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Maine Department of Education, 2012
Almost immediately after he was named Commissioner of Education in March 2011, Stephen Bowen traveled to school districts across Maine and spoke to students, teachers, school administrators and community members about what they saw as the challenges confronting Maine's schools and what role they saw for the Maine Department of Education in…
Descriptors: Statewide Planning, Educational Needs, Educational Change, Public Officials
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Villarreal, Lisa R. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2005
A pioneer effort when passed as a bipartisan bill into legislation in 1991, California's Healthy Start initiative now stands out as a promising model for the emerging community school movement. Healthy Start is intended to bring "comprehensive, integrated, supports and services" to California's most disadvantaged K-12 students and…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Development, Statewide Planning
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Adult Learning Services Committee. – 1978
This paper describes the development of an array of adult services within New York State's educational structure. The first of seven sections reviews the roles of Melvin Dewey, the 1938 Regents Inquiry, and Proficiency Exams/Regents Degrees in the evolution of state education policy. In section 2, three studies (1972 Postsecondary Education Study,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Wisconsin State Board of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education, Madison.
This is a description of Wisconsin's vocational, technical, and adult education (VTAE) system designed to provide delivery of occupational education through comprehensive districts. It is intended for use by legislators, vocational educators, and policy makers. The system plan, divided into five sections, provides in the first section the basis…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Comprehensive Programs, Educational Needs
Lamar, Carl S., Ed. – 1978
This book was designed to serve as a guide for vocational education administrators in implementing comprehensive program planning (the process of forecasting the future and then preparing for it) as called for in the Education Amendments of 1976. The content is presented in ten chapters. The first provides an overview of comprehensive planning in…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Advisory Committees, Community Planning, Comprehensive Programs
Nebraska State Dept. of Education, Lincoln. – 1977
The Nebraska state career education plan was developed to assist individuals in developing essential educational and career skills for responsible functioning. The plan, linking the school and work world, extends chronologically: elementary level--career awareness, middle/junior high school level--career exploration, and senior high school…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Budgeting, Career Awareness, Career Education