The data tables and listings in this report provide secondary school dropout data at the state and district levels as a supplement to Secondary School Completion and Dropouts in Texas Public Schools, 1999-00. This supplement includes annual dropout rates calculated under the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) definition and rates…

This review covers the status of languages and literacy in the countries of southern Africa, policies of literacy promotion, and the emerging symbioses among spoken languages and among literacies in mother tongues, national or official languages, and metropolitan languages. Five statistical tables are included. (66 references) (LB)

Findings of a survey of a sample of center-based child care (CBCC) programs and private home day care (PHDC) agencies listed in Ontario's Direct Operating Grant Calculation Data Base are reported. During 1988, licensed child care programs in Ontario received approximately 46.5 million dollars in Direct Operating Grants (DOGs). Grants were…

To address the important issue of dropouts from their schools, the Council of Great City Schools undertook a major research effort to make sense of the disparate ways in which cities keep their dropout data, and to advise various policy makers on the development of common metrics for measuring the problem. A survey of Council member schools…

Information is presented to assist Hawaii employers in developing affirmative action plans as required for federal contract compliance. In the first section, information is provided on the ramifications of geographical area coverage, the sources for the attached statistical data, the definition of manpower resources, and the availability of this…

Since President Obama took office, he has repeatedly called for the United States to significantly improve its postsecondary education performance. One goal in particular has gained wide attention: the President's declaration that in an ever more competitive global marketplace, the United States must once again lead the world in college…

The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 requires the Department of Health and Human Services to prepare annual reports to Congress on indicators and predictors of welfare dependence. This is the second of those annual reports. A family is defined as dependent on welfare if more than 50% of its total income in a 1-year period comes from welfare programs…

This report provides information that pertains to the goal of having all children ready for the first grade. Particular attention is given to state-funded educational programs for 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds in the 15 Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states. Initial discussion states the goal and defines readiness for school. Discussion then…

The report presents fall, 1988, admissions and enrollment data for New York State colleges and universities in 17 tables. Definitions of key terms precede the tables. Sample tables present the following information: (1) trends in degree-credit enrollment in public, independent and proprietary institutions by type of institution, fall 1970 to fall…

Data on the award and receipt of child support and alimony to women are reported. Additional data concerning receipt and type of property settlement following divorce is provided. The Bureau of the Census first conducted a survey specifically designed to obtain data on child support and alimony in spring, 1979. The survey, with minor…

This is the fourth in a series of reports evaluating the Public Library Statistics (PLS) program, an annual census of public libraries in the United States. The census includes, in addition to a full count of public libraries and their outlets, a variety of statistics about the services provided by and, the financial condition and the staffing…

The Delaware Valley Child Care Council of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania developed a regional planning service to assess the needs for day care services in a five-county region in southeastern Pennsylvania, and to construct a database of day care information that would be periodically updated. This document is the initial report by the regional…

This paper examines issues concerning access to health care for persons with disabilities, specifically the health status of the disabled, utilization and cost of services, and a comparison of health insurance coverage of persons with and without disabilities. Three age groups (children, working-age adults, and the elderly) are considered. Data…

In fall 1984, about 3.9 million full-time equivalent (FTE) staff personnel were employed in public elementary and secondary schools in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. This is a decrease of 0.4 percent, or about 1,600 employees, from FTE staff employed in fall 1983. This bulletin gives the number of staff in FTE's and reports the data…

This report presents salary data on selected administrative positions from all public higher education institutions, governing boards, and other higher education state-level agencies in Colorado. Table 1 presents, by institutional type, the median and mean salaries for 1994-95, as well as the frequency and range of salaries, for the following…