The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to ensure schools and child care facilities are safe environments for the nation's children. In response to rising public concern over the health risks posed to young children by lead in the drinking water, EPA is launching a "3Ts--Training, Testing, and Telling" program. This…

The Continental Project is a school-to-work transition program for students with disabilities. The 6-year old program, which is located at a country club and golf course, serves more than 20 students per year and has successfully transitioned 45 young adults with moderate to severe handicaps into the workforce. The program is a cooperative effort…

New apprenticeships were introduced to Australia in January 1998 to provide practical training opportunities to a wider range of people than the traditional trade-based apprenticeship system did. The effect of the new apprenticeship initiative on the type of employment-based training being undertaken in Australia was studied by analyzing data from…

Case studies of 16 firms across Australia that employ adult apprentices in the "traditional" trades were conducted to identify innovative ways of getting adults into the trades. The case studies included interviews with the firms' apprentice managers, training providers, and adult apprentices. Although some adult-friendly innovations…

This book explores the causes of tuition inflation, using Cornell University (New York) as a prototypical institution. There are 9 sections with 20 chapters. Section 1, "Setting the Stage," includes (1) "Why Do Costs Keep Rising at Selective Private Colleges and Universities?" and (2) "Who Is In Charge of the…

This bulletin was prepared to indicate recent progress in rural life and education as disclosed by the educational exhibits at the Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915. The discussion includes (1) the general phases of progress in rural education, and (2) advancement in its more specific agricultural phases. Little attempt has been made to present…

Until within the last few years, public schoolhouses in American cities and towns were open only for the regular school work and for children of legal school age. However, since the beginning of the present century, there has been a growing interest in public school extension and for a fuller use of the public school plant. In most cities and…

This bulletin contains monthly record of current educational publications received by the Library Division of the Bureau of Education. Books, pamphlets, etc., intended for inclusion in this record should be sent to the library of the Bureau of Education, Washington, D.C. This bulletin contains the following: (1) Publications of associations; (2)…

This document contains the first twenty chapters of the Biennial Survey of Education document, covering the years 1926-1928. The following chapters are included in this document: (1) Higher education (Arthur J. Klein); (2) Medical education (N. P. Colwell); (3) Legal education (Alfred Z. Reed); (4) Significant movements in city school systems (W.…

Despite the fact that the past two decades have witnessed the greatest exodus of Negroes from rural sections in the history of the race, the majority still live in the country. According to the 1930 census, more than two-thirds of the race reside in farming and non-farming rural areas. In 15 Southern States, it was found that of the 9,420,747…

This bulletin contains a list of the monthly record of current educational publications for May 1913. The publications are organized into two sections: (1) Publications of associations; and (2) Bureau of Education: Recent publications. The Bureau of Education: Recent publications cover the following topics: (1) Educational history; (2) Educational…

This bulletin contains a monthly record of current educational publications received by the Library Division of the Bureau of Education in June, 1913. The publications are organized into three sections: (1) Publications of associations; (2) Bureau of Education: Recent publications; and (3) Books, Pamphlets, Periodical Articles. "Books, Pamphlets,…

It is generally recognized that the organization of satisfactory schools, attendance area, and local units of school administration involves a careful study of existing educational conditions. If satisfactory functioning of units proposed is to be assured, the study must consider functions of schools and local school units, services now rendered…

Books and articles listed in this bulletin are organized into the following topic areas: (1) Educational history and biography; (2) Current educational conditions; (3) Pedagogics and didactics; (4) Educational psychology, Child study; (5) Special methods of instruction; (6) Special subjects of curriculum; (7) Kindergarten and primary school; (8)…

This study of State Provisions for Financing Public School Capital Outlay Programs has been conducted in accordance with a resolution requesting the study. It constitutes the first comprehensive effort to analyze existing policies and practices of States which participate in the financing of local schoolhouse construction. It also develops and…