1981
A project was undertaken to implement the employability, reading, and math skills of disadvantaged students in vocational education. Included in the project were the following activities: (1) field tests, evaluation, and dissemination of a mathematics skills curriculum guide for disadvantaged learners; (2) field tests and revision of guidelines…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Guides, Disadvantaged, Employment Potential
Maine Univ., Orono. Coll. of Education. – 1976
A comprehensive career education project in Maine was conducted on three levels: university/college-based activities; public school activities, K-12; and state department-based activities. The major objective for level I was to demonstrate to teacher educators and teacher trainees the philosophy, methods, and objectives of comprehensive career…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Development, Data Analysis, Demonstration Programs
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, Monterey, CA. – 1978
A project was designed to promote innovation in instructional procedures, curriculum development, collaborative community involvement, and staff development for incremental improvements in a comprehensive K-12 career education program. The fifteen project components focused on (1) applications of basic skills (reading, writing, and math) in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advisory Committees, Basic Skills, Career Awareness
MACK, LYNN; AND OTHERS – 1967
AS A CONTINUATION OF A 1966 PROJECT, THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY EXTENSION ASSOCIATION (NUEA), UNDER A GRANT FROM THE U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION (USOE), CONDUCTED 20 REGIONAL ADULT BASIC EDUCATION TRAINING INSTITUTES IN THE SUMMER OF 1967. THREE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENTS WERE CARRIED OVER--AN ACCELERATED NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR PREPARATION OF TEACHERS FOR…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Educational Finance, Educational Technology, Educationally Disadvantaged
Pittsburgh Public Schools, PA. – 1968
Initiated in 1965, the Standard Speech Development Program of the Pittsburgh Public Schools was designed to give junior high school students control of standard English speech through oral pattern drills based on particular phonetic or grammatical structures of standard English. By the end of the 1967-68 school year, pattern drills were part of…
Descriptors: Dialects, English Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education, Language Patterns
Merrill, E.L.; Russell, Wendell H. – 1968
Over a 31-month period from June 1966 to December 1968, the University of Tennessee and Union Carbide Corporation conducted preservice and inservice institutes for 160 industrial education teachers. These institutes carried college credit and covered Mechanical Technology and Drafting, Industrial Electronics Technology, Machine Shop and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Course Content, Curriculum, Experimental Programs
Hoboken Board of Education, NJ. – 1968
This application for a continuation grant describes the project of the Board of Education of Hoboken, New Jersey, for improving the assimilation of Puerto Rican and foreign born students. This Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title III, project has included, and hopes to continue, inservice teacher education, community programs, curriculum…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Attitude Change, Bilingual Students, Cultural Awareness
Haggett, William F. – 1975
The Philadelphia Urban Education Network Project is a staff development project that deals with the problems of the urban teacher and the needs of the urban students. Project activities include workshops, conferences, open houses, and teacher exchanges, all of which involve project participants. Staff development workshops are held to aid teachers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Involvement, Educationally Disadvantaged, Humanistic Education
Ghini, Costantino; And Others – 1975
This report presents an evaluation of the Louisiana state-wide program of French instruction at the primary level for the academic year 1974-75, the third year of the program's implementation. The focus of the evaluation is on the attainment of linguistic objectives and the measurement of the community's support of the program. The program…
Descriptors: Career Education, Communication Skills, Community Education, Community Involvement
Smith, Larry E. – 1975
This paper presents an overview of the English teaching situation in Asia, with particular emphasis on Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, the Republic of China, Singapore, and Thailand. A distinction is drawn between ESL countries, in which English instruction begins at the elementary level and is frequently used as the…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Developing Nations, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy
Missouri Schools for the Retarded, Jefferson City. – 1968
Enrichment programs conducted in Missouri state schools for trainable mentally retarded (TMR) children under Title I funding in 1967 are evaluated. Charts give the progress of 153 TMR pupils in the physical fitness programs conducted in three schools while case histories indicate improvement of six children in a prekindergarten enrichment program.…
Descriptors: Educational Television, Enrichment Activities, Exceptional Child Research, Federal Aid
Robbins, Richard C.; And Others – 1967
To demonstrate creative methods and materials for the remediation of severe learning disabilities, to help children with these difficulties, and to train professional personnel, six teachers working in teams of two taught seven remedial classes with a maximum of 12 students using a program designed to remediate deficiencies in the auditory, aural,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Auditory Training, Behavior Rating Scales, Dyslexia
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