Discusses some benefits and problems of the North Carolina teacher preparation program, "Quality Assurance," which is a comprehensive reform program placing strong emphasis on public school participation during a six year teacher education process. (SD)

This report presents representative findings from the Youth Employment and Demonstration Project Act's (YEDPA) experiments and evaluations since 1977, focusing largely on the programs' impacts on participants. The report begins with a review of YEDPA-sponsored research on the nature, causes, and consequences of youth unemployment. Chapter 2 deals…