Results of a telephone survey of administrators at all 53 public residential high schools serving hearing impaired students indicated that the size of the graduating clases for 1983 through 1985 will be substantially larger than recent classes and that approximately 30 percent of the graduates in each year's class are expected to enter academic…

The intelligence test performance of 24 acoustically handicapped students (6 to 15 years old) applying for enrollment in a state school for the deaf during a 7-month period was analyzed. Data confirmed the need for such schools to maintain strong academic programs to meet the total needs of the bright, deaf child. (Author/CL)

This article recounts a learning experience at the Kansas State School for the Deaf in which students invited an author of children's books about deaf children, Jean Andrews, to visit and participated with the author in developing her next book. Students also wrote their own books, and received feedback on them from Andrews. (DB)

This review summarizes bilingual/bicultural characteristics of programs at the California, Indiana, Texas, Arizona, and Maryland schools for the deaf, as well as the Learning Center for Deaf Children (Massachusetts), the Magnet School of the Deaf (Colorado), the Cleary School for the Deaf (New York), and Sign Talk Children's Centre (Manitoba). (DB)

This article describes the special residential "key" high schools for mathematically talented students in China. It explains the admissions process, the general curriculum, and the mathematics curriculum specifically. (Contains references.) (DB)

This listing provides directory information on U.S. schools and programs for preschool, elementary, and secondary children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Under each state is an alphabetical listing by city of schools (residential, day, center schools), local programs, and other types of facilities. (Author/CR)

A survey of 159 non-applicants to the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science indicates that students were confident in their ability to meet admission requirements. However, students were unwilling to leave home 2 years earlier than usual and reluctant to abandon a variety of athletic and associated extracurricular activities. Recruitment…

Five individuals involved in literacy for blind and visually impaired young people respond to the position paper of the Council of Executives of American Residential Schools for the Visually Handicapped (EC 232 322). They are Evelyn Rex, Virginia Sowell, Alan Koenig, Elaine Mose Sveen, and Barbara Cheadle. (DB)

A study of nine secondary schools serving academically talented students found criteria for admissions included teacher recommendations, grades, standardized achievement tests, and IQ tests. Teachers were dynamic, there were more courses offered at schools for the academically talented, and schools offered a wide array of non-academic courses.…

Recounts the events and people that led to the formation of three early public residential schools for gifted students: the North Carolina School for Science and Mathematics; the Louisiana School for Mathematics, Science and Technology; and the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. Common features included visionary individuals, availability…

Admissions practices at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, a residential high school for gifted students, were examined. Data from students applying in 1983 and 1984 (over 800 per year) were available, as were grades of students admitted in 1983. A series of multiple regression studies showed that selection and first year grades…

Information is provided on private schools for emotionally disturbed children, located in New England and elsewhere in the East. For each school, the entry states approximate enrollment, type of school, and age range accepted. For each, the following are also described: program, curricula, criteria for rejecting applicants, types of children…

Described with accompanying photographs is education for blind and partially sighted children between 7 and 20 years of age in special residential schools in the Soviet Union. Discussed is vocational education in 120 vocational polytechnic schools for the blind and partially sighted from 1st to 11th forms (grades), sanatorium schools from 1st to…

The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics was established in 1980 as a resident public high school for juniors and seniors demonstrating ability and interest in science and mathematics. Outlines the admission policy, instructional program, supportive services, and the school's commitment to public service. This was the first publicly…