The purpose of the United States Department of Education's (the Department) Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 "Agency Financial Report" (AFR) is to inform Congress, the President, and the American people on how the Department has used federal resources entrusted to it to promote achievement and preparedness of youth entering a global environment by…

Changes in the context of the national educational enterprise that influence federal education information dissemination policy and programs are discussed. Education issues claiming the attention of educators, policymakers, and the general public are identified as the first area of contextual change. Two issues currently of public concern--the…

This is an excerpt from the Comptroller General's Report to Congress, March 1974. (JA)

Established in 1974, the National Diffusion Network (NDN) is a diffuse association of primarily school-based instructional or other education programs that have been approved for nationwide dissemination by a federal panel, the Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP). Five principles of NDN are: (1) those who develop a program are best qualified…

This booklet contains descriptions of the programs under the Education Professions Development Act (EPDA) administered by the Bureau of Educational Personnel Development during fiscal year 1971 (July 1, 1970 to June 30, 1971). Material on each of the 14 programs includes a list of objectives, an outline of eligibility requirements for applicants…

Included in this publication are statements, letters, and supplementary materials presented by vocational education specialists at a hearing before the General Subcommittee on Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives. The hearing concerned H.R. 13630, a bill to extend until fiscal 1972 five of the new programs…

"HUMANITIES" is the bi-monthly newsletter of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), a Federal agency established by an Act of Congress in 1965 "for the encouragement and support of national progress and scholarship in the humanities." Typical newsletters include articles on major grants awarded, reading lists, and other current items of…

Critics of television hope that cable television will broaden the scope of programming to include more diversity, more news, more local programming, more visibility for minority groups, and greater use of the medium for the presentation of contending views. This paper reviews what now exists and what is being planned in an effort to determine the…

The components of the Retrieval and Acceleration of Promising Young Handicapped and Talented (RAPYHT) program, a federally funded outreach model for gifted/talented handicapped preschoolers are discussed: general programing, talent screening, talent identification, talent assessment, talent programing, parent involvement, and evaluation. (CL)

Reports on the Commission on Federal Paperwork's efforts to reduce the amount of paperwork required for federal programs. (IRT)

The Reserve Education Assistance Program, or REAP (Chapter 1607 of title 10, U.S. Code), is a new benefit providing educational assistance to members of the reserve components--Selected Reserve (Sel Res) and Individual Ready Reserve (IRR)--who are called or ordered to active service in response to a war or national emergency, as declared by the…

Two school districts report their continuing participation in federal assistance projects and programs. The report suggests what federal assistance can do to promote the long-range goals of a district in a time of changing concepts about the nature and volume of federal grants. (Author)