This document reviews the impact of the Aguilar v. Felton Supreme Court decision requiring that Chapter 1 compensatory education services must not be delivered to students in private sectarian schools. The focus is on how these services have been implemented in such schools. Fifteen school districts were surveyed for demographic data, comments…

The objective of this study was to develop and evaluate two procedures for providing preschool education for rural 4-year-olds by using a mobile laboratory. The project used "readimobiles" to determine the effectiveness of a structured, psycholinguistically-based preschool curriculum on black, disadvantaged children. There were three…

The annual report and evaluation discusses education of the 2,929 migrant children who participated in Oregon's 1967-68 program (including students in both public and nonpublic schools). The report cites innovative projects implemented to meet the needs of students in the program. Among the projects described are the Migralab, a mobile van…

Reported are results of a needs survey and of specific planning processes concerning facilities for the approximately 45,000 language, speech, and hearing handicapped school age children in Florida. Detailed are findings from clinician completed questionnaires in regard to available space and physical structure factors which deter a child from…

The concept of achieving mobility for outdoor teaching using a small mobile educational unit and the techniques of facilitating the mobility of equipment and supplies are discussed in this article. A small trailer unit can be used to enrich the learning experiences of students. Since the mobile educational unit is adaptable, it can be used as a…

Because of structural or financial limitations, many existing school buildings cannot be rebuilt to accommodate the flexible space requirements of such innovations as open plan teaching, individualized instruction, or modular scheduling. Schools with such buildings can keep pace with educational change by using relocatables. At the present time,…

Describes a model home-based program for the education/remediation of handicapped, high risk and developmentally delayed rural infants and their families. (CM)

Describes a mobile interpretive unit of the Cleveland Metroparks that is involved with interpreting natural and cultural history to urban core audiences. The program focuses on plant and animal life in forest, pond, meadow, and urban environments with content targeted to urban youths who are often unable to visit Cleveland Metroparks and are…

Described are six career education programs for handicapped youth selected as examplary because of elements worthy of further study or replication. Presented in the form of case studies, each program is examined in terms of program operations, notable features, people, evaluation, recommendations, and informational sources. Described are the…

Designed for 3- and 4-year-old disadvantaged children and their parents, a mobile unit consisting of a renovated school bus turned classroom is described which travels to three areas daily for a 2-hour period. The program for children is designed primarily for developmental skills--visual, sensory, auditory, and cognitive. Activities emphasize…

Three police training programs varied markedly and present a selection of models appropriate to different circumstances and training needs. The New Jersey Police Training Commission provides for supervisory training through the use of mobile classrooms staffed with trained professional teams, equipped with modern teaching aids, and experimenting…

This bulletin describes Mobile Reading Centers which serve students with reading disabilities in grades 3 through 6 in Dade County, Florida schools. The centers consist of 5 buses which were formerly staffed by 3 remedial reading specialists (1965-1968) but, due to cutback in funds, are presently staffed with one specialist (1968-1969). The mobile…

The Classroom on Wheels was an experimental program involving a series of trips by Junior High School Students to places of interest in the city. Randomly selected groups of students were tested before and after to evaluate the program's effectiveness in terms of pre-program objectives. These including helping students to increase their liking for…

The purpose of this proposal was to evaluate two approaches to preschool education using a mobile laboratory as a classroom for rural 4-year-olds. The research data also provide an independent evaluation of the Peabody language development program. Three groups of eight 4-year-old children (N=24) attending the Readimobile Preschool program were…

This SEF study examines the entire problem of temporary space needs; evaluates present solutions such as portables, busing, and space rental; and makes recommendations for a system of relocatables. The proposed system, which could be used to handle all space needs of a nonpermanent nature, would provide facilities with an internal environment…