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Vreugdenhil, Coby; Doreleijers, Theo A. H.; Vermeiren, Robert; Wouters, Luuk F. J. M.; Brink, Wim Van Den – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2004
Objective: To determine the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among incarcerated male adolescents and to investigate the influence of psychopathology on allocation to either plain detention or detention with compulsory treatment. Method: A cross-sectional study of a representative sample (N = 204) of incarcerated boys aged 12 to 18, using the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychiatry, Psychopathology, North Americans
Academe, 2004
This article contains the transcript of a speech that Robert ONeil delivered on June 12 in Washington, D.C., at the Ninetieth Annual Meeting of the American Association of University Professors. ONeil is professor of law and former president of the University of Virginia, where he directs the Thomas Jefferson Center for Protection of Free…
Descriptors: National Security, Legislators, Academic Freedom, College Faculty
Richard, Alan; Robelen, Erik W. – Education Week, 2004
Many of the nation's governors gathered in Washington, DC for their winter conference called for changes to the No Child Left Behind Act or its regulations, even as the Bush administration continued to defend its level of cooperation with states under the law. Fifty state and territorial governors attended the National Governors Association (NGA) …
Descriptors: Legislators, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Politics of Education
Ashby, Nicole, Ed. – US Department of Education, 2007
"The Achiever" is a monthly publication for parents and community leaders. Each issue contains news and information about school improvement in the United States. Highlights of this issue include: (1) President Signs College Cost Reduction Act; (2) Galvanizing the Community: Charter Schools Provides Greater Choice to Colorado Latinos…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Resource Centers, Academic Standards, Federal Legislation
US House of Representatives, 2007
This hearing discussed how lack of coordination between laboratory exercises and classroom lectures, inadequately trained teachers, languishing facilities, and current high school organization diminish the value these exercises can have or prohibit them all together, and highlighted how a strong hands-on experience can create scientifically…
Descriptors: Hearings, Pilot Projects, Legislators, Science Teachers
Dodd, Christopher J.; Castle, Michael N. – Zero to Three, 2006
Two members of the U.S. Congress share their visions for infants, toddlers, and families. Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Education and Early Childhood Development, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, advocates shifting priorities and resources toward young children and families and…
Descriptors: Legislators, Federal Government, Early Childhood Education, Federal Legislation
League of Women Voters Education Fund, Washington, DC. – 1995
This pamphlet is about effective communication and helping citizens make use of every available way to "send them a message." Highlighted are tips on making personal visits to members of Congress and their staff, placing telephone calls and writing effective letters. There is a directory of telephone numbers and addresses to contact the…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Legislation
Bender, Louis W. – 1983
Educators and legislators tend to have differing impressions of the definition of educational quality. Components of quality can be classified into three categories: (1) input, e.g., student characteristics, such as grade point average and test scores, and faculty characteristics, such as advanced degrees and publications; (2) environment/process,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Colleges, Educational Quality, Government School Relationship

Mayer, William V. – American Biology Teacher, 1975
Describes the role that congressmen and educators have played in reducing the NSF budget so that training for teachers was discontinued. (LS)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Federal Aid, Foundation Programs, Legislators
Herbeck, Dale A. – 1990
News reports regarding the relationship between Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank and a male prostitute reflect a growing willingness to hold public officials responsible for private acts. The incident triggered a classic example of apologia--a speech of self-defense. As critics have long suggested, the intangible nature of the…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Federal Government, Homosexuality
Palladino, Dolores – 1985
This booklet contains steps that will help the vocational student to acquire some letter writing skills quickly, the result of which will be the student's own personal letter to a legislator. Background information discusses the need for State or Federal financial support for vocational education and students' role in informing legislators about…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Legislators, Letters (Correspondence), Postsecondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. – 1985
Members of the House of Representatives from 92 districts in 32 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia (21 percent) responded to a questionnaire soliciting information about the drug abuse situation in their congressional districts. Results from the questionnaire showed that over 96 percent of the respondents characterized drug abuse in…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Crime, Drug Abuse, Drug Education
Parker, Susan D.; Seymour, John – 1984
The attitudes of 100 Alabama legislators toward higher education and about major issues facing higher education in the State were investigated. Surveys were returned by 79 house members (75 percent) and 21 senate members (60 percent). Attention was focused on legislators' views of the mission of higher education, how higher education should be…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Role, Educational Attitudes, Governance
Stampen, Jacob O.; Reeves, Roxanne W. – 1985
The structure of U.S. congressional support for college student financial aid during the 96th and 97th Congresses was assessed. Senators' roll call votes on student aid legislation were analyzed, using factor and discriminant analysis. Using a content-free classification scheme, attention was directed to whether voting patterns were…
Descriptors: College Students, Federal Legislation, Higher Education, Legislators
Army Center of Military History, Washington, DC. – 1987
As a scholar of international renown, Hugh Williamson came into contact with some of the leading intellectuals of the patriot cause and their political ideas transformed him into an adroit politician and leader. This booklet on Williamson is one in a series on Revolutionary War soldiers who later signed the U.S. Constitution. The booklet reviews…
Descriptors: Biographies, Colonial History (United States), Legislators, Military Service