The passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) in 1990 and the subsequent reauthorization in 1997 mandate school districts to provide transition services for students with disabilities in order to improve post-school outcomes for these youth. To help meet the requirements for transition, many school districts have developed…

Migration has been an essential part of American life and a contributing factor to the urbanization of its cities. The pages of history are filled with the record of the movement of people away from a lesser toward a greater opportunity and the search for security and happiness in some more favorable environment. There are two large groups of…

This report summarizes evaluation results for AISD's federally-funded Title IV Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities grant program activities for the 2001-2002 school year.

Second language learners continue to languish in California public schools in spite of six years of promises following passage of the controversial ballot initiative "English for the Children" (Proposition 227) to fix the education of English Language Learners (ELLs) through English-only instruction. In addition, with the development of…

The Kids First program at the University of Arkansas Medical School (UAMS) is an outgrowth of the Infant Health and Development Program, a randomized trial of an early intervention approach for premature, low birth weight children, which showed that intensive intervention had significant initial benefits in the cognitive development and behavior…

As a part of the teacher licensure program at the graduate level at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), the M.Ed. Licensure candidate is required to complete an action research project during a 3-semester-hour course that coincides with the 9-semester-hour student teaching experience. This course, Education 590 Culminating…

This report is part of a multi-year project conducted by the Institute for Responsive Education (IRE) and Boston University components of the Center on Families, Communities, Schools and Children's Learning. The report draws on results of a series of focus groups and interviews conducted in 1994 and 1995 to explore how policymakers and parents,…

This publication provides current descriptions of exemplary educational programs in many areas that meet National Education Goals and Department of Education's Program Effectiveness Panel standards. Opening sections list the National Goals for Education, offer questions and answers about the volume, list projects approved since the last edition…

Among 53 conference papers, are the following: "Perceptions of Administrators, Guidance Counselors, and Science Teachers Concerning Pilot Agriscience Courses" (Johnson, Newman); "Relationship of Supervised Agricultural Experience Program Participation and Student Achievement in Agricultural Education (AE)" (Cheek et al.);…

This document presents statistical data about vocational-technical education (VTE) in Ohio in 1993-94 and summarizes the mission and 1993-94 activities of the Ohio Council on Vocational Education (OCOVE). Presented first is a fact sheet on VTE in 1993-94. The next sections explain the structure and purpose of the OCOVE and summarize its…

The state of vocational education and training (VET) in Australia in 1997 was evaluated by collecting data on the following key performance measures: participation and achievement in VET; employer views on VET; student outcomes from VET; VET's benefits for particular client groups (females, people from rural and remote areas, indigenous…

The collection of essays on the politics of adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction includes: "The Politics of Adult ESL literacy: Becoming Politically Visible" (Pamela Ferguson); "Learning To Be Legal: Unintended Meanings for Adult Schools" (Pia Moriarty); "The Relationship Between Knowing Our Students' Real…

Seventeen Massachusetts programs involving schools and communities working together to support the educational success of linguistic minorities are described. The programs represent a cross-section of efforts in the state serving a variety of language groups. Program focuses include: (1) supplemental support and resources for Cambodian students;…

This resource guide is designed to assist career-vocational educators in providing disadvantaged students with the skills wanted by employers and to increase educators' effectiveness in teaching academically and economically disadvantaged students with limited English proficiency (LEP). The guide is divided into five sections. "The Disadvantaged…

With an emphasis on implications for public relations, this comprehensive guide covers current theory and practice in the organization and administration of special school services. Chapters are devoted to school services under categories of the office, personnel, attendance, guidance, health, maintenance, safety, food service, transportation,…