The author discusses the relationship between education and health care costs. He examines the causes for increased costs, health promotion, cost effectiveness, the personal health passport, and nutrition programs. (CT)

This is the second of a two-part article that examines the growing phenomenon of formal preretirement education (PRE) efforts around the world designed to ease the transition to retirement life. Part II focuses on policy issues that have been raised by evaluations of existing PRE programs. (Author/CT)

Describes an evaluation of a summer career awareness workshop program for economically disadvantaged youth. The evaluation found that three-fourths of the 96 participants reported that as a result of the three-day workshop, they were closer to making a career decision. (CT)

While policy analysis is currently the most popular research strategy for educational administration, it is more effective when used in conjunction with program evaluation. The relationship between these methods is illustrated by examining alternative research designs for a hypothetical school drug abuse program. (BS)

The article cites the need for quality evaluation of the effects of early intervention programs for handicapped students and outlines a meta-analysis approach to examine issues of efficacy and cost effectiveness. Proposed plans for collecting and analyzing cost effectiveness data are detailed. (CL)

Describes Project P.S. 137, implemented in a New York City public school. Affiliated with the University of Oregon's Direct Instruction Model, the project involved kindergarten, first-, second-, and third-grade classes. Students in the program consistently surpassed mean performance levels of comparable disadvantaged inner-city students on…

Many positive articles have appeared recently concerning the School Health Curriculum Project (SHCP), also known as the Berkeley Project. This article evaluates SHCP as a health education curriculum, something other articles did not do. (JMK)

Summarizes and discusses the implications of a recent national study of public policies affecting the delivery of mental health services to disturbed children and adolescents. Discusses fiscal, administrative, and service inadequacies as well as innovative programming and policy efforts. Addresses implications for the policymaking and…

Discusses Cuba's successes in equalizing education among Black and White, male and female, rural and urban, and young and old Cubans. Discusses the biggest source of potential and actual inequality, the new elite high schools. (CMG)

The author lists some 20 principles as restated by state-level decision makers, presents definite ideas on how policy should be stated, and calls on states to review not only their policy statements but also their rules and regulations. (Editor/HD)

This report reviews data from a survey of teachers conducted in April 2003, along with relevant data collected from application forms and surveys administered at the last training session attended by Intel Teach to the Future participants. All of these data were collected as part of an evaluation of the U.S. implementation of Intel Teach to the…

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) administers the nation's largest and most widely recognized accreditation system for child care centers, preschools, kindergartens, and other early childhood education programs. The standards and accreditation criteria included in this book were approved by the NAEYC Governing…

Analyses were conducted replicating pilot work examining the feasibility of using the Louisiana's educational assessment data in concert with the Louisiana Educational Assessment Data System (LEADS) database and other associated databases to assess teacher preparation programs. The degree of matching across years and the degree of matching between…

This document is the final report of the McGregor-funded High/Scope training initiative, a system-wide approach to improving the quality of early childhood programs in the Detroit metropolitan area. The 3-year project was based on the validated High/Scope educational approach and training model, which advocates hands-on active learning for both…

This paper reviews literature on the growth in after-school programs, reasons for their growth, and what these programs hope to accomplish It also addresses what is known about what works, program costs, and implications for policy. Overall, the forces behind increased funding and activity in after-school programs could be characterized in two…