"Reopening the school as a public charter school" is Option #1 on the list of NCLB's restructuring alternatives for failing schools. But this has not proved a popular choice. NCLB made the bold assumption that states and districts would voluntarily turn over the reins to charter operators. The authors of the legislation must have…

New Orleans is looking for a few good teachers, principals and charter school operators. As state and local officials struggle to rebuild the city devastated by Hurricane Katrina 18 months ago, they are facing a severe shortage of talent willing and able to educate the fast-growing student population. The problem is especially stark in the schools…

The directory is an up-to-date listing of Federal and State officials in vocational and industrial-arts education. (Author)

EXCERPTS FROM NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES SHOW THAT THE LONG RANGE EFFECT OF THE RECENT RIOTS IN MISSISSIPPI ON THAT STATE'S ECONOMY WILL BE PROFOUND, PROLONGED AND PAINFUL. STATE OFFICIALS FIND IT HARDER TO ATTRACT NEW INDUSTRY TO THE STATE. THE RATE OF NEW PLANTS BEING BUILT HAS DECREASED. CORPORATIONS DO NOT WANT TO TAKE THE RISK OF BEING…

Comments from 19 governors of different States and Puerto Rico regarding vocational education were compiled in 1969 from speeches and other written works. These comments are presented in nine categories: (1) personal dignity in work, (2) realistic educational goals, (3) vocational education and current crises in society, (4) increasing complexity…

Presents results of a national survey of the counseling and guidance staff (N=45) and its functions within state departments of education throughout the United States and four territories during the past decade. Results indicated economic changes and imply further diversification of services with fewer staff members. (BH)

The favorable revenue forecasts greeting state lawmakers as they begin convening for the 2006 legislative season are tempered by the spiraling costs for Medicaid, high energy prices, and increased demands from K-12 and higher education. Continuing a trend that began three years ago, fiscal officers in 42 states told the National Conference of…

A discussion of an instructional television program which proposes to make America's political structure relevant to high school students. (Author/HB)

Reports that when the analysis is controlled for occupation and seniority, the press coverage given to male and female state officials by Michigan newspapers is about the same. (FL)

Purpose: This study describes the preliminary experiences of 10 states in providing support services to family or informal caregivers of elderly adults and adults with disabilities; it focuses on the newly created National Family Caregiver Support Program, state general funds, Medicaid-waiver programs, and other state-funding streams. Design and…

Good fiscal news is arriving in state capitals: Tax revenues are finally starting to recover from their four-year swoon. The bad news: States face pressure to meet increasing health-care costs and to replenish rainy-day and other funds legislatures tapped in recent years. The bottom line is that schools will have to fight for significant increases…

While No Child Left Behind (NCLB) requires all students to be "proficient" in math and reading by 2014, the precedent-setting 2002 federal law also allows each state to determine its own level of proficiency. It's an odd discordance at best. It has led to the bizarre situation in which some states achieve handsome proficiency results by…