The document is a directory of projects supported by the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs as part of the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP). The introduction describes the HCEEP network and the results of a recent evaluation study. An overview section compares activities of the five types of HCEEP projects…

A project is described to develop a model system by which local education agencies (LEAs) can form successful working relationships with other human service providers to better serve special education students. The models (both process and content) designate LEAs as the central access point to the service continuum. The project's efforts to devise…

An assessment was made in 1978 of the longterm effects on school media utilization of Project Discovery (1964-1967), which was designed to test the effect of "maximum availability" of instructional materials on curriculum, on student attitudes, achievement, creativity, and motivation, and on teaching methods and techniques. The project…

The paper reviews mental retardation research activities of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHHD) and the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke (NINCDS). Research activities are cited to illustrate the scope of NICHHD's efforts in a variety of biomedial areas. Activities are…

Activities of the following regulatory and food service agencies of the Department of Agriculture are described: (1) Agricultural Research Service; (2) Cooperative State Research Service; (3) Economic Research Service; (4) Human Nutrition Information Service; (5) Office of Grants and Program Systems; (6) Office of International Cooperation and…

This paper identifies major changes in the area of civil rights which have been instituted during President Reagan's term in office and discusses their implications for Hispanics. Section I briefly outlines central themes of the Administration's attitude towards civil rights. Questions about their negative impact on Hispanics are raised. The next…

Discussed the Office of Education's new initiatives being added to its Right to Read Program in its continuing effort to eliminate illiteracy, assist those with severe reading problems, and prevent new cases of reading deficiencies from developing. (Author/RK)

The article explains how to choose a college, the admissions process, financial aid, and Federal student financial assistance programs -- both the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Scholarship Program and Office of Education Financial Aid Programs. The Appendix includes a glossary, programs and aid in specific professional areas, BIA Area Office…

The 6 main recommendations and the proposed budget for FY '75 that the National Advisory Council on Indian Education presented in its first Annual Report to Congress are explained. (KM)

This guide presents information on the Child Care Food Program (CCFP), a federal program in which funds are made available to child care centers and family day care homes to assist them in providing nutritious meals to the children in attendance. In an effort to encourage community participation in the program, information is presented on 22…

The small amount of funding provided by the federal government for research on the higher education system and the reasons for this research to be given such a low priority are discussed. A rationale for doing research on higher education and for federal funding of such research is proposed, followed by specific recommendations for documenting the…

In this annual summary of achievement data for Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I programs in New York State for the 1975-1976 school year, the three priority areas designated for instruction by the Board of Regents were reading, mathematics, and bilingual education. The last area was subsequently interpreted to consist of (1)…

This report was written as a companion piece to "Increasing the Impact of Innovative Projects," proceedings of the national conference on the impact of federally-administered vocational education exemplary projects. Brief descriptions of the project's accomplishments, major activities and events, problems, publicity activities, and dissemination…

In this document are 275 appendix tables for a follow-up study of participants in the 1957 National Science Foundation Summer Institute for mathematics and science teachers. Over 1,500 participants in the 1957 institutes were interviewed in 1960. The responses are tabulated in these appendices. Data are presented under such headings as: size of…

This paper discusses two federal programs designed to promote equal employment opportunities for women. It analyzes the impact of the federal contract compliance program (affirmative action) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on the absolute level of the earning of black and white working women over the 1967-1974 period. It was found…