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Massachusetts State Council on Vocational Education, Boston. – 1989
This inventory revises and updates data published in a 1986 inventory of articulation, collaboration, and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) agreements between vocational-technical schools and community colleges in Massachusetts. In addition, it provides information on programs in city vocational schools, comprehensive high schools, and service…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Articulation (Education), College School Cooperation, Community Colleges
Rotberg, Iris C.; Harvey, James J. – 1993
The RAND Institute on Education and Training in consultation with the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives undertook an analysis of federal policy options to improve education in low-income areas. The analysis focuses on Chapter 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, drawing on a comprehensive review…
Descriptors: Accountability, Children, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Chesapeake Inst., Washington, DC. – 1993
These proceedings from a January, 1993, forum on the education of children with attention deficit disorder (ADD) focuses on the activities of five federally funded centers: the Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Center on Attention Deficit Disorder; the University of Miami (Florida) Center for Research on Attention Deficit Disorder; the…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Disability Identification, Drug Therapy, Educational Practices
Aguirre, Adalberto, Jr.; Martinez, Ruben O. – 1994
This monograph digest addresses Chicano participation in higher education to date and pressing issues for increased participation in the 21st century. An exploration of how Chicanos relate generally to the national education system cites low academic achievement which contributes to relative social and cultural isolation. Isolation coupled with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Civil Rights, College Students
Schenck, E. Allen; Beckstrom, Sharon – 1993
Chapter 1 schoolwide projects are intended to serve educationally disadvantaged students by improving the instructional program provided to all students in high-poverty schools. This report provides a comprehensive look at schoolwide projects in the 1991-92 school year, using data from surveys of all schoolwide project schools. The response rate…
Descriptors: Black Students, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Disadvantaged Youth
Bureau of Indian Affairs (Dept. of Interior), Washington, DC. Office of Indian Education Programs. – 1993
This report describes educational programs and activities funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the 1991-92 school year. The Bureau's Office of Indian Education Programs (OIEP) and the education line offices are responsible for assisting schools, school boards, tribes, and other field personnel in achieving effective program operation and…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations
Berube, Barney – 1992
Data on language minority children and related services in Maine are presented in tables, charts, and graphs, without narration. Data are presented in these forms: numbers of language minority and limited-English-proficient (LEP) children in public schools (by school district) and non-public schools (by school); additional characteristics of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Children, Elementary School Students
Gonzalez, Patricia – 1994
This paper discusses program evaluation as a condition for the receipt of federal funds under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. It focuses on some actual and potential linkages between effectiveness or outcome evaluation, implementation evaluation, compliance monitoring, and the concepts of program improvement and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities. – 1994
This hearing transcript presents testimony concerning minority participation and retention in higher education with emphasis on implications for student aid programs. Oral testimony or prepared statements were presented by Senators Paul Simon, Claiborne Pell, and Carol Mosely-Braun. Testimony was also offered by: (1) the president and three…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Attendance, College Presidents, College Role
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1991
The General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed states' implementation of the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Training Program. GAO studied states' progress in implementing JOBS, decisions about which welfare recipients to serve and what services to provide, views on implementation problems or difficulties, and the nature and extent to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Eligibility, Employment Programs
Cuyahoga County Dept. of Development, Cleveland, OH. – 1990
A Cuyahoga County (Ohio) project developed a multiagency, comprehensive basic skills improvement system designed to increase the employability of people receiving public assistance, out-of-school youth, and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) clients. An advisory committee composed of individuals representing the collaborative groups was…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation, Coordination
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1991
This hearing was called as one of a series of hearings to address concerns related to the role of the Federal Government and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) in reaching the goal of providing equal educational opportunity to all in the United States. Arguing that significant inequalities in educational opportunities still…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1991
Congressional hearings on American children and youth living in crisis were conducted in an effort to determine how the needs of these young people can assume their proper place in national priorities. A three-pronged strategy was suggested by chairman Edward Kennedy: (1) more investment in cost-effective programs that work (for example, Head…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Dropout Prevention, Early Parenthood
Cardenas, Rene F.; And Others – 1983
The technical report portion of a national survey of bilingual education programs funded under Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is presented. The study, conducted during 1979-83, describes the characteristics of the programs' classroom instruction component. Basic project directors and parent advisory committee chairpersons…
Descriptors: Administrators, Advisory Committees, Bilingual Education Programs, Comparative Analysis
Riney, Timothy; Seufert-Bosco, Margaret – 1985
The revised Refugee Education and Employment Program (REEP) curriculum, which integrates the original 1982 REEP curriculum and the federal Mainstream English Language Training (MELT) project guidelines, provides instructional direction to teachers of adult refugees and immigrants in immediate need of basic survival and social language skills. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques
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