The goals of this assessment of electronic government information products were to: identify medium and format standards that are the most appropriate for permanent public access; assess the cost-effectiveness and usefulness of various alternative medium/format standards; and identify public and private medium/format standards that could be used…

In the middle of the 20th century, job training was largely unnecessary, since workers were desperately needed to labor in manufacturing and construction jobs. Skills were learned on the job, and even a high school diploma was not needed for most occupations. Workers received wages that allowed them to raise a family comfortably and then to retire…

Although federal funds comprise less than 7 percent of all educational spending in Ohio, the programs they fuel benefit thousands of children each year. This report summarizes data for fiscal year 1997 on federal programs authorized through Titles I, II, IV, VI, and VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and through the McKinney…

This directory provides information on foundations, corporations, religious organizations, and federal agencies that award grants to Native American tribes, schools, colleges, community services, and nonprofit organizations. Chapter 1 describes how to find funding sources, develop and write a proposal, apply for a grant, and follow through.…

This executive summary describes a study that finds nearly every school in the Great Lakes states is threatened to fail the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements mandated by the federal "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) Act. NCLB holds schools and districts accountable for student achievement on state standardized tests and schools…

According to data collected in 2003 by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), just over 96,000 youth were incarcerated in juvenile correctional facilities throughout the United States (not including those being held in detention). An additional 10,000 youth were in state prisons or adult jails during the same time,…

The federal No Child Left Behind Act and its mandate for adequate yearly progress has placed unprecedented demands on districts to use evidence to support their school improvement efforts. Research has not yet determined if data-driven decision making leads to improvements in teaching and learning since most outcomes reported to date are based on…

Offered are resources dealing with the improvement of educational information services, including: publications dealing with career development, federal agencies that sponsor programs aimed at improving occupational and educational information and information services, and organizations concerned with cooperative efforts to form networks of…

Provides a political update on child care after the recent welfare reform legislation. Advocates legislative lobbying by child care workers and parents. Describes a White House conference on early childhood care, Congressional hearings on improving the quality of child care, and legislation on child care tax credit. (SD)

Reviews one of the little-known failures of the New Deal social programs. The Subsistence Homestead Division and the Resettlement Administration attempted to resettle urban slum dwellers in autonomous garden cities and submarginal farmers in new farm villages. Discusses the reasons these communal efforts failed and provides suggested teaching…

Reports on increased federal funding for education, training, employment, environmental, and natural resources programs for 1997. Focuses on how various types of rural areas are affected. Education programs received large increases; most programs benefit low-income students, hence rural poverty areas. Six tables and figures show funding increases…

Briefly summarizes the purpose and authority of a number of crime-fighting programs administered through the Office of Justice Programs (OJP). These programs provide federal assistance in preventing and controlling crime and delinquency, and assisting crime victims. Includes a list of federal and state expenditures on crime. (MJP)

Wise use of Department of Education program evaluation funds is considered. The following current principal evaluation areas are discussed: (1) compensatory education; (2) bilingual education; (3) postsecondary education; (4) vocational education; (5) early childhood education; (6) drug education; (7) dropout prevention; (8) special education and…

Proposals for shaping the National Information Infrastructure (NII) lack sufficient provision for supporting locally controlled information delivery systems, which could serve all the people, regardless of class or community environment. A system of federally sponsored National and Regional Institutes for Information Democracy could help meet this…

Applies the opportunity to learn conceptual framework to previously collected multiple-case study data from a 3-year study of an academic intervention program in 10 urban Chapter 1 elementary schools. Also illustrates how the multiple-case study approach can be used as an explanatory research tool. (SLD)