This "Report Card to the Public" is published in accordance with Alaska Statute 14.03.120 for the school year 2011-2012. Under state law, each school district is required to report information about its plans and performance to its community. This report includes a statewide summary of performance results. It reports the status of public…

This case study/philosophical analysis responds to the primary research question: "Should undocumented immigrants receive financial aid by responding to the sub-question: What does it mean to be a member of society?" The case study organizes and collects empirical evidence from stakeholders involved in Texas House Bill 1403 (2001),…

Following the approval of legislation that would divide the city's public school system into racially and ethnically distinct districts, many Omaha community members and leaders mid-April 2006 expressed a mix of outrage, confusion, and disbelief. In this article, the author discusses the measure that calls for dividing any school system in the…

A bill that has been sent to the floor of the California Senate would require textbooks used in public schools to include information on the roles and contributions of gay people throughout history, a move that could affect the content of instructional materials throughout much of the country. The measure would help build tolerance of diverse…

This document contains a report on four Senate bills from the Wisconsin Legislature concerned with sexual assault. Part I of the report describes key provisions of the four bills: (1) 1991 Senate Bill 178, which codifies a 1987 Wisconsin Supreme Court decision on excluding certain persons from preliminary examinations in criminal sexual assault…

This memo addressed to members of the Special Committee on Women Offenders in the Correctional System sets forth the recommendations of the special committee's Working Group on Incarcerated Women and Their Children in Wisconsin. Part I discusses identification of problems relating to this population. Part II examines the working group's…

This article is concerned with one symptom of the alarm over "educational destitution" in city centers, the work and influences of the Birmingham Education Society in examining, documenting, and publicizing the educational situation. (Author/IRT)

This staff brief was prepared for the Wisconsin Legislative Council's Special Committee on Teenage Pregnancy Prevention and Related Issues. It presents information on teenage pregnancy, programs to deal with teenage pregnancy, and proposed legislation from the 1989-1990 Wisconsin Legislative Session. Part I of the brief provides pregnancy data for…

Fables and facts about the equal rights amendment in New York State are presented to answer possible questions and misinterpretations of the proposed 27th Amendment. (JR)

THIS IS VOLUME II IN A COMPILATION OF STATE LAWS ON THE USE OF AUDIOVISUAL INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. VOLUME I IS ED 003 767. (JK)

This report is the third revision of Legislation by the States: Accountability and Assessment in Education, which has been prepared under the sponsorship of the Cooperative Accountability Project. The last updating was completed in August, 1973. The present report differs from previous editions in that Section 1 contains an expanded discussion of…

Comprehensive plans for 19 states, in use or recommended at time of writing, were studied for this Monograph. It establishes a rationale for state master plans, analyzes relevant literature, tells who is doing the planning, describes the process of developing a plan and getting it adopted, examines the 19 plans for content, suggests ways to…

Along with a brief history of American junior colleges and the principles on which they were established and currently operate, this paper discusses their main problems: (1) sources of funds (state aid, local taxes, tuition, fees) and the proportionate amounts received from each; (2) the expected diversity of courses to satisfy remedial, academic,…

Licensing as a means of business regulation increases information by establishing minimum standards for entrants, provides an easy remedy in cases of fraud, and assures competence when social costs are greater than private costs. At present, all states license certain occupations and professions. A comparison of municipal licensing practices in…