Focuses on the activities of an Oklahoma group which organized a corporation to help start small businesses in an eight-county area. (DM)

The author discusses charges of black genocide" and the difference between the individual and structural theories about the causes of poverty and concludes that lack of access by the poor to family planning services should be regarded as a problem in the distribution of medical services and not as a welfare problem. (Author)

Defines priorities in the field of early childhood education in relation to children's experiences, leadership, nonprofessionals, parents, facilities, and coordination and integration of services. (DR)

Reviews programs of federal, state, and private agencies so educators may know some of the sources of financial aid for all levels of education. Presents several basic sources of additional information on available programs. (Author/CJ)

Lecture given before the Annual Conference and Course on Reading (23d, Univeristy of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., July 10-21, 1967).

To illustrate the point that incremental policy changes are important results of program evaluation, the author investigated the influence of evaluation on federal education policymaking as seen in the 1978 reauthorization of the Bilingual Education Act. (LC)

Argues that in order to understand the future of American cities one must be aware that people adapt to and manipulate city life by changing the categories by which major urban phenomena and processes are perceived and analyzed. Examines developments in urban industry, politics, and federal programs to demonstrate the argument. (Author/MJL)

Provides English translation of a French study of legislation and programs providing preventive medical and social services to pregnant women and young children. Discussed are legislative objectives and organizational levels, strategies and modes of executive action, the contribution of social security to medical protection for mother and child,…

The Experience Based Career Education (EDCE) program serves as a focal point of a cast study documenting how the National Institute of Education secured Office of Education funds to demonstrate an R&D innovation. Serious questions are raised about the regulations-writing process and the use of evaluation information. (Author/LC)

Discusses effects of federal educational funding on procedural changes, structural changes, personnel opportunities, and student access at local levels since 1965. Suggests that federal programs have had the most pervasive impact on minority group education and that impacts have been greater than the percentage of federal dollars allocated to…

Reviews statements of the Reagan administration's intent in educational policymaking. Examines significant federal educational policy and program events during 1981-82 and discusses the impact on future Federal policymaking in education. Suggests that progress in disassembling the federal educational role has established a new sense of direction…