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Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1977
The National School Lunch Program is designed to safeguard schoolchild health by improving and/or maintaining levels of nutrition, and strengthen the agricultural economy by stimulating food demand. The General Accounting Office (GAO) examined whether the program is meeting its legislative objectives and analyzed available information on what is…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Eating Habits, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education
Princeton Univ., NJ. – 1977
The Princeton Cooperative School Program was part of the federally funded and sponsored Upward Bound Program designed to aid the disadvantaged poor and the low-income student to successfully complete high school and enter college. The college retention and attrition for each of the graduating classes during the years 1966 to 1975 are compared to…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Attrition (Research Studies), Disadvantaged Youth
Heyneman, Stephen P.; And Others – 1977
This Fourth Annual Report of the Interagency Panel for Research and Development on Adolescence presents an analysis of all of the research on youth (children over 10 years of age) sponsored by the Federal Government in fiscal year (FY) 1976. The report is divided into four chapters. Chapter I summarizes the activities and interests of the Panel…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Annual Reports
National Commission for Manpower Policy, Washington, DC. – 1975
This report of the National Commission for Manpower Policy summarizes the findings and recommendations on Public Service Employment (PSE) along with considering other responses to continuing unemployment. This booklet's content is presented in two sections. Section 1 summarizes the findings and makes twenty-one recommendations pertaining to PSE,…
Descriptors: Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Training
Pfeil, Mary Pat – 1975
This paper examines compensatory education and bilingual education programs, outlines their general characteristics, and discusses their differences. The following kinds of information are provided: (1) the nature of the authorizing legislation including patterns in the distribution of funds, (2) the criteria used to determine which students and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Cooperative Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Human Resources. – 1977
A copy of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA) as amended in 1977 and a summary of the act's provisions with rationale for the amendments constitute this report. The 1977 version of the bill includes provisions for (1) extension of the authorization of all titles of CETA through 1978, (2) extension through 1978 the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1977
In this publication the programs described serve local school districts, neglected and delinquent children in state institutions, schools for the handicapped, and the children of migratory agricultural workers and migratory fishermen. Most Title I programs were operated in elementary schools. Reading, mathematics, and language arts were the most…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Delinquency, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Petro, Peter G., Ed. – 1973
Conference addresses and summaries of group discussion are included in these proceedings of a symposium held to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Employment Service and to explore its future role. The first item is a research report, "The Potential Impact of the Employment Service on the Economy," by Charles Holt, followed by…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Organizations, Conference Reports, Employment Services
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1977
The hearings reported on in this volume address the issue of whether to extend for 5 more years certain elementary, secondary and other educational programs implemented under Title I legislation. While the major part of the document is concerned with services and student development under compensatory education (CE) programs, a brief section is…
Descriptors: Child Neglect, Compensatory Education, Delinquency, Educational Finance
Dale, Emily Dunn – 1977
This review details family problems in the United States. It reviews basic assumptions and future trends, advocates a structured public policy, and offers recommendations by which the total family structure may be strengthened. (MFD)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Employed Parents, Family Income
Berry, Mary F. – 1977
Focused on is the extension of the various discretionary grant programs of the Education of the Handicapped Act. Discretionary programs are reviewed in relation to the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-l42) for the following areas: centers and services to meet special needs of the handicapped, training personnel for the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Media, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Chow, Marilyn – Day Care and Early Education, 1975
Describes the development and implementation of a health services component of a federally-funded day care center, specifically, the policies, standards, and integration of family, community, staff skills, and resources. (ED)
Descriptors: Community Resources, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Day Care
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Socolar, Paul – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2005
Schools with more targets to meet under NCLB were far more likely to be branded as in need of improvement. Some critics of the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) have argued that large schools and schools with a diverse student population are penalized by the law's provisions. School performance results from 2004 in Philadelphia appear to…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Urban Schools, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
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Bell, T. H. – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1975
The author, U. S. Commissioner of Education, describes several of that agencies programs for training parents for more effective parenting. (HMV)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Child Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Life Education
Hawley, Al; And Others – 1981
This manual provides the new Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) training program instructor with resource information and teaching/instructional techniques found successful by other CETA instructors. Chapter 1 addresses questions related to CETA procedures, jargon, and relationships between agencies. Specific areas covered include…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
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