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Streich, Francie; Connell, Emma; Mueller, Dan – Wilder Research, 2016
The Minnesota Independent School Forum (MISF) contracted with Wilder Research to conduct a study of private K-12 education in Minnesota, referred to as the Statewide Census of Private Education (SCOPE). The Minnesota Independent School Forum conducted prior SCOPE surveys in 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2012. MISF also contracted with Wilder to conduct…
Descriptors: Private Education, Private Schools, Religious Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1995
This report provides information on the proposed Child Care and Development Block Grant Amendments Act of 1995, which reauthorizes and amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990. It also makes changes in the 1990 law to give states greater flexibility in designing their child care system, provides greater emphasis on parental…
Descriptors: American Indians, Block Grants, Cost Estimates, Day Care
Palanki, Ameetha; And Others – 1992
Drawing from a broad-based review of relevant research and literature, this report outlines selected national, state, and local policy developments in 1991-92 related to the collaboration among family, school, and community. Specifically, the report examines policies related to interventions for infants and toddlers; family support; coordination…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. – 1986
Testimony concerning innovative state and local programs which expand family choice in education, and the Federal government's role in facilitating such programs, is presented. Testimony reviews research findings that bear on the issue, variables involved in planning educational choice, reforms proposed in the Minnesota plan for K-12 education,…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
US Department of Education, 2004
The Unsafe School Choice Option (USCO) (section 9532 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001) requires that each State receiving funds under the ESEA establish and implement a statewide policy requiring that students attending a persistently dangerous public elementary or…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools, School Choice
Florida State Council on Vocational Education, Tallahassee. – 1993
Evaluation of the coordination of vocational education and programs provided under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) included a survey of Florida's 24 service delivery areas (SDAs). The assessment was designed to provide a "snapshot" of the services provided to JTPA clients through educational institutions and on-the-job training…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Cooperation
People for the American Way, Washington, DC. – 2003
This report examines the outcomes of the John M. McKay Scholarships Program, a statewide voucher program for students with disabilities in Florida that provides students with taxpayer-funded vouchers to be used at private schools or at other public schools. It argues that the McKay voucher program, which started in 1999, is rife with…
Descriptors: Accountability, Disabilities, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education
Doyle, Denis P.; Cooper, Bruce S. – 1987
In 1985 the Supreme Court ruled that funding school districts for purposes of aiding children at the parochial schools they attend is unconstitutional. Now it is virtually impossible for parochial schools to receive aid. In order for Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act to serve all eliglbe children, including those…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Vouchers, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education