Presented is the final report of a project to design and implement improved instructional programs for disadvantaged handicapped (retarded or learning disabled) children at the elementary grade level. Activities are described which were conducted to accomplish the following objectives: to initiate, evaluate, and document a crisis-intervention…

In the summer of 1970, the School of Library and Information Science at the State University of New York at Albany (SUNYA) initiated an integrated 3-year undergraduate and graduate program leading to a bachelors degree in an area of the student's choice and a Masters of Library Science (MLS). Twenty-one junior year students, (nine Black or Spanish…

This report presents evaluations of the supplementary programs at Austin T. Walden Middle School, partially funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act. The Instructional Assistance Program had such goals as: to develop lasting materials that provide a more integrated learning experience for the pupil from the inner city;…

The goal of this project was to develop and implement a program of career education in a pilot cluster of schools in Cobb County, Georgia. The approach fused aspects of vocational education, guidance, and a broad-based curriculum into a systematic and sequential effort within the elementary, middle, and secondary schools. Such an effort was…

This evaluation study outlines the needs, rationale, historical background, and operations of the Title I Child Development Project (1965-72). The 1971-72 Project is described and evaluated; implications of key findings are discussed. The major emphasis of the 1971-72 school year focused on staff development through inservice workshops. It is…

In order to alleviate the problems with reading which many children in non-public schools located in impacted poverty neighborhoods have, corrective reading services for these children have been instituted by the New York City Board of Education under ESEA Title I. As of August 1970, approximately 158 non-public schools in disadvantaged areas of…

This publication contains information gained from a survey of 49 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico concerning programs for handicapped and disadvantaged students. Arranged alphabetically by state, 51 handicapped and 51 disadvantaged programs are described in terms of: (1) program objectives, (2) program funding, (3) student…

The objective of the Benjamin Franklin Urban League Street Academy, funded under Title I of the Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965, is to help students to stay in school or to help dropouts to return to school, or enter the world of work prepared and motivated to adjust and achieve satisfactorily. The major evaluation objectives of this…

In 1968 Congress amended the Vocational Education Act of 1963. The amendments expanded the definition of vocational education and removed some of the narrowing strictures which had sharply differentiated vocational education from academic education, insisted upon state planning, and sought to strengthen the federal leadership role. Perhaps most…

The Student Career Awareness Network (SCAN) at L. B. Johnson Middle School, New Mexico, seeks to target a wide range of students with differing abilities while incorporating School-To-Career's philosophy of instruction. SCAN uses work-related experiences such as project-based assignments, applications-based instruction, hands-on experience, and…

The Center for Vocational and Technical Education reviewed 26 career education programs in operation in various sections of the U.S., finding seven components common to most of them: cooperative education, career guidance, placement, follow-up, programs for disadvantaged and/or handicapped youth, and in-service teacher education. (JM)

Documented reports of four Canadian teachers' experiences in kindergarten emergent-literacy program to determine the following: (1) changes in classroom literacy activities; (2) difficult and easy program components; (3) students' capacity for literacy learning; and (4) project satisfaction. Concluded that researchers need to involve teachers when…

This report provides reliable evidence that mentoring programs can positively affect young people. The evidence is derived from research conducted at local affiliates of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America (BB/BSA), the oldest, best-known, and arguably most sophisticated of the country's mentoring programs. Public/Private Ventures, Inc. conducted…

Eight alternative educational programs that are part of the Portland, Oregon, Public School District are reviewed in this report. Responses from principals and program coordinators at each school to a comprehensive questionnaire provide information concerning staffing, student characteristics, facilities, course offerings, expenditure per student,…

The Parent-Infant Project (PIP), an infant stimulation and educational program for children from 0 to 4 years of age, was established to investigate the effects of early intervention programs for infants and toddlers who are at risk for special education services due to developmental delays. The purposes of the project are to (1) identify…