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Kroll, John R. – 1980
This study was conducted in 1979-80 to obtain baseline opinions of members of the Wisconsin Legislature about vocational education. Sixty-six of the 132 legislators responded to 84 questions regarding the need for, financing of, quality of, and methods of delivering secondary and postsecondary vocational education in the state. The responses were…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Educational Attitudes, Government School Relationship, Legislators
Download full textClark, Jill; And Others – 1989
Wisconsin has a local options competency-testing policy for public schools: participating districts receive state assistance, but are subject to regulations on test development and use. This paper examines influences on school district program adoption, focusing on local support for any testing program and superintendents' attitudes toward state…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Innovation
Kunesh, Linda G. – 1990
An executive summary of a study of early intervention policies for young children at risk of academic failure in state education agencies (SEAs) in the North Central United States is provided. The SEAs selected for the study were located in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Policies developed before January, 1989…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Comparative Analysis, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention
McKinney, Louise; And Others – 1978
To date, Ohio has not developed a systematic program for ensuring equal educational opportunity. In this paper options available for state policy which would bring about such a program are considered. Information is presented about the legal premises behind desegregation. Legal alternatives to the courts, as well as legal decisions regarding…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Norton, Barbara Dwyer – 1977
The document reports the Wisconsin component of Project IEP (individualized education program), a project designed to identify and clarify perceptions related to roles in the IEP process as mandated by P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. It is explained that under Project IEP approximately 200 persons (including state and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research
Appelgate, William K.; Weaver, Marita A. – 1975
This report of a regional conference on Competency Based Teacher Education (CBTE) held to allow the six States in Region V (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) to share information about vocational personnel development activities and programs, consists primarily of 12 conference papers: (1) Personnel Development in…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Competency Based Teacher Education, Conference Reports, Educational Planning
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1976
This report delineates the problems created by sex role stereotyping and recommends a plan for eliminating such practices. It recognizes the traditional independence of the local school districts in Wisconsin and attempts to persuade school districts of the desirability of undertaking such a plan. This report, with its recommendations and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Development, Inservice Education, Nondiscriminatory Education
Blessing, Kenneth R., Ed. – 1970
The objectives and perspective for a program with the educable mentally handicapped are presented in the Wisconsin curriculum guide. The described concepts and activities revolve around 12 Persisting Life Situations which include communicating ideas, understanding one's self and others, traveling, adjustment to various situations, health care,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Curriculum Guides, Exceptional Child Education, Interpersonal Competence
Coleman, Gerry – Wisconsin Vocational Educator, 1978
Describes the three major types of training programs funded under CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) in Wisconsin and discusses recent trends in CETA program funding and administration, focusing on functions of the Prime Sponsors, particularly as they operate in Wisconsin. (BM)
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Job Training
Landsverk, Ruth Anne – 2003
The Wisconsin Forces for Four-Year-Olds Project promotes the community approach to offering universal access to quality care and learning services for Wisconsin 4-year-olds. Based on the view that quality early education opportunities have life-long benefits for children and the communities in which they live, this public awareness packet…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Child Care, Community Coordination, Community Planning
Illinois Univ., Chicago. – 2000
The Illinois Social and Emotional Health of Infants, Toddlers and Their Families Committee hosted the Early Childhood Mental Health Regional Summit 2000 in November of 2000. Building on the momentum of the U.S. Surgeon General's first report on mental health, which underscores the importance of early preventive mental health services, this summit…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Childhood Needs, Conferences
Peer reviewedKost, Kathleen A.; And Others – Family Relations, 1996
Provides an overview of the Wisconsin child support system. Explores policy and program implications of the child support revision process and makes recommendations for improving revision. Advocates expressing child support orders as a percentage of the noncustodial parents' income to keep the orders updated automatically and replace the need for…
Descriptors: Child Custody, Child Support, Fatherless Family, Finance Reform
Lubienski, Christopher – Education and the Public Interest Center, 2008
A Friedman Foundation report attempts to find empirical support for the contention that competition from private schools, through voucher programs, improves the effectiveness of public schools. In the first year of Ohio's new EdChoice voucher program, the report claims to have found substantial academic gains at public schools exposed to the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Public Schools, Private Schools, School Choice
Fulford, Nancy, Ed. – 1994
Policy briefs are reports on the status of current issues in education from a national perspective; descriptions of actions and agendas in the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL) region; and commentaries by experts from their particular point of view; and resources for further information. The focus of this report is technology…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Policy, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Albrecht, Brian; And Others – 1996
This guide contains material developed to help an individual prepare to be a mentor in the Wisconsin School-to-Work Initiative. It is designed to assist a training facilitator while allowing for individual creativity and local customization. Many informative sections are followed by reflective thinking exercises. Section topics include the…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Communication Skills, Cooperative Education
