A description and evaluation of Elementary and Secondary Education Title I- funded projects for the state of Kentucky are reviewed in this report. It describes parental involvement, staffing, and project participants. Project components include the following: reading, kindergarten, general education, special education, and mathematics. A needs…

Approximately 275 Federal programs support some form of lifelong learning. While the majority of the lifelong learning programs are administered by the various agencies within HEW, a significant number of programs are run by such Federal agencies as the Department of Justice, the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities, and the Smithsonian…

Many communities across the country are finding that their problems--whether social, political, or economic in origin--can be diminished if not solved outright through continuing education for adults. Adult education projects under the sponsorship of the Office of Education's Community Service and Continuing Education (CSCE) program were…

This article discusses the experience of the federal government's large-scale attempt to improve the education of the disadvantaged through Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The discussion concentrates on the dilemma of making policy concerning implementation. (RC)

The EPA's Industry Assistance Office, established under the Toxic Substance Control Act to help manufacturers and processors of chemical substances and mixtures to comply with the Act, is described. (BB)

The National Science Foundation's College Science Instrumentation Program (CSIP) provides four-year colleges with money to buy modern instruments. Accomplishments of the program during its first year (including 234 awards totaling $5.5 million) and future directions are summed up by Robert F. Watson, head of the CSIP program. (JN)

Federal statistical programs are important for monitoring both the need for the impact of public programs, including those for handicapped children. The federal statistical system has suffered from overall budgetary cutbacks, and from several decisions to eliminate statistical programs. (Author/CL)

Summarizes three aspects of the federal government's involvement with social science information: changes in scope of federal statistical efforts; rise and decline of federal support for bibliographic information systems and services; development of National Technical Information Service into social science information resource. Eleven references…

Examines budgetary cutbacks in federal data systems. Concludes that (1) justifications for cutbacks are unconvincing; (2) cutbacks have affected data availability and quality severely; (3) the feasibility of the idea that major data users should collect their own information is dubious; and (4) special evaluation studies cannot substitute for…

Accomplishments of the Technical Assistance Development System (TADS) are cited, current challenges (including program development, and communication and coordination) are noted, and the mission mandated for TADS is outlined. (CL)

One explanation for the apparent failure to achieve the objectives of citizen involvement in policy planning and greater agency sensitivity to citizen interests is that advocates have not based goals on sound empirical and theoretical grounds. A number of propositions are suggested. (Author/IRT)

The list of Federal research grants leads one to wonder whether the inmates are running the asylum. (Editor)

Discusses the history, development, and current status of EDUPLAN, the planning arm of the Venezuelan Ministry of Education. (IRT)