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Wright, Wayne E.; Pu, Chang – Education Policy Research Unit, 2005
This report reveals the problems with claims made by Arizona state public education officials that English Language Learners (ELLs) are thriving under English-only instruction. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) and the state's accountability system, Arizona LEARNS, require all students, including ELLs, to participate in statewide…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Language of Instruction, Immersion Programs
Barron, Eric – National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 2003
With support from NASA's (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Goddard Space Flight Center, IGES (Institute for Global Environmental Strategies) has developed educational materials that incorporate information and data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), a joint satellite mission between the United States and Japan.…
Descriptors: Energy, Problem Based Learning, Learning Modules, Teaching Methods
Thompson, Lisa; Uyeda, Kimberly – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
The federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) has launched a five-year initiative that will support state efforts to build comprehensive early childhood service systems. This initiative--the State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (SECCS) Initiative--provides planning and implementation grants to the state and territory Maternal and…
Descriptors: Child Health, Family Programs, Leadership, Home Visits
Thompson, Lisa; Halfon, Neal; Franke, Todd – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
The purpose of this report is to provide the Center for Excellence (CfE) in Early Childhood Development with a set of recommendations regarding how to measure school readiness in Ventura County. This report defines school readiness according to the National Education Goals Panel (NEGP) which identified the following three important components of…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, State Programs, Program Development, Child Welfare
Friedman, Robert M.; Evans, Mary; Morrison-Rodriguez, Barbara; Kutash, Krista; Duchnowski, Al; Hernandez, Mario; Hodges, Sharon; Armstrong, Mary; Pires, Sheila; Stroul, Beth; Greenbaum, Paul; Brown, Eric; Lazear, Katherine – 2000
This paper describes each of eight current interrelated federally funded research projects conducted by the Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health at the University of South Florida. For each project, information is provided on the project's background, purpose, methodology, and anticipated results. Project titles and principal…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavior Disorders, Behavioral Science Research, Children
Forsythe, Dall W., Ed. – 2001
These case studies and analytic essays are intended to give the reader a richer understanding of when and how top managers succeed or fail in their efforts to use performance management (PM) systems to improve the functioning of federal, state, and local government in the United States (U.S.). The question mark in the title is intended to remind…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Effectiveness, Adult Education, Budgeting
American Foundation for the Blind, New York, NY. – 2001
This directory is a broad-based compilation of schools, agencies, organizations, and programs in the governmental and private, non-profit sectors that provide a wide variety of direct and indirect services, information, and other assistance to individuals with blindness or visual impairments. Organized information on producers and distributors of…
Descriptors: Adults, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Blindness, Braille
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2001
A study identified United States Department of Labor efforts to expand apprenticeship to new occupations and explained impediments to establishing apprenticeship programs in fields not traditionally apprenticed (e.g., high technology and biotechnology). Labor had not systematically identified new occupations suitable for apprenticeship programs…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Education Work Relationship
Hauptman, Arthur M. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1993
In 1992 the Clinton Administration proposed phasing out the federally guaranteed student loan program and replacing it with a direct lending program run entirely by the federal government, claiming that this approach would save taxpayer money and simplify a complex program. Opponents of the Administration plan argued instead for changes in federal…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Finance, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Macy, Christina; Jehl, Jeanne – 1997
The Clinton administration's Partnerships for Stronger Families initiative, through working meetings, site visits, and outreach efforts, aimed to promote an ongoing conversation between those working on the front lines of services for children and families and those crafting federal policy and legislation in Washington. The initiative was guided…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Community Role
Office of Personnel Management, Washington, DC. – 1997
Approximately 700,000 Federal employees have children under age 13; at least an equal number of Federal employees are estimated to have concerns about their elderly parents and relatives. This handbook was developed primarily to put government employees in touch with the many free resource organizations and agencies around the country that can…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Dependents

McAdam, Maryln; McDermott, Ed – 1997
This guide discusses the basic requirements for administering Federal Work-Study (FWS) America Reads Challenge programs and outlines specific requirements related to FWS-funded community service positions. These programs offer colleges and universities an opportunity to help improve the reading skills of preschool school and elementary school…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Services, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education
Ziegler, Myra; Garten, Thelma – 1993
This Final Performance Report provides project outcome information and data to the U.S. Department of Education for the federally-funded Library Literacy Program. The Literate Adults Mean Prosperity (LAMP) project of the Summers County Public Library (Hinton, West Virginia), provided recruitment, retention, training, rural oriented, basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction
Fontenot, Jerry – 1993
This final performance report provides project outcome information and data to the U.S. Department of Education for the federally-funded Library Literacy Program. The Evangeline Parish Library (Louisiana) conducted a project that involved recruitment, retention, public awareness, training, rural oriented, basic literacy, collection development,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, English (Second Language)
Orkwis, Ray; DeCarme, Judi; Glover, Jeanne – 1998
The five-volume directory describes more than 1,200 discretionary grants and contracts supported by the Research to Practice Division of the Office of Special Education Programs. The projects are grouped into sections representing the seven program areas of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Amendments (1997), Part D. This…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Disabilities, Educational Innovation, Educational Practices