SERVE, the Southeastern Regional Vision for Education, is a coalition of educators, business leaders, governors, and policymakers seeking comprehensive and lasting educational improvement in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina. This document contains the proceedings of a forum on the status of federal…

The School Breakfast Program (SBP) celebrates its 20th year in 1995. It is an entitlement program available to any public or nonprofit private school or youth home that chooses to participate. This report includes the latest available school-breakfast participation data for school year 1994-95, and compares it to similar data for the previous…

This document presents the recommendations of a special Advisory Committee on Educational Options, which was charged with developing a strategic plan for educational options in California. This working document is intended to set broad goals and program directions for meeting the future needs of California's youth. The introductory section…

Project About Face is a joint effort of the Memphis-Shelby County Juvenile Court, Youth Services, Inc., the Naval Air Station at Millington, Correctional Counseling, Inc., and the Bureau of Educational Research Services at Memphis State University. The project's goal is to implement a correctional education and training program that reduces…

This document presents data on the effects that lotteries have on elementary and secondary education funding in those states where at least a portion of the lottery proceeds are specifically designated for the support of public education. The data were obtained from the annual reports of lotteries in states where lottery revenue is designated for…

This publication describes the restructuring plans of 10 Utah high schools in 9 school districts that were selected by the Utah State Board for Vocational Education to implement school restructuring. The Nine District Consortium seeks to build a statewide resource of proven practices and solutions to problems in education. Representing a new…

This paper summarizes activities associated with school-improvement projects in 12 Louisiana School Effectiveness and Assistance Pilot Study (SEAP) Cohort One schools during school year 1997-98 and plans for future improvement activities in 1998-99. Faculty and administrators at each school were asked to revise their current school-improvement…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation at the Administration for Children and Families, and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, are working together with states and other groups to improve the measurement of child outcomes in state welfare evaluations and in…

One of a series of reports concerning state policies and practices in child care and early education, this report provides highlights and updates regarding state actions during 1998. The report is intended to serve as a supplement and companion to the more comprehensive information presented in "State Developments in Child Care and Early…

Proceedings of a 1988 statewide symposium on school restructuring in Nebraska are presented in this document. Part 1 contains the opening remarks made concerning Nebraska education and the status of school restructuring. Part 2 presents the addresses of three nationally recognized experts on national school restructuring perspectives. A panel of…

This document reports on a mini-summit meeting on family involvement in education that was held at the Education Center of the Massachusetts Elementary School Principals' Association. The one-day working conference brought together 95 leaders from K-12 schools, higher education and research institutions, parent involvement advocacy groups, and the…

This paper presents an overview and description of "significant" education legislation passed during the 1993 Utah Legislative Session. Specific attention is given to legislation that affects the governance and structure of education in the state. The centerpiece of the Governor's educational agenda and the definitive action of the 1993…

The School Breakfast Program supplies federal funds to schools and residential child care institutions who provide breakfasts to children. This status report compares the performances of states to each other and to the nation as a whole in school breakfast participation. States are grouped in categories of the 10 top- and bottom-ranked…

Minnesota state policy makers are concerned about teacher compensation because it constitutes a major category of state and local spending and can affect education results. This report examines compensation issues by describing the pay structure of Minnesota's K-12 public school teachers, making pay comparisons with other professionals, and…

Highlights major events and happenings in various states, agencies, and research concerning issues such as bussing, desegregation, race relations, minority group participation, discrimination, and urban education. (Author/AM)