Gervais High School--with a senior class of 80 and a total enrollment of 337--may be small in size compared to its neighbors, but it has demonstrated over the last four years the ability to think big in pursuit of excellence. A decade ago, Gervais had a well-earned reputation in Oregon's Willamette Valley as a drug-ridden, gang-infested school…

Step-by-step directions instruct primary and elementary level resource teachers, classroom teachers, and aides who provide direct instruction to students about how to meet the individual mathematics learning needs of Oregon migrant children (9,797 eligible in 1980-81) through the technique of predrafted Individual Short-term Plan/Records. In this…

Step-by-step directions for primary and elementary level resource teachers, classroom teachers and aides instruct them about how to meet the individual reading instruction needs of Oregon migrant children (9,797 eligible in 1980-81) through predrafted Individual Short-Term Plan/Records. In this approach the teacher assumes the child will only be…

This newsletter reports on the activities of Equipped for the Future (EFF), which is a National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) initiative that develops content standards to ensure that every adult can gain the knowledge and skills needed to fulfill real-world responsibilities as workers, parents, and citizens. A message from the NIFL…