This document contains abstracts of 43 projects conducted through Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act sex equity set-aside grants administered by the Vocational Gender Equity Office, Virginia Department of Education. The projects described are grouped in the following categories: (1) centers to serve single parents and homemakers; (2)…

This document contains abstracts of 47 projects conducted through Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act sex equity set-aside grants administered by the Vocational Gender Equity Office, Virginia Department of Education. The projects described are grouped in the following categories: (1) centers to serve single parents and homemakers; (2)…

This annual report contains resumes of research projects, exemplary and innovative projects, and curriculum development projects. Projects were administered by state departments of education through research coordinating units (RCUs) in fiscal year 1978 and funded under sections 131, 132, and 133 of the Vocational Education Act of 1963 as revised…

Contributed by members of the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) Small School Districts Network, this collection of ideas to assist administrators in small schools contains brief descriptions of programs which are intended to improve the level of education in all rural and small schools. Eight categories of suggestions include…

This catalog provides an overview of all exemplary educational programs approved for national dissemination by Department of Education Review panels and introduces the National Diffusion Network (NDN), its programs, and services to schools. The programs described fall into three categories: (1) active projects; (2) limited activity projects; and…

This catalog provides an overview of all exemplary educational programs approved for national dissemination by Department of Education Review panels and introduces the National Diffusion Network (NDN), its programs, and services to schools. The programs described fall into three categories: (1) active projects; (2) limited activity projects; and…

This catalog provides an overview of all exemplary educational programs approved for national dissemination by Department of Education Review panels and introduces the National Diffusion Network (NDN), its programs, and services to schools. The introduction includes the six National Education Goals (1990). The programs described fall into three…

Based on the experiences of a job training demonstration project in five hospitals, the handbook describes a rationale and approach for using hospitals (rather than sheltered workshops) as job training sites for mentally and physically disabled persons. Part I reviews advantages for the hospital, the disabled person and his family, the…

Intended to share information about specialized training and demonstration activities from a rich diversity of local subject interests, environments, and populations served, this guide is a compilation of adult education and literacy resources funded under the Adult Education Act. Information is provided on 276 projects funded under Section 353 of…

This catalog is intended to make successful programs and practices available so that interested school districts may adapt and install their key elements. All programs were approved by program offices within their funding agencies and often by state education agencies. All were then carefully scrutinized for quality by the Joint Dissemination…

This document, which is in the form of a multiple-page table, provides the following information about each of the 163 currently existing federal employment training programs: (1) fiscal year 1995 appropriation; (2) summary of the program's purpose as it related to employment training activities; (3) authorizing legislation and U.S. Code citation;…

This booklet, which is intended to provide ideas on how Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) funds can be used to serve disabled youth, lists and describes over 75 promising programs funded by the JTPA to provide vocational education, training, and employment services to handicapped youth. The following types of programs are described: State and…

Descriptions are provided of the eight programs selected as award-winning innovations on the basis of universal application and potential for greatest impact for the improvement of continuing education. Each description contains this information: program name, name of principal person, name and institution to whom award would be made, source of…

This publication contains 60 abstracts of projects funded by the United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education, to provide innovative preservice and inservice training initiatives for personnel in the area of career/vocational education for handicapped persons. Program areas covered in the abstracts include preservice and…

To provide basic information on new educational methods and programs, this catalogue describes 315 projects designated as exemplary by the Joint Dissemination Review Panel of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). The catalogue is divided into 12 categorical sections, including (1) adult education, (2) alternative schools and programs, (3)…