A description and evaluation of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I-funded projects for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, (Micronesia), is provided in this report. The review of the projects is divided into six subsections, each representing a district in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: Marianas, Marshalls, Palau,…

This report provides a description and evaluation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I-funded programs for the state of Mississippi. A needs assessment survey conducted in the state indicated that 214,443 students needed assistance in reading, 189,568 needed assistance in language arts, and 194,825 needed assistance in…

After an introduction, which notes a continued growth in ACTION's programs and provides brief comments on new developments in the major ones, the major content is presented in six topics: (1) International Operations, which gives an account of Peace Corps activities in Africa, Latin America, Asia, Near East, and the Pacific; (2) Domestic…

Presented is a manual designed to aid social workers and other staff of institutions in dealing with problems of disabled Social Security Administration (SSA) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries who receive their benefits through representative payees. Information is provided about such topics as different types of benefits,…

One of a series on critical issues in vocational-technical education, this paper cites a number of programs for training unemployed youth and adults, most of them funded through federal legislation, and discusses the role of the vocational educator in counseling and placing unemployed people. (HD)

Achievements cited for ESEA include that it broke the log jam on federal aid to education, spotted the needs of children, fueled other movements toward equality of educational opportunity, recruited quality personnel, promoted public-nonpublic cooperation, promoted parental and community involvement, and the evaluation/accountability movement.…

Suggests that the current federal approach be supplanted by a system of public health priorities to be decided on the basis of the number of persons affected by a specified sexually transmitted disease, the severity of the disease, the societal impact, and the desirability for governmental intervention in the course of events. (DS)

Looks at past evaluation of compensatory education, suggests new approaches to evaluation, and makes recommendations about program implementation. (IRT)

Describes the successes of the Career Opportunities Program before it was deleted from the federal budget. (IRT)

The issue: tuition aid for middle-income families with children in college. Considers the President's proposal, an automatic $250-a-year grant for college students from families with an annual income of $16,000 to $25,000 and the expansion of the Guaranteed Student Loan program, and also the plans of Senators Robert Packwood and Daniel Moynihan as…

Universities welcome the cash, but fear more controls. (Editor)

The education of the severely and profoundly handicapped student is discussed in terms of the role and goals of the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped, characteristics of the educational programs, quality and comprehensiveness of personnel preparation, and research and development activities. (SBH)

This paper focuses on the situation of immigrant workers and their families in the Federal Republic of Germany. It discusses the social conditions in which they live and the social policies and programs instigated by the German government in response. (Author/AM)

There are no major efforts at curriculum reform in process and no sense of urgency about remedying the lack. (Author/IRT)

The director of the EPSDT (Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment) Program discusses the role of developmental assessment within the EPSDT program, and describes efforts to develop implementation guides for this component. (Author/CL)