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Download full textVanLandeghem, Karen – 2003
The Illinois Children's Mental Health Task Force was convened in 2002 to assess the status of Illinois' mental health system for children from birth to age 18, and to develop short- and long-term recommendations for assuring that all Illinois children have access to coordinated and comprehensive mental health services and programs. This report is…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Childhood Needs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1997
This publication outlines the issues in the areas of education and employment that the General Accounting Office plans to investigate and the focus of the planned work for Fiscal Years 1997-99. The principal issues to be investigated are the following: (1) using federal resources to support and encourage state and local efforts to provide…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Kansas Action for Children, Inc., Topeka. – 2001
In 1996, Kansas launched the nation's most sweeping attempt to radically transform the child welfare system by implementing a privatized form of managed care. Four years later, the child welfare system shows signs of instability and seems very much in transition. This report examines the current status of the child welfare system in Kansas and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Welfare, Children, Cost Effectiveness
SMITH, GEORGE E. – 1966
WITH A 1962 GRANT FROM THE FORD FOUNDATION FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF A COORDINATED 10-YEAR PROJECT DESIGNED TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION IN THE STATE, THE INDIANA LANGUAGE PROGRAM (ILP) PROPOSED, WITH THE COOPERATION OF OTHER STATE AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS, TO UPDATE PROGRAM METHODS AND OBJECTIVES IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Language Programs, Community Action, Cooperative Programs
Stammen, Ronald M. – 1993
An evaluation was made of secondary and postsecondary vocational-technical education in North Dakota to review progress since the passage of Public Law 101-392 in that state. Some of the findings of the postsecondary evaluation are the following: (1) between 1991 and 1993, a unique statewide tech prep initiative was begun and is in its second…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Distance Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (ED), Washington, DC. Compensatory Education Programs. – 1996
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 (with its reauthorizations) is designed to help disadvantaged children meet challenging content and performance standards. Part A of Title I provides financial assistance through State educational agencies to local education agencies (LEAs) to meet the educational needs of…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Gonzalez, Patricia – 1993
This report discusses the findings from two case studies of state use of discretionary funds under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B. The two states involved in the study were Michigan and Wisconsin. Documents and interviews were used to gather detailed descriptive information from both states regarding: (1) the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disabilities, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Jurmo, Paul – 1993
In March and April of 1992, 60 representatives of state-funded workplace education programs in New York attended day-long regional workshops to identify ways of improving program planning and evaluation methods. After the workshops, the participants returned to their home programs, organized local evaluation teams, and developed action plans to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Basic Skills, Change Strategies
Hoachlander, E. Gareth; Levesque, Karen A. – 1993
A series of national meetings with a professional working group were held to discuss data issues, needs, and priorities in order to determine national data needs for vocational education. The study team gathered detailed information on current federal-level data collection efforts relevant to vocational education. Local and state data collection…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Educational Research
Drier, Harry N.; Bebris, John – 1989
This report documents and highlights the effects of the career guidance section of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act in the State of Ohio during the 1988-89 fiscal year. The report asserts that Ohio has more than met the intent of the federal law in terms of the student outcomes achieved, improved career guidance program delivery, cost…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Community Programs, Compliance (Legal), Federal Legislation
Maine State Dept. of Educational and Cultural Services, Augusta. – 1988
Providing a comprehensive overview, this guide to kindergarten screening was produced to aid Maine's school districts as they work to increase the effectiveness of their screening programs. Part 1, providing materials related to meeting the requirements of Maine's Education Reform Act of 1984, includes regulations pertaining to screening, a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Philosophy, Family School Relationship
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. Div. of Vocational and Technical Education. – 1988
This report provides information, in both statistical and narrative form, on the activities and status of the vocational equity program for the state of Arkansas for the 1987-88 school year. (The vocational equity program is designed to eliminate sex bias and stereotyping in vocational activities and to encourage students and instructors to become…
Descriptors: Displaced Homemakers, Educational Trends, Enrollment, Enrollment Trends
Wentling, Tim L.; And Others – 1990
An evaluation was conducted to describe Tech Prep prototypes as they have been implemented in five sites in Indiana and to determine the effectiveness of the programs. Tech Prep is a curriculum initiative that: is performance based, provides students with skills necessary to gain employment or to pursue further education upon high school…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement
Voices for Illinois Children, Chicago. – 1990
Illinois' state-funded preschool program, the Illinois Prekindergarten Program for Children at Risk of Academic Failure, is serving almost 19,000 children in the 1989-90 period on an allocation of 48 million dollars, which was distributed to 184 projects in 353 school districts. The preschool projects serve children of 3-5 years, who are taught…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Access to Education, At Risk Persons, Comparative Analysis
Fingeret, Arlene; And Others – 1985
An evaluation of adult basic education (ABE) programs was conducted in North Carolina, using a case study approach. Research was done by six teams that collected information from taped interviews with participants in six programs chosen to represent rural and urban areas and various demographic and racial mixes of students. Materials and records…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Case Studies, Educational Needs, Educational Policy
