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Office Of Education: The national Office of education of the association in New York City provides consultations and information on many problems, especially on frontier; developments in its field. Since 1906 the association has published the bimonthly Religious Education, the only periodical in the field dealing with basic problems of education and religion from the viewpoints of the major faiths of the United States. The editorial Office of education is in New Haven, Conn.
By 1968, 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds in full-year chi development centers totaled 218,000. The stai including professional and nonprofessional en ployees and volunteers, totaled more than 75,001 Each Head Start program receives feder; assistance up to 90% of costs through the prc visions of the Economic Opportunity Act. Hea Start is a program of the Office of education of Economi Opportunity, but in 1969 its operation wa shifted to the Office of education of Childhood Developmen in the Department of Health, Education, an( Welfare.
John W. Gardner left the Office of education of secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on March 1, 1968, and was succeeded by Wilbur Cohen. On March 31, 1968, a considerable reorganization of the department's health activities was announced. The basis of the reorganization was the country's rapidly changing needs in medical education and research, in the delivery of health services, and in coping with disease and environmental problems. |
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