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Office of Inspector General (DHHS), Washington, DC. – 1993
This study assessed Head Start grantees' and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) staff's experiences during recent program expansions and their ability to handle future expansions. A random sample of 80 regional and American Indian Head Start grantees and delegates, along with staff at…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Facilities, Enrollment, Government Role
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1995
This congressional report addresses the Workforce Development Act of 1995 that would consolidate federal employment training programs and create a new process and structure for funding the programs. Contents include the following: a summary of the bill; background and need for the legislation; history of the legislation and votes in committee;…
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Employment Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Bureau for the Coordination of Environmental Programme. – 1993
The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) took place in Rio de Janeiro in June, 1992. The main results of UNCED were the Rio Declaration, Agenda 21, Convention on Biological Diversity, Framework Convention on Climate Change, and Statement of Forest Principles. Agenda 21 is the international program of action for global…
Descriptors: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation (Environment), Environmental Education
Knoll, Patricia C., Ed. – 1990
This catalog incorporates information gathered between 1987 and 1989 for inclusion into the National Park Service's Listing of Education in Archaeological Programs (LEAP) computerized database. This database is a listing of federal, state, local and private projects promoting positive public awareness of U.S. archaeology--prehistoric and historic,…
Descriptors: Archaeology, Community Education, Community Programs, Education
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Pollock, John S. – 1995
This study examined the effectiveness of the Title 1 Elementary School Summer program that provided intervention to underachieving kindergarten through grade 5 pupils who were below average in reading ability at 7 schools located throughout the Columbus, Ohio public school district. The program featured group instruction (with many of the…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy, High Risk Students
Columbia Univ., New York, NY. National Center for Children in Poverty. – 1993
This report discusses child-care needs and consumer education for low-income families, the types and value of information they receive when participating in the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program, the different approaches to child-care consumer education, case studies on the child-care practices that are detrimental as well as those…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Day Care, Educational Quality, Family Programs
Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1990
Since 1988, considerable state and school/district energies have been devoted to implementing Re:Learning in Pennsylvania. This paper describes the experiences of Cycle I project directors who implemented Re:Learning in late 1988 or early 1989. Re:Learning is a national effort to redesign the total school system, based on Theodore Sizer's (1984)…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Organizational Communication
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1995
This document consists of four consecutive annual program evaluation reports covering the years 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, respectively. These reports detail the results of the annual product evaluation of the federally funded Chapter 1 prekindergarten program of the Saginaw, Michigan School District. The purpose of the prekindergarten…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, High Risk Students, Parent Participation, Preschool Education
Department of Justice, Washington, DC. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. – 1995
During the past several years, national attention has focused increasingly on the many problems facing youth. The Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act of 1974 was passed to address this growing problem. The Act stipulates that every Federal agency that administers a juvenile delinquency program must produce a juvenile…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Crime Prevention, Delinquency, Federal Programs
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Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education, Columbus, OH. – 1995
This document is a comprehensive directory of Federal offices, programs, and facilities for K-12 education in mathematics and science for the Far West Region. Its purpose is to assist educators, parents, and students in attaining the National Education Goals, particularly Goal 4: "By the year 2000, U.S. students will be first in the world in…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Mathematics Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. – 1995
This hearing transcript presents testimony on the effects of placing federal nutrition programs in state block grants as required by the Personal Responsibility Act, the welfare bill contained in the "Contract with America." Witnesses testified that federal food programs such as Women Infants and Children (WIC), the Senior Nutrition…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Breakfast Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
California State Office of the Auditor General, Sacramento. – 1996
California's Employment Training Panel was created in 1982 to work in partnership with the state's businesses, labor unions, and government to provide training funds to California businesses. In 1995, the Employment Training Panel's administrative practices, strategic planning efforts, and contracting policies and practices/procedures were…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Audits (Verification), Contracts, Job Training
Prusoff, Linda L.; Sumner, Gerald C. – 1974
Findings of a study that examined the role of the state education agency (SEA) in implementing innovative projects within school districts are presented in this paper. The following federal programs were investigated: (1) the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title III, Innovative Projects; (2) ESEA Title VII, Bilingual Projects; (3)…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Program Administration
Steen, Sara J., Ed. – 1995
This directory provides information on summer programs abroad from 1 week to several months in length and short courses of varying lengths in the fall, winter, or spring. Approximately 60 percent of the programs are sponsored by U.S. accredited colleges and universities; the others are offered by foreign universities, language schools, and other…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Minicourses
Oliver, Kathryn; And Others – 1991
Key elements of selected educational choice programs in 11 states are summarized in this report. Information is provided on the type and level of program, number and age of students served, program costs and revenue sources, staffing, evaluation methods, and length of time in existence. Educational trends, barriers to program expansion, the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends, Nontraditional Education, Program Descriptions
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