This volume contains advocacy briefing papers presented at the 15th Annual National Indian Education Association (NIEA) Legislative Summit held February 15-15, 2012 in Washington, DC. The following papers are included: (1) Become a Powerful Advocate; (2) NIEA Legislative Priority for 2012: Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education…

The Human Environment Center held a national conference on Youth Conservation Jobs and Service in May, 1981, in Washington, D.C., attended by approximately 100 representatives of minority, employment, youth, environmental, and national service interests. The conferees concurred that the Young Adult Conservation Corps (YACC) and the Youth…

The series of fifteen mini-conferences reported here involved local education agency (LEA) and Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) representatives from a sample of communities in examination of LEA/CETA collaboration. This report gives the results--what transpired--as noted by the conferences' conductor, Kenneth Hoyt, in the form of…

At a June, 1981, meeting, representatives of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) organizations and vocational education organizations arrived at the following conclusions regarding the issues in collaboration that warrant attention in the reauthorization process of the CETA and the Vocational Education Act: (1) the coincidence of…

Describes presentations at Appalachian Regional Commission's (ARC) 25th anniversary conference, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 1990. Conference focused on youth leadership. More than 100 youth from 13 states attended, presenting 16 ARC-funded demonstration projects, including recreation programs, leadership development, theater…

In this report, summaries of papers given at the conference on young women's work to school transition are reprinted. Themes addressed include: (1) problems of teenagers, teenage mothers, and the transition to adulthood; (2) problems faced by youth and minority youth; (3) responsibilities of educators; (4) employment programs; (5) employment…

This report is the official record of an open forum on recommendations from the 1991 White House Conference on Library and Information Services sponsored by the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), a federal agency charged with advising the President and the Congress on library and information policies and plans.…

This paper discusses the central problems and issues of the transition from school to worklife in the United States. Developed from a framework which outlines the structure of the education system and the place of vocational-technical education within it, the paper addresses measures the United States has taken to facilitate the transition from…

Participants at this four-day meeting of the Teacher Corps Planning Conference discussed the past function of the Corps and possible future courses. The general outline of the agenda was to look into the substantive fields for Teacher Corps focus and the priority needs in teacher education to which the Teacher Corps should address itself. Project…

This document provides the individual and panel presentations for the Annual National Conference of State Chapter 1 Coordinators concerning Compensatory Education Programs. Presentations and their authors are as follows: (1) "Chapter 1 and School Reform: An Overview" (Richard W. Riley); (2) "Systemic Reform and Educational…

The central theme of the papers presented in this symposium is that the labor market for minorities and youth does not appear to function properly because of structural impediments (often caused by government regulations meant to help minorities) and that these impediments must be identified and effective remedies proposed. Following an…