The career education movement is viewed through a historical perspective in four periods (1971-74, 1975-78, 1978-81, and 1982 and beyond). The author examines emphases, grants, implementation efforts, federal influence, state influence, and the power of local school districts. (CT)

This manual explains what graduated driver licensing (GDL) is and why the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration believes it is so important for every jurisdiction to take steps towards its implementation. Section I introduces the need by defining the teen driving problem: inexperience, risk-taking behavior and immaturity, and greater risk…

Legal issues of minimum competency testing derive from federal and state constitutional, statutory, and regulatory provisions, and from common law. Constitutional provisions for equal protection, due process, and freedom of belief and privacy, are primarily federal; education provisions are state mandated. Only four court cases have directly…