In 2012, the national non-profit Single Stop USA served more than 32,000 students across 17 community college sites in seven states. At each college, Single Stop acts as an integral partner in the college's efforts to meet the needs of students and their families. It helps introduce the provision of important services such as tax preparation,…

By 2008, New York City's school governing regime contained two market-creation policies. Each reshaped principal incentives. One closed large high schools, replacing them with four-to-eight small schools. Another replaced uniform district-provided services with eleven School Support Organizations (SSOs). Both aimed to empower principals with new…

The purpose of the present study is to summarize the research to date and report additional findings on a successful alternative model for urban middle level education that is incorporated in NativityMiguel schools. These schools, designed particularly to meet the educational and social developmental needs of young adolescents at risk because of…

The specialty preparation program within the speech-language pathology master's degree program at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York, was designed to train speech-language pathologists to work with children who are deaf and hard of hearing, ages 0 to 21. The program is offered in collaboration with the Rochester Institute of Technology,…

This is a comprehensive listing of federal and state bilingual programs in New York State by funded project, program or district, number of pupils in program, grade level, language or type of program, grant amount awarded, and project director or contact person. The following types of programs are represented: (1) basic programs funded by the…

The directory lists the names of school districts, and each district's continuing education program director and chief school official. An alphabetical listing of school districts is also given. (WL)

The experiences of a variety of independent colleges and universities in New York State in providing different kinds of on-campus child care are described in this report. Findings were gathered from a survey and several interviews of academic institutions in order to assess various options in child care arrangements. The report consists of three…

Proposed New York State legislation to partially subsidize campus child care centers is summarized, along with testimony on the legislation and specific recommendations offered to the legislative committee. The legislation attempts to resolve at least two problems encountered by many student-parents: the lack of campus child care facilities, and…

The manual summarizes information on 39 programs and services in nine agencies available for handicapped children ages birth to 5 in New York state. A matrix depicting programs and services and a fact sheet describing each program on the matrix are provided for the nine agencies: State Education Department, Department of Health, Office of Mental…

Describes initiatives in New York State to meet student nutrition needs, including the Statewide Training Network for School Food Service Workers and the Nutrition Comes Alive in the Cafeteria program. Emphasizes the role of local boards of education in supporting better nutrition in school lunch and breakfast programs. (FMW)

A GROUP COUNSELING CONFERENCE, INVOLVING 22 CONSULTANTS, PROVIDED MANY IDEAS RELATED TO GROUP COUNSELING AND RESEARCH. FUTURE RESEARCH GUIDELINES WERE DEVELOPED AND A VARIETY OF ASPECTS IN THE GROUP COUNSELING PROCESS WERE IDENTIFIED. MANY CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WERE REPORTED, SUCH AS A PROJECT ON THEORETICAL ORIENTATIONS FOR INCLUSION OR…

These guidelines are intended to provide basic background information on the use of educational interpreters in the education of deaf and hard of hearing students in New York State and to describe standards for the employment of interpreters in school districts, private programs, and other educational agencies in the state. After the introduction,…

Using selected existing data bases and field verification procedures, a project provided estimates of the number of displaced homemakers in New York State (by county) and detailed related educational needs. A minimum of 100,000 and a maximum of 673,700 women ages 35-64 were estimated as widowed, divorced, or separated, not in the labor force, and…

Developed by the New York State Education Department at the University of the State of New York, the document presents preliminary study findings which recommend the removal of the current definition of "a handicapped child" and categorical labels such as "neurologically impaired". Modifications are suggested which strengthen…

A guide to the opportunities at private colleges and universities in New York State through the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) is presented. The HEOP is designed to meet the special needs of students from disadvantaged backgrounds through screening, testing, counseling, tutoring, teaching, and financial assistance. Generally, students…