The Improving Teacher Quality (ITQ) State Grants Program is currently operating professional development grants for California teachers at 40 sites statewide. This is as large a cadre of projects as the California Postsecondary Education Commission has operated since the ITQ Program began with the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.…

A number of activities are progressing in the Improving Teacher Quality (ITQ) program, the federally funded program that the Commission administers to provide professional development to California educators. This program is part of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), and continues the work that began as the Eisenhower Teacher…

A study of 115 mentally normal persons with severe physical handicaps indicated that existing service and living arrangement programs were inadequate. Results suggested the following: establishment of a coordinating state agency and local supervisory teams of nurses and social workers; arrangement of a variety of living accommodations, including…

THE PLAN INCLUDES SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FOR PROGRAM PROPOSALS TO QUALIFY CALIFORNIA FOR TITLE II FUNDS AND SERVE AS A POLICY GUIDE FOR STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS. IT PROVIDES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION IN CIVIC, VOCATIONAL, LITERACY, HEALTH, HOMEMAKING, TECHNICAL, AND GENERAL EDUCATION FOR ADULTS. SHORT TERM OBJECTIVES…