Working from a timeline established by the Office of the Chancellor for the California Community Colleges (CCC) for implementing student equity initiatives, this report describes a model process for planning and implementing programs to increase minority participation and graduation rates. The first section describes the planning group, suggesting…

The State Employment and Training Commission (SETC) was charged with the responsibility of designing and helping to implement a unified work force readiness system for New Jersey. In 1991, the Unified State Plan for New Jersey's Workforce Readiness System addressed three key areas: lifelong learning, employers' human resource needs, and efficient…

Noting that developing a Head Start family partnership is an ongoing process that begins at enrollment and continues through transition out of the program, this guide for directors and staff looks at the process of developing such partnerships and provides the skills and information needed to form meaningful partnerships. Following an introductory…

This paper reports the results of a study of 1,300 special education students attending 81 elementary, middle, and high schools in Massachusetts that examined the patterns of variation in services delivered to students with disabilities in relation to student characteristics. Results of the study indicate that the majority of these students spent…

This study examined how eight rural, high-impact Minnesota school districts (defined as those losing or gaining a high percentage of student population due to school-choice implementation in fiscal year 1995) responded to school choice policy. Data from semistructured interviews with each district's superintendent were sorted and analyzed. In each…

Computer applications that facilitate the use of the World Wide Web (WWW) within elementary and secondary education must provide support for educators to locate materials quickly and easily; they must minimize the amount of time spent waiting for files to traverse the network; and they must deal sensitively with censorship. The MicroWeb Toolkit is…

Influenced by generative and intentional learning environment strategies and tools, a World Wide Web-based tool has been developed to empower learners to build their own Web-based Performance Support System (WPSS) to support learning, professional development, and performance within a domain. Enabling learners to develop their own WPSS…

This report is an introduction to the concept of lifelong learning as a key to unlocking resources for an aging society. It describes a myriad of learning programs for older adults, from those provided by giant companies, to those conducted by small community centers, to those developed and run by elderly persons themselves. Programs are described…

Intended for use as a networking source for microcomputer users, this directory collates the results of a survey on microcomputer usage in school and public libraries in South Dakota that was conducted in the spring of 1990. Entries are divided by type of library. Subsections within the school section are a directory of libraries that report any…

This book presents demographic data about a variety of U.S. public policies, social problems, and environmental issues. The issues and problems that the statistics illustrate (such as overflowing garbage dumps, homelessness, child poverty, and smog and water pollution) are connected with, and the consequences of, the expanding U.S. population. The…

This report provides information related to the Texas State Library's fiscal year 1992 Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) 20 U.S.C. 351 et seq. state-administered program. Information provided includes: (1) Standard Form 424 for federal assistance; (2) fiscal breakdowns of estimated expenditures; (3) specific requirements for maintenance…

This Education for Self Responsibility (ESR) curriculum guide is designed to help students learn to make intelligent decisions about health and well being, and to act responsibly when confronted with opportunities to try drugs. The program focuses on ways in which Grades 4-6 teachers can emphasize: personal development; interpersonal relations;…

Financial incentives are an important and vastly underutilized means of improving the rate at which two-year college students transfer to four-year institutions. The increased cost of tuition at a four-year institution can be a serious financial obstacle to the transfer student. One way to alleviate this might be to provide more financial aid to…

A comprehensive study of the current state of library services and library cooperative activities in Massachusetts found that the state's 2,796 public, academic, school, institutional and special libraries make a significant contribution to lifelong learning, to the economy, and to the quality of life. The libraries have a combined collection of…

This annotated resource list supports coordination and collaboration between vocational and JTPA (Job Training Partnership Act) programs to increase the effectiveness of programs serving special needs populations. Nineteen publications, six programs, and four organizations are described. The items listed were published during 1988-1991. In…