Title IV represents the first consolidation of federal education programs. It funds a wide range of items, from school library acquisitions to innovative projects on art education and teenage pregnancy. The major objectives of this study were to describe how the Title IV program operates in states and local school districts; to assess Title IV as…

PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION, AND EVALUATION OF TITLE I PROJECTS IN PUERTO RICO EMANATED FROM THE COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS PLASES OF TITLE I ACTIVITIES PROJECT DIRECTORS WORKED CLOSELY WITH THIS CENTRAL OFFICE. OBSERVATIONS, ATTENDANCE RECORDS, INTERVIEWS, AND QUESTIONNAIRES WERE THE PRIMARY EVALUATIVE TECHNIQUES…

The purpose of this guide is to introduce the Child Development Associate (CDA) program, a national effort to train, assess, and grant a professional credential to people who work with young children. This program is designed to fill the need for trained staff in Head Start, day care, nursery schools, and preschool programs. The six CDA competency…

The National Indian Education Association (NIEA) was awarded a grant by the Bureau of Libraries and Learning Resources of the United States Office of Education to identify library and information needs of Indian people and to establish, operate, and evaluate three demonstration sites. Phases one and two of the project consisted of the…

The primary reason for the Federal Highway Administration Cooperative Education Program is to work with colleges and universities in developing preprofessional personnel by assigning work projects which complement academic study. Primary responsibility for the program rests with the Office of Personnel and Training, with on-the-job supervision…

In this guide to work experience and related Federal programs for the disadvantaged, emphasis is on programs in which the most effective participation by installations of the Air Force Systems Command (AFSC) seems feasible. Beginning with an overview of the needs of the disadvantaged and of AFSC involvement, this paper gives information needed as…

The Advisory Council reviews the administration of programs funded under Title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in an effort to strengthen State departments of education, and makes recommendations for further development of State education agencies. Successes of numerous programs are noted and special recommendations are…

Written in compliance with Federal requirements, this Idaho State Evaluation Report describes the progress of Idaho's migrant educational activities implemented under Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended in 1966 under Public Law 89-750. The report is a summary of the 28 local district project evaluations. Enrollee…

The volume focuses on the long-term outlook for the Federal budget in terms of the overall balance between outlays and receipts and the possible program options that might be considered in policy planning over the long term. Chapter 2 provides an overview of the budget outlook for the last half of the 1970's. Chapters 3-10 discuss possible program…

The 26th annual report (1973) of American Indian education programs in Oklahoma is presented. The Oklahoma education program is financed and operated under a contract between the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of Interior, and the State Department of Education. The supervision of the program is carried out entirely by the State…

The results of a study designed to determine the degree to which the public interest has been and will be served by a variety of Federal assistance programs available to non-public schools are reported. Three sets of guideline questions were developed. The first set concerned what programs and to what school levels were offered. The second set…

In 1963, the National Child Labor Committee established the National Committee on the Education of Migrant Children (NCEMC) to give new impetus to its work with these children. The over 300,000 migrant children suffered from educational deprivation in the home, inadequate health care, poor housing, and a lack of desirable learning situations.…

This report on the efforts of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) to comply to Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act is based primarily on Commission staff work undertaken during the Spring and Summer of 1968. Interviews were conducted with staff members in HEW's Office for Civil Rights in Washington, and in the Atlanta and…

Topic headings in the bill are declaration of policy and purpose, program authorization, contract provisions, special conditions, definitions, and authorization of appropriations. (WL)

The article describes the model Structured Training and Employment Transitional Services (STETS) demonstration program for retarded young adults funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. Evaluation of STETS focused on five issues: participants' subsequent labor-market behavior, use of school and training programs, public-transfer dependence, life…