In October of 1987, New Jersey implemented the Partners in Learning program to increase levels of awareness and participation among parents and school staff. In the final phase of the program, 30 schools were selected to receive grants to plan and implement parent involvement programs. This document describes some of the successful grant…

The Michigan Closed Case Survey examined workers' compensation cases that were closed in the fall of 1978. Specific objectives of the study were to compare the workers' compensation experience of the insured and self-insured employer populations, to provide an empirical description of the workers' compensation system in Michigan, and to determine…

The Colorado Training Institute (CTI), established in 1980, is a non-profit, instructional program devoted to promoting hazardous materials safety through education. It has trained over 3,000 emergency response personnel and industry officials and is a unique example of the private and public sectors working together to protect the public from…

The Texas Network for Preparing School Based Teacher Educators (SBTEs) is a statewide cooperative effort of forty teacher centers, governed by an advisory board of fourteen members, and devoted to the improvement of instruction in elementary and secondary schools through improved practice of SBTEs. The SBTE is defined as being a professional…

This report reviews the literature relating to computer uses for elders. Topics include: (1) variables affecting computer use by elders; (2) organizations and programs serving elders in Champaign County, Illinois; (3) University of Illinois workshops on problems of older people; (4) The Senior Citizens Project of Volunteer Illini Projects; (5)…

The document serves as a directory of projects supported by Special Education Programs grants and contracts in the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP) and provides an overview of their activities. An introduction describes the HCEEP network and cites evidence of its effectiveness and impact. The overview section summarizes five…

The final report documents activities of the California Learning Resource Center (CLRC) which focused on developing an intrastate network of learning resource centers and university affiliates, providing technical assistance to the associate centers in special education and in preservice and inservice training, providing training in instructional…

This catalog, the fourth edition issued by the U.S. Office of Education, provides current information on the state facilitator projects presently operating in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. It is designed especially for use by state facilitators and developer/demonstrators in the National Diffusion…

This monograph, summarizing the ideas of participants attending a two-day mini-conference, was developed to help educators to appreciate and recognize the valuable contributions that 4-H has made to career education and its potential for greater involvement in career education. The content is divided into four topic areas. First, the nature and…

Section 109(b) of the 1972 Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments authorized funding for the construction of statewide water treatment training facilities. Described in this report is work conducted by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to: (1) aid in developing updated 109(b) Guidance Documents; (2) characterize and evaluate existing…

This report briefly summarizes the background, the criteria and procedures for evaluation, the findings, and the recommendations of the Tennessee School Finance Equity Study that, during the two year period ending in November, 1979, examined Tennessee's present program for financing the public schools, kindergarten through grade 12. The purpose of…

A description of the growth and development of the New York State Interlibrary Loan Network (NYSILL) from its inception in 1976 to its status in 1977, is followed by discussions of the various aspects of the network, reexamining its ability to meet its objectives and proposing recommendations for improvement. These discussions include (1) the…

Activities conducted during the 19-month period ending July 1, 1968 are reported. Coordinating activities involved liaison work between state agencies, and participation in a planning group concerning the 1970 census. Stimulation activities resulted in seven research proposals. Three were approved and funded, two were approved, and two were…

The casebook attempts to demonstrate the value of research and development for vocational education by examining selected projects conducted in the southern States that comprise the Southwide Research Coordinating Council. Resumes of the 26 projects carried out by the research coordinating units of 14 States are presented: Alabama, Arkansas,…