Special Projects: Meeting Special Needs.

Overview & Synopsis

This booklet describes 16 model education projects in Colorado that are funded under the federal Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 and the Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1978. These programs illustrate how federal funds have had a positive impact on the education of Colorado students. The projects and the cities where they are located include: Early Childhood Education Project, Denver; K-6 Instructional Assistance Project, Denver; Math Achievement That Happens (grades 2-5), Aurora; Parents as Teachers Project, Commerce City; Preschool and Improvement of Reading, Fort Collins; Prescriptive Individualized Diagnostic Education, Pueblo; Continuous Processing Skills Project, Colorado Springs; Cherry Creek Grant Program for innovative K-12 teaching projects, Arapahoe County; Jefferson County Computer Education Program, Jefferson County; Innovative Designs to Encourage Achievement, a K-12 curriculum supplement program, Littleton; Project EXPLORE, a curriculum effort for grades 3-5, Northglenn; Talented and Gifted Enrichment Programming, Summit County; Family English Literacy Program, Denver; Basic Bilingual Education Program, Fort Lupton; Weld Cooperative Migrant Education Program, LaSalle; and the San Luis Valley Summer Migrant Credit Accrual/Credit Exchange Program, Alamos. Each project description includes information about participants and agencies; major activities; a brief evaluation of the project; and a contact name, address, and telephone number. (TES)