Critiques the concept of privatization in public education. Contracting for instructional services with providers who must make a profit does not guarantee instructional success or financial savings. (MD)

Between October 1999 and May 2000, Congress considered the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. This report examines the proposals for changes in the act and underlying political factors. Research methods consisted of interviews and gathering of documents. Staff of both parties and both houses, at committee…

Noting that welfare reform offers new opportunities to apply dollars toward several initiatives beyond cash grants, this special report of the Voices for Illinois Children provides a detailed accounting of Illinois welfare expenditures for federal fiscal years (FFY) 1998 and 1999 and is intended to serve as a starting point toward greater clarity…

Recommendations for day-care from the White House Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health. (CB)

The author predicts that within the next four years we will see another major federal school aid bill which will try to provide for financial equalization both between states and within states, as well as to provide some property-tax relief. (AN)

Argues that New York State cannot afford to absorb Catholic schools for reasons that go considerably beyond actual financial considerations. (RJ)

The Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR) has developed a plan for a massive rearrangement of financial responsibilities among Federal, State, and local governments. (Author)

The president of the National Catholic Education Association says that the use of public funds for parochial schools should be determined not on church-state grounds, but on whether the schools make a contribution to society that is worth supporting. (Author)

Warns that the leverage made possible through widespread use of vouchers and performance contracting can make education a less certain product that will have exercised its influence beyond the point of recall for a generation of students. (JF)

Reviews a Gallup public opinion survey on questions about the public and private school systems. (LN)

Looks at latest developments in State and Federal legislation and court litigation with regard to public aid to nonpublic schools. (LN)

Traces 20 years of vocational education in New York State and the effect upon the state of the Vocational Education Act of 1963. (JOW)

The author warns that the generic nature of categorically funded programs presents a multitude of problems and risks to the program administrator, and suggests that these managers sharpen up their management skills if they desire professional satisfaction and success. (KC)

Describes one-stop career centers funded with Department of Labor grants in several states. The centers offer help for finding jobs and developing careers, involve several agencies, offer options for getting services, and provide a system for evaluation. (JOW)

Some may believe that most married women do not really need to work; that nonmaternal care is bad for children; that the government is already spending a lot on child care; that the so-called child care crisis is not society's problem, but the parents' problem; and that interventions by the federal government will solve the child care problem.…