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1978
The work performed by New Jersey's Minimum Basic Skills Advisory Committee in studying the state's remedial programs is described. The committee's findings are summarized, as are its recommendations for enhancing program effectiveness. Descriptions of data collection activities involve interviews with representative school districts, major…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Advisory Committees, Basic Skills, Educational Needs
Download full textHohenshil, Thomas H., Ed.; Sheppard, N. Alan, Ed. – 1975
The document presents the full texts of conference papers that examine views and programs in career development for disadvantaged youth, including minority and low income groups, and the handicapped. Four papers under the heading of Major Addresses discuss: (1) career development strategies for disadvantaged rural youth, (2) career development for…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education, Career Planning
Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. Div. of Research and Demonstration. – 1974
The 58 career education abstracts included in the document represent the projects selected for the second three-year round of vocational examplary projects supported by the Office of Education under the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968. In a standardized format, the abstracts provide information about each individual project. Abstracts are…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Administrative Organization, Career Awareness, Career Counseling
Plowman, Paul D., Comp.; Rice, Joseph P., Comp. – 1967
A compilation of presentations on programs for the gifted includes the following: increasing opportunities for education, notes on Project Talent, talent development and national goals, talent identification in California, problems and recommendations in the area of the talented, innovations in talent development, issues and problems in modern…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Administration, Audiovisual Aids, Community Resources
Carey, E. Niel – 1973
The Maryland Career Development Project, a three-year model implemented in Baltimore City with information dissemination and provision of services to the entire State, presents in its final report descriptions of the project's seven components and the major results or accomplishments of the project, supported where possible by evaluative data…
Descriptors: Career Education, Educational Television, Elementary Education, High Schools
Wyoming State Library, Cheyenne. – 1974
An overview is presented of the Wyoming State Library Five Year Plan. The first major component deals with demographic characteristics, giving data on the State's area, population, racial characteristics, and the location of minority groups. The second main component provides a brief review of the Wyoming State Library Advisory Council and the…
Descriptors: Blindness, Demography, Disabilities, Disadvantaged
Arkansas Univ., Fayetteville. Dept. of Vocational Education. – 1972
The Arkansas Vocational Education Leadership Development Extern Program was designed to prepare vocational education coordinators, directors, and other supervisory personnel for positions as leaders of vocational education within the state, specifically for the secondary grades in local school districts. An innovative, sequentially structured…
Descriptors: Career Development, Cooperative Programs, Educational Development, Educational Innovation
Fairbanks, Dwight W. – 1976
This guide to the Child Development Specialist (CDS) Program of the Oregon public schools is intended for districts considering the establishment of CDS programs of their own. Suggestions for establishing a program are drawn from experiences of primary-grade pilot projects in six Oregon school districts. The essence of the CDS Program is…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Development Specialists, Childhood Needs, Community Role
Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children, Harrisburg. – 2002
Based on the view that the first years of school continue an educational process that began at birth, this report presents the first comprehensive look at learning opportunities for young children in Pennsylvania. The report describes programs in Pennsylvania for children from birth through 8 years of age, providing details on funding,…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Budgeting, Change Strategies, Child Care
Cauthen, Nancy K.; Knitzer, Jane; Ripple, Carol H. – 2000
This third biennial "Map and Track" examines state-level efforts to promote positive outcomes for young children, including efforts to enhance children's economic security, healthy growth and development, and school readiness. The report provides information about the following types of state-funded child development and family support…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Welfare, Children, Comprehensive Programs
Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1931
The purpose of this bulletin is to present information relating to State programs for the improvement of rural school instruction in four States. The educational background conditioning the development of the plans and points of view held by the State education officials responsible for such development in the respective States have differed…
Descriptors: Educational History, Rural Schools, Public Schools, State Programs
Cage, Mary Crystal – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1990
The Rhode Island Children's Crusade for Higher Education, funded by state and private sources, is an ambitious, large-scale, long-term effort to prevent dropouts, illegal drug use, and pregnancy among low-income and minority groups. Recruitment of volunteer "mentors" has been highly successful, suggesting strong public support. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Disadvantaged, Dropout Prevention, Drug Abuse
Aizley, Sari – 1994
A descriptive evaluation is presented that considers several distance-education courses in Nevada, all of which use compressed video. The performances and attitudes of distance-education students are compared in general terms with those of students in regular classes. Programs evaluated in this preliminary investigation include nursing courses…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Distance Education
Policy Studies Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1997
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended by the Improving America's Schools Act (IASA) requires all schools and districts receiving Title I money to engage in an extensive array of activities to build the capacity of parents and school staff to work together in support of students' learning. Title I also requires schools to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Ewen, Danielle; Goldstein, Anne – 1996
This report provides an overview of the activities funded in 1994 by states using funds available for quality improvement and supply building in the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG). Information on the activities was obtained through mail surveys conducted by the National Child Care Information Center with 45 states and territories…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Block Grants, Certification, Community Coordination
