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Schuster, Jack H. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1982
National-level educational policy is being rapidly decentralized, according to this article, which offers a historical framework for understanding the new era in national education politics. The author analyzes implications of the changes taking place and discusses options open to proponents of a vigorous federal role in education. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Decentralization, Educational History, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1982
The conclusions of the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) concerning the effects of consolidating federal categorical aid programs into block grant programs are presented in this report. The block grants reviewed were established before 1981 under the Partnership for Health Act, the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, the Comprehensive…
Descriptors: Accountability, Block Grants, Categorical Aid, Federal Aid
Office of Inspector General (ED), Washington, DC. – 1983
The United States Department of Education (ED), Office of Inspector General (OIG), describes in its semiannual report its provisions for audit, investigation, fraud detection and prevention, as well as other activities. The first section reviews management improvement and preventive activities including recommended changes to legislation and…
Descriptors: Crime Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
McCareins, Alicia; And Others – 1981
The results of a survey, comments on the results, and an annotated bibliography are presented in this preliminary study of the impact of federal programs, mandates, and regulations on school principals. The survey involved interviewing 20 principals in urban, suburban, and small-town elementary and secondary schools in the Chicago area about…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education
Parents and Federal Education Programs: Preliminary Findings from the Study of Parental Involvement.
Keesling, J. Ward – 1980
This report provides some initial findings from the "Study of Parental Involvement in Four Federal Education Programs." The four programs concerned are Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, ESEA Title VI, ESEA Title VII, and Project Follow Through. This report describes parental involvement in these…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
National Advisory Council on Adult Education, Washington, DC. – 1978
This study is an initial attempt by the National Advisory Council on Adult Education to review the program and administration effectiveness of the Adult Education Act (program effectiveness in terms of the impact of the program on people's lives, using existing statistical data; administration effectiveness using five basic management functions…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Federal Legislation
Bessey, Barbara L.; And Others – 1982
This volume contains the "Final Report" of a study commissioned to document how States met the requirements of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended in 1978, and to identify management practices and documents that can be used by States to facilitate their management of Title I programs and those of…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Federal Programs, Federal Regulation, Formative Evaluation
Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. – 1981
In 1980 the federal government mandated that assistance be given states to conduct systematic assessment of current practices in Title XX funded day care programs and that a summary report of this assessment be provided to Congress. Assessment findings are given in this document. Overall, provider practices exceeded state licensing standards and…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care, Demography, Early Childhood Education
