The Pathways for Academic Career and Employment (PACE) program is established to provide funding to community colleges for the development of programs that will lead to gainful, quality, in-state employment for members of target populations by providing them with both effective academic and employment training to ensure gainful employment and…

The pathways for academic career and employment program (PACE) is established to provide funding to community colleges for the development of projects that will lead to gainful, quality, in-state employment for members of target populations by providing them with both effective academic and employment training to ensure gain. This is the second…

The pathways for academic career and employment program (PACE) is established to provide funding to community colleges for the development of projects that will lead to gainful, quality, in-state employment for members of target populations by providing them with both effective academic and employment training to ensure gain. This is the fourth…

The pathways for academic career and employment program (PACE) is established to provide funding to community colleges for the development of projects that will lead to gainful, quality, in-state employment for members of target populations by providing them with both effective academic and employment training to ensure gain. This is the third…

Today, state education agencies (SEAs) and their leaders face unprecedented demands. What was once a low-profile job of managing federal aid, providing curricular guidance, and ensuring compliance with various legal obligations is now a far more visible and politically fraught task. The new roles required of state education agencies due to the No…

This annual report provides a national perspective on Title II-D for federal fiscal year (FY) 2008 (2008-09 school year), as well as emergent trends based on data from the past seven years. Title II-D is the only federal education program with funds explicitly targeted to support state and local effective uses of educational technology in the …

There is a trend toward State education department leadership in the installation of management systems for vocational education, partially because of the avaliability of funds for curriculum purposes. There are three basic types of State curriculum laboratories supervising curriculum management and dealing with curriculum problems. (AG)

This report is an overview of events that have taken place over the last 4 years to further efforts to make the arts part of what every schoolchild learns in every grade. The report recounts how the Arts in Schools Basic Education Grants (AISBEG), a targeted federal pilot project of the National Endowment for the Arts, has stimulated change at the…

TO DETERMINE STATEWIDE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN RELATION TO EXISTING PRACTICES, DATA ARE DERIVED FROM OVER 500 INTERVIEWS AND CONFERENCES, AS WELL AS DOCUMENTS AND OTHER MATERIALS. RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE--(1) EXPANSION OF THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE TO REMEDY LOCAL INEQUITIES, (2) REVISION OF STATE LAWS TO REGULARIZE EDUCATIONAL APPOINTMENT AND…

Discusses programs sponsored by groups that promote history instruction in the state of Maine. Reports recent developments concerning Maine's social studies curriculum. Underscores the significance of and financial problems facing "Maine's Common Core of Learning," a program setting out what the state's youth should know in the…

Discusses the amount of money being spent to buy computers for classrooms and emphasizes the need for more money to be spent on teacher training to successfully integrate computers into the curriculum. Reviews state surveys on technology plans and teacher training and considers the effects of staff development on student achievement. (LRW)

Described in detail in this report are the processes and procedures involved in the development of a State funded curriculum and program for a new emerging technology, in this instance a Coal Mining Technology Program, to be taught at Wabash Valley College in Illinois. The document provides a step-by-step account of the determination of need,…

Reviews the implementation of the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) and explores its effects on higher education. The law, largely silent about higher education, does mandate a professional standards board for teacher certification, and there are implications for teacher education. Efforts at the University of Louisville to meet KERA challenges…

This study examines the extended school year and summer school program supported by the State of Utah during the summer of 1965. Facts, statistics, opinions, and other information enable educators and legislators to make informed decisions concerning the future of summer school programs in Utah. Information for the study was obtained from three…

The second national project in career education to be sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers was intended to provide for continued collaboration with State directors/coordinators, to add significantly to the body of career education knowledge in the various States and State education agencies (SEA), and to strengthen State…