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Download full textKanstoroom, Marci, Ed.; Finn, Chester E., Jr., Ed. – 1999
Contributors to this collection examine how today's federal education programs work and show how, instead of working for school improvement, these programs have begun to function as obstacles to the efforts of reform-minded states and schools. The following essays are included: (1) "Overview: Thirty-Four Years of Dashed Hopes" (Chester…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Jackson, Shirley A., Ed. – 1993
Comprehensive school health education is a primary prevention strategy for teaching the nation's children and their parents the skills needed for a healthy lifestyle. This publication provides information about the U.S. Department of Education's Comprehensive School Health Education Program (CSHEP) and presents four papers commissioned for the…
Descriptors: Criteria, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Office of Postsecondary Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1994
This document presents seven papers that address several aspects of the new direct lending federal loan program established by the Student Loan Reform Act of 1993. Among the topics examined are the following: (1) the experiences with implementing new student aid programs; (2) the policy questions involved in lending in proprietary (profit-making)…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Evaluation Needs, Federal Programs, Higher Education
American Vocational Association, Arlington, VA. – 1983
The seven major papers in this collection discuss the implications of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) (Public Law 97-300) of 1982 from the points of view of its various constituencies. Two of the papers discuss the effects of the JTPA on national employment and training programs, and on state-level programs, while a third discusses…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Career Counseling, Career Guidance
