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Birch, Thomas L. – 1982
Beginning in 1980, legislation in six states to establish a Children's Trust Fund has been enacted. The legislation creates new sources of support for preventive services in the area of child abuse in Kansas, Washington, Iowa, Virginia, Michigan, and California. To show how the trust-fund concept has been and can be adapted to different political…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Child Abuse, Financial Support, Fund Raising
Brictson, Paula – 1979
The goal of the Michigan plan for school staff development is to clearly describe a comprehensive approach to staff development. The plan relies on two basic assumptions. The first is that local school staff should be involved in the planning process. The second is that the state has a unique and specific role to play in facilitating quality…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Program Descriptions, Staff Development
Porter, John W. – 1968
Certain criteria, as illustrated in Michigan, are becoming generally accepted as the basis for junior college master planning; namely, (1) the junior college system must fit the state's over-all plan for higher education, (2) the college should be established through local initiative, according to geographical feasibility and willingness to share…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Higher Education, Master Plans, Planning
Michigan State Office of Health and Medical Affairs, Lansing. – 1974
The report describes a Federally supported education and development program conducted during the 1973-74 fiscal year for members of the Michigan State Health Planning Advisory Council. The program sought to increase: (1) the council members' awareness of and insight into the comprehensive health planning process, (2) their knowledge of the health…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational Programs, Group Dynamics, Health Services
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Div. of Special Education. – 1973
Outlined are special educational programs and supportive services provided for handicapped children in Michigan during the year 1970-1971. Included are goals for serving the estimated 12.5 0/0 of the school age population needing special services; a listing of incidence rates by handicapping condition; federal and state sources of funds; the…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children, Mainstreaming, Program Descriptions
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1976
Presented is an overview of the gifted and talented students' program funded in Michigan by the State Aid Act (Section 47) and involving 12 elementary and secondary level pilot projects. An introduction includes a history of and general information about the Michigan program for gifted and talented students. Provided are brief descriptions of each…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Education, Gifted, Pilot Projects
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Beck, John H. – Journal of Education Finance, 1979
Investigates the effects of including an income factor in a power equalization aid formula. Some evidence indicates that a power equalization formula with recapture and with an income adjustment may substantially achieve the objective of making education expenditures independent of the wealth of the local district. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Expenditure per Student, Income
Goodin, M. Elspeth, Ed. – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1993
Summarizes activities of state organizations and associations responsible for school library media programs from Arizona, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Alabama, Connecticut, Kansas, Rhode Island, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Michigan, and New Jersey. (LRW)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Associations, Library Services
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Danziger, Sandra K.; Ananat, Elizabeth Oltmans; Browning, Kimberly G. – Family Relations, 2004
We address how childcare subsidies help in the welfare-to-work transition relative to other factors. We examine how the policy operates, whether childcare problems differ by subsidy receipt, and the effect of subsidy on work. Data are from a random sample panel study of welfare recipients after 1996. Findings show that subsidy receipt reduces…
Descriptors: Grants, Welfare Recipients, Child Care, Low Income Groups
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Lewis, Ralph – Journal of Medical Education, 1975
Established to initiate innovative, creative communication channels among medical schools in Michigan, the Michigan Medical Schools Council of Deans encourages cooperative efforts in program areas and long-range planning. This article describes recent projects and activities of the Council which has a full-time paid staff. (JT)
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Deans, Higher Education, Institutional Cooperation
Zeigler, Carmen S., Comp.; And Others – 1980
Designed by the Bloomfield Hills (Michigan) multidisciplinary evaluation team, the document suggests procedures and enabling activities to implement the assessment and identification of learning disabled students. Individual sections address five areas (ability, achievement, severe discrepancy, exclusionary clause, and need for special education…
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification, Interdisciplinary Approach
LANGDON, CHARLES L. – 1967
THE MICHIGAN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION RESEARCH COORDINATING UNIT WAS ESTABLISHED ON OCTOBER 27, 1965, AS A PART OF THE DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION OF THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. ITS PURPOSES WERE TO STIMULATE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES WHICH WOULD IMPROVE EXISTING PROGRAMS, TO COORDINATE OCCUPATIONAL RESEARCH, AND TO…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Information Dissemination, Program Descriptions, Research Coordinating Units
House, Ernest; And Others – 1974
Accountability currently is an important concept throughout education. Michigan has assumed leadership among the States in exploring and applying accountability procedures. The purpose of this report is to examine the quality and implications of that leadership. Specifically, the authors' purpose is to assess the Michigan Accountability System…
Descriptors: Accountability, Citizen Participation, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
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Burrello, Leonard C.; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1978
The article reports research on the development and evaluation of a statewide special education management network in Michigan. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Administration, Handicapped Children, Management Systems
Michigan Library, Lansing. – 1999
This document reports on Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) subgrant projects in Michigan for fiscal year (FY) 1998. The introductory section includes: a description of AccessMichigan, the umbrella online service that includes a collection of more than 67 commercial databases, the SPAN (Serials, Periodicals and Newspapers) service, and the…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Grants, Information Technology, Internet
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