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Minnesota Curriculum Services Center, White Bear Lake. – 1984
The manual is intended for training surrogate parents of handicapped children according to Minnesota and federal statutes and regulations. Section 1 provides an overview of the surrogate parent program, noting relevant legislation, functions, rights, and responsibilities. Section 2 reviews the history of special education and related state and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Individualized Education Programs
Patton, Michael; And Others – 1978
This overview report of the site visit evaluations for the Minnesota Council on Quality Education (CQE) Early Childhood and Family Education programs provides an aggregate picture of the total CQE effort. The purpose of the evaluation effort was to judge the quality of the CQE programs. The first part of this report presents the results of those…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Family Involvement, Family Programs
Harvard Family Research Project, Cambridge, MA. – 1992
This booklet is part of a series on state-level family support and education policy published by the Harvard Family Research Project. It is based on a more detailed set of studies collected in "Innovative Models to Guide Family Support and Education Policy in the 1990s." Connecticut's Parent Education Support Centers program offers…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Educational Innovation, Educational Policy, Family Programs
Carlson, Helen L. – 1992
Over a decade ago, the Minnesota state legislature funded the Council on Quality Education to create nine exemplary and experimental pilot programs to support young children and their families. One of the early models was a family-oriented, structured preschool activity that featured weekly 2-hour sessions during which parents of 4-year-olds…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Programs, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education
Minnesota Council on Quality Education, St. Paul. – 1979
This report presents a study of policy issues related to the provision of early childhood and family education services in Minnesota. Chapter One consists of an executive summary and recommendations. Chapters Two and Three overview the concept, rationale and implementation of Minnesota's early childhood and family education pilot programs.…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Facilities
Patton, Michael Q. – 1977
This report describes Minnesota's thirteen Council on Quality Education (CQE) Early Childhood/Family Education programs from the perspective of external evaluation researchers. Data were obtained from personal on-site interviews with 40 program staff members; personal interviews with 40 local program Advisory Board participants and local school…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Differences, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality
Zepeda, Marlene; Varela, Frances; Morales, Alex – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
In 2003, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) released a "Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Health." In recognition of the critical role states play in the development of early childhood initiatives and of the unique contributions that state Title V programs can make to these initiatives, the Bureau operationalized their…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Child Health, Young Children, Strategic Planning