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Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology, Washington, DC. – 1993
This Sourcebook is a compilation of information selected from that reviewed by the Expert Panel that had been appointed to review and assess Federal programs in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SMET) education; it also contains information about the Expert Panel itself. The Sourcebook is organized in four sections. Section 1…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering Education, Federal Programs
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1993
This resource guide is intended to familiarize teachers with the U.S. Department of Education's support programs, services, and publications. Organized into five sections, the guide begins with brief descriptions of the Department's major offices and their responsibilities. The next section explains both formula and discretionary grants, briefly…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Weller, Carolyn R., Ed.; Brandhorst, Ted, Ed. – 1994
This annotated bibliography provides citations, abstracts, and indexes for the 267 documents produced by the 16 Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouses in 1993. These publications consist of digests, bibliographies, state of the art reviews, and information syntheses of various types. An introduction describes the ERIC…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Clearinghouses, Education
Stief, Elizabeth A. – 1993
Goal One of the National Education Goals states that, by the year 2000, every child in America will start school ready to learn. The second objective under this goal (that parents will be their child's first teacher, devote time daily to helping their child learn, and receive training and support) emphasizes the important role parents play in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Federal Programs, Parent Education, Parent Role
O'Connell, Martin; Bachu, Amara – Current Population Reports, 1992
This report presents statistical data on: (1) the ways in which children in the United States are cared for while their parents are at work, looking for work, or at school; (2) the complexity of these arrangements and the accompanying disruptions in the daily work schedule; and (3) payments for child care services. The statistics in this report…
Descriptors: Day Care, Day Care Centers, Day Care Effects, Early Childhood Education
Rahn, Mikala L., Comp. – 1994
In an effort to develop a more uniform and comprehensive system of national skill standards, the U.S. Departments of Education and Labor have awarded grants to 22 technical committees, composed of representatives from business, labor, and education, in a variety of industries and occupations. These projects will begin proposing national standards…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competence, Competency Based Education, Federal Programs
Wisconsin State Dept. of Industry, Labor and Human Relations, Madison. – 1993
This technical assistance guide was developed to consolidate a statewide understanding of the effort to systematize the delivery of employment and training programs through the local formation of job centers in Wisconsin, and to provide a compilation, drawn from 20 local models, that explains how the programs are delivered. The guide is organized…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Training
Merit Systems Protection Board, Washington, DC. – 1991
The substantial majority of the more than 2 million employees of the executive branch of the federal government are employed under a common set of personnel laws contained in title 5 of the United States Code. To a degree unprecedented in their history, these laws and the voluminous rules and regulations which flow from them are accused of being…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Federal Programs, Federal Regulation, Government Employees
Cubillos, Enrique M. – New Focus, 1988
The content of the 1988 Bilingual Education Act, which is part of Public Law 100-297 (the Hawkins/Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments) and which reauthorized bilingual education through September 30, 1993, is examined. The 1988 reauthorization was the fourth reauthorization of the original Bilingual Education Act of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 1991
The purpose of this manual is to assist Migrant Education recruiters in effectively executing their job responsibilities. Part D of Chapter 1 of Title 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act provides financial assistance through state education agencies to local operating agencies to meet the special educational needs of children of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, Employment Qualifications, Federal Programs
Weller, Carolyn R., Ed.; Brandhorst, Ted, Ed. – 1991
This annotated bibliography provides citations, abstracts, and indexes for the 355 publications produced by the 16 Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouses in 1990. These publications consist of digests, bibliographies, state of the art reviews, and information syntheses of various types. An introduction describes the ERIC…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Clearinghouses, Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1990
A hearing was held to discuss the reauthorization of the Child Development Associate Scholarship Assistance (CDASA) Act of 1985 and the State Dependent Care Development Grants (SDCDG) Act. The CDASA Act was created to provide financial assistance to low-income individuals who would otherwise be unable to afford the cost of the CDA application and…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Early Childhood Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Vaughan, Willard S., Jr., Ed. – 1990
Research and development efforts carried out under sponsorship of the Cognitive and Neural Sciences Division of the Office of Naval Research during fiscal year 1990 are described in this compilation of project description summaries. The Division's research is organized in three types of programs: (1) Cognitive Science (the human learner--cognitive…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Biological Sciences, Cognitive Psychology, Federal Programs
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. HEATH Resource Center. – 1989
This fact sheet summarizes information about the education-related services provided by federal/state-funded Vocational Rehabilitation Services and describes how to gain access to them. In a question/answer format, the guide discusses how to find the local vocational rehabilitation office, how to contact the office, procedures involved in…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Eligibility, Federal Programs, Mental Retardation
Bureau of the Census (DOC), Suitland, MD. Population Div. – 1983
Information from the 1980 U.S. Census concerning population size and geographic distribution of more than 100 ancestry groups in the United States is presented in this unique reference report. The general ancestry question was based on self-identification, provided no prelisted categories, and allowed for one or more ancestry responses. This was…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Origins
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