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Pohl, Susan E. – 1990
A research project used a Cornell University library search, online computer catalogs, the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database back to 1967, government publications, and Dissertation Abstracts International for the Social Sciences for the past 30 years to investigate the Federal Government's role in working to solve adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Improvement, Educational Trends
Advanced Technology, Inc., Indianapolis, IN. – 1990
This document comprises information and various forms that can be used by schools to conduct an annual local review of their Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Chapter 1 School Program and identify programs needing improvement. The following materials are included: (1) a summary of requirements for a local annual review; (2) an outline of…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Douglass, Rebecca S. – 1990
A national network of six regional curriculum centers and at least 40 state-level curriculum materials centers are designed to identify and provide job training materials. These centers are supported with funds from federal and state legislation for vocational and technical education. The extent to which services of these centers are currently…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development, Education Service Centers
Kingsley, Christopher – 1989
This guide addresses many of the most common questions about case management asked by employment and training administrators and practitioners. Its table of contents is organized in a question-and-answer format. The content of the guide flows directly from program administrators, practitioners, case managers, and others in the field, gathered at…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, At Risk Persons, Caseworker Approach, Caseworkers
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House. – 1986
This report describes the provisions of the Veterans' Education Amendments of 1986 (H.R. 3747), which would amend chapter 30 of title 38, United States Code, to provide for educational assistance for apprenticeship or other on-the-job training under the All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program. The first part of the report contains the…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Hearings
Douglass, Rebecca S.; Maxfield, Randi A. – 1987
A panel of bilingual specialists met in Alexandria, Virginia, in November 1986 to review curriculum packages developed by projects supported by the U.S. Department of Education's (USDE) Bilingual Vocational Training (BVT) grants. The USDE was interested in assessing the quality of curriculum development in current BVT projects, determining the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs
Barnes, Robert E. – 1984
An examination was made of Federal program statistics on vocational education during the past 10 years by the Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education of the U. S. Office of Education and the National Center for Education Statistics of the U. S. Department of Education. The study found that despite a mandate for reform, the National Center's…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs, Postsecondary Education
Hamilton, Mary Agnes – 1980
As part of research on 48 programs funded through the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA) of 1977, this study addresses two issues behind the creation of viable work experience programs: design and implementation. The purpose of the study is to help those responsible for organizing youth employment programs to identify points…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1989
Since its passage, the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) has provided nearly $10 billion to state and local agencies to provide job training to unskilled and economically disadvantaged individuals who need training to obtain employment. The General Accounting Office (GAO) studied hard-to-serve JTPA participants and compared the services they…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
National Commission for Manpower Policy, Washington, DC. – 1975
This first interim report of the National Commission for Manpower Policy on the manpower challenges of 1975 was developed to (1) assess the extent to which federal manpower and manpower-related programs provide a structure capable of responding to the current unemployment problems and (2) consider some of the long-run critical manpower issues that…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Watson, John S. – 1974
Forty-eight projects funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title III, and providing the funds to public school districts to demonstrate the feasibility of educational innovations, are the focus of this inventory of ESEA Title III projects for the State of Delaware, fiscal year 1974. Sixteen operating projects are described in Part I…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Educational Programs
Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. – 1974
Forty-eight projects funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title III, and providing the funds to public school districts to demonstrate the feasibility of educational innovations, are described in this document about Missouri ESEA Title III exemplary programs. Nineteen projects completing the third year of operation, thirteen…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Developmental Programs, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation
National Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity, Washington, DC. – 1969
This report reviews the status of poverty and makes the following recommendations for program aims and structure, and for organizational changes at the Federal level. Antipoverty programs should attack the total environment of the poor: housing, education, family stability, employment, and neighborhoods. Increased efforts must be made to reach the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Payne, James S.; And Others – 1973
This book explains the purpose and value of the Head Start program and its potential for changing children, families and communities. Part I is concerned with the administrative problems of personnel, transportation, and parent communication. Part II suggests administrative improvements to enhance the operation of the program and at the same time…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Compensatory Education, Federal Programs, Learning Activities
Bottoms, James G. – 1976
Half of this paper is the text of a lecture based on the author's observation regarding the structure, nature, and emphasis of vocational research activities as affected by the Education Amendments of 1976. Focus is on consolidation, program improvement, low risk activities, research and development emphasis, and vocational research and…
Descriptors: Administration, Career Education, Career Guidance, Educational Change
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