"College readiness" means that a student can enter a college classroom without remediation and successfully complete entry-level college requirements (Conley, 2012). In order for students to be considered college ready, they must acquire skills, content knowledge, and behaviors before leaving high school. Research on high-school performance…

Covering the time period of July 1973 to June 1976, this report describes the procedures and results of a comprehensive career education project K-12 in the Des Moines Independent School District. The project consisted of the following 12 major components: Elementary, junior high school, senior high school, technical high school, handicapped…

Status and success of the Clark County School District (Nevada) K-12 Career Education Program are outlined. Phase 1 and phase 2 objectives are described in terms of steps used to insure success for the program component, processes, or activities used to achieve success, and status of the objective. Appendixes contain computer printouts of…

The guidance and counseling profession is evolving from a collection of crisis-oriented services to a comprehensive program with a curriculum emphasis on student outcomes linked to social/personal, educational, and career success. Ways in which school counselors and administrators can move from an ancillary service mode into a comprehensive…

The purpose of the Coffee County (Alabama) project was to implement an integrated program of occupational information, guidance, and training extending from the elementary school through the post high school level. Implementation strategy included the following activities: (1) appointment of project personnel, including a full-time placement…

Programs targeting at-risk young adolescents, aged 10 to 15 years, were studied through a literature review and examination of issues related to evaluating programs for at-risk youth, and site visits to 9 programs at 6 locations. Chapter 1 introduces the study and its objectives, and chapter 2 reviews the literature on youth at risk. Chapter 3…

Schools and business must unite to make all the changes needed to ensure the success of all children. Social change, particularly the increase in single-parent families, has resulted in more children being born at risk of school failure. Most early childhood education reform initiatives have been piecemeal and have lacked a true understanding of…

In 1976 the Schools Commission (Australia) commenced a program of evaluation of its specific-purpose programs in order to obtain objective assessments of the impact of these programs and to determine ways in which they might be improved. One of the programs chosen for evaluation was the Development Program. This report discusses the design and…

From April 1971 to December 1974, a career education project for elementary and secondary grades was conducted in a lower income area of urban Chicago. The general objectives involved the development of a guidance program, integration of occupational information into the classroom, skills training, placement, and attitude adjustment. Career…

A pioneer effort when passed as a bipartisan bill into legislation in 1991, California's Healthy Start initiative now stands out as a promising model for the emerging community school movement. Healthy Start is intended to bring "comprehensive, integrated, supports and services" to California's most disadvantaged K-12 students and…

Family support programs are proactive efforts based on the assumptions that families have primary responsibility for their children's development and well-being; healthy families are the foundation of a healthy society; families operate as part of a total system; and social service agencies should assist families' efforts to raise their children…

This paper describes the development of an array of adult services within New York State's educational structure. The first of seven sections reviews the roles of Melvin Dewey, the 1938 Regents Inquiry, and Proficiency Exams/Regents Degrees in the evolution of state education policy. In section 2, three studies (1972 Postsecondary Education Study,…

The Comprehensive Approach to Restructuring a School was designed as a framework for improving the academic achievement and reducing the dropout rate of poor African American students. The major elements of the Comprehensive Approach are as follows: (1) leadership must have vision and commitment; (2) communication processes, developed by a…

The goals of the Rochester (New York) Education Initiative are to inform the total community of the crisis of low academic achievement within the public school system, and to involve the total community in a set of strategies to correct the problem. Activities included the following: (1) meetings to solicit the support of key community leaders and…

This handbook contains an overview of programs along with a five-year fiscal summary of federal support for federally funded educational programs administered by the Ohio Department of Education. Programs include adult basic education, the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, federal surplus property,…