This first phase of an exemplary career development project in Maryland included the following seven action programs, each with general and specific goals and objectives: (1) a team approach at selected junior high schools involving counselors, home economics, and industrial arts teachers, (2) use of a full-time resource consultant in five…

Six regional Illinois public hearings, involving Illinois educators, students, parents, and community organizations, were held during the summer of 1971, and resulted in a wealth of information and testimony about Illinois education. Subsequently, a draft document specifying priority goals for state education was compiled and circulated to…

One of a series of nine reports of Project ACTIVE (Attaining Competence for Teaching in Vocational Education), this report focuses on the criteria for assessing mastery of the professional competencies (skills) important to vocational educators serving handicapped students. An overview of competency-based vocational teacher education (CBTE) and…

This document explains the objectives and components of California Work Opportunities and Responsibility for Kids (CalWORKs), which is a seven-step program designed to move welfare parents into the workplace. Presented first are a list of the 14 principles behind CalWORKs and a flowchart illustrating the program's operation. After a discussion of…

The Washington State Displaced Homemaker Program (DHP) as administered by the Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) accomplished its goals during the 1997-99 biennium. Four multipurpose service centers provided services to displaced homemakers in urban and rural county areas; four programs provided services to displaced homemakers in rural…

In the spring of 1998, the Master's program in Classroom Technology at Bowling Green State University (Ohio) was granted conditional approval to grant, as part of the program, the new State of Ohio Department of Education computer/technology endorsement. This paper briefly describes Ohio's change from certification to licensure, the removal of…

Describes the newly formed national and state occupational information coordinating committees, under the Education Amendments of 1976 and earlier legislation, which are charged with implementing an occupational information system for the planning and operation of state training and employment programs and with coordinating occupational…

The documentation required under the Federal Library Services and Construction Act for the 1993 annual program of the Texas State Library is assembled. Under Title I, Public Library Services to Areas Without Services, the state plans total expenditures of $12,066,877, including $5,019,151 in federal funds and $7,047,726 in state funds for services…

Service learning links community service and volunteerism with academic learning. It is a collaborative effort that brings schools, community-based organizations, parents, and other community members together in a common enterprise of individual and community growth. Service learning is based on a number of existing links between schools and…

The Minnesota Department of Education has created a plan, "Unlearning Violence," to aid schools and communities in their efforts to create safe and nurturing environments for all the state's children. The goals and challenges of this plan were formulated with the involvement of over 600 citizens and an in-depth study of research related…

This report presents results of a project to identify alternative delivery systems for marketing education and to disseminate marketing education resource information. It describes project objectives and activities, including development of a regional delivery approach, preparation of trainers to conduct regional inservice meetings, and regional…

This plan for continuing migrant-education programs in Kentucky was submitted as the state's 1992 application for a grant under Chapter 1, Title I of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Improvement Act (1965). The document discusses state plans and projections for continuing migrant-education programs from FY 1993 to 1995. The following…

This information rich "How To" guide presents ways to help elderly persons with developmental disabilities find and use generic community programs for senior citizens. It discusses successful methodologies, addresses programmatic features, and offers ideas to improve accessibility and resources at the community level. The information is…

This book provides a group of articles concerning the equity and efficiency of prepaid college tuition plans. Chapters: (1) introduce the subject; (2) examine the competing financial theories at play in this field; (3) present a study of the Michigan Education Trust's decision to expand its subscriber base by offering a monthly payment option; (4)…

This document presents a model for career development programs to equip Idaho adults with personal competencies to make appropriate and satisfying career choices and transitions. This model is intended for colleges of applied technology in Idaho's postsecondary vocational-technical educational system. Part I is the program model, which includes…