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Kirst, Michael W. – Compact, 1978
California Assembly Bill 65, recently signed into law, provides comprehensive legislation for education policy that, by attacking a myriad of educational problems, may serve as a model bill for other states to follow. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Nimnicht, Glen P. – Compact, 1969
Recommends State legislation establishing a comprehensive educational program beginning at age 3 or 4, and the expansion of training programs for teachers and assistants. (MF)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Federal Aid, Kindergarten
Abeson, Alan; Weintraub, Fred – Compact, 1971
Descriptors: Equal Education, Exceptional Persons, Handicapped Children, Human Services
Neal, Tom – Compact, 1973
Eighteen States have taken positive action to improve their planning processes through better coordination of child development programs. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Agency Cooperation, Child Development, Child Development Centers
Parnell, Dale – Compact, 1973
Argues that, properly implemented, early childhood education in basic skills will drastically cut the waste of millions of students sitting in classes and learning little or nothing because they have not mastered the prerequisites. The next step in education, according to the author, must be preschool and home-based early childhood education…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Childhood Needs, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Elseroad, Homer O.; Kussmaul, Jack B. – Compact, 1973
Local school superintendents -- one representing a large and affluent district and one from a smaller, more rural district -- present their views on full State funding of school construction in Maryland. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Community Relations, Educational Facilities, Facility Planning, Full State Funding
Bargerstock, Charles T.; Zirkel, Perry A. – Compact, 1980
A survey of teacher employment and tenure statutes in the 50 states reveals a variety of provisions directly relating to reduction in force. A chart illustrates the variations in statutory provision of reasons for reduction in force, of order for release, and of order for recall. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Reduction in Force
Musmanno, Lucile – Compact, 1975
A 1974 strike by teachers in Littleton, Colorado, is described to illustrate the possibility of labor disputes in States without a law governing public employee collective bargaining. (JG)
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Collective Bargaining, Conflict Resolution, Elementary Secondary Education
Harder, Joseph C. – Compact, 1976
Recounts experiences in Kansas in resolving the school finance crisis. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Sensenbaugh, James A. – Compact, 1972
Discusses the effects of recent Maryland legislation which gave that state full fiscal responsibility for all new school building construction. (JF)
Descriptors: Construction Costs, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, School Construction
Klebanoff, Howard M. – Compact, 1976
From the viewpoint of a state legislator, discusses ways that educators and legislators can combine their expertise to improve the educational policy-making process and to develop useful information on educational programs that can serve as a basis for constructive, informed legislative action. (JG)
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Government Role
Jordan, K. Forbis – Compact, 1972
Discusses the effect of recent court decisions on the role of the state in school support. (JF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
Cook, Constance – Compact, 1971
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Child Development Specialists, Family Counseling, Family Life Education
