The proceedings of a hearing held in New York City before the House Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities are provided in this document. Testimony focused on two proposed bills related to the creation of a volunteer national service program: the Voluntary National Youth Service Act and the Select Commission on National Service Opportunities Act…

In 1971, a Federal program was started to promote and assist Indians who might choose a career in health. Due to a reorganization slated within the Health Resources Administration (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare), however, this Indian program is headed for deescalization and merger with other programs for the…

An impact evaluation of the Spanish/English component of the federal Bilingual Education Program (BEP) was done by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) between 1974-76. The AIR evaluation took three years, cost $2 million, and examined many aspects of the BEP. This paper explores the influence of the AIR evaluation on the 1978…

The Follow Through program epitomizes many of the successes and failures of federally funded compensatory education. The program, designed to "follow through" in grades kindergarten through three on the documented gains of disadvantaged children graduating from Head Start, emerged as a planned variation experiment that systematically…

This report discusses the program and plans of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) for 1979-80. The publication provides an overview of the major program activities for fiscal year 1979 and plans for 1980. The center provides data to monitor trends in education and address key policy issues. These data are supplemented by special…

Educational productivity offers a perspective but not a solution for many of the problems in American education. Because education produces several different products, several kinds of educational policy outcomes can be defined as productivity increases. These include improving classroom methods, curriculum structure, curriculum content,…

The report reviews progress and problems of states and localities in reporting, investigating, treating, and preventing child abuse and neglect. Six major recommendations focus on the role of the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, established within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to help states in identification,…

TO DECREASE THE TIME LOST BY MIGRATORY WORKERS BETWEEN JOBS AND TO PROVIDE EMPLOYERS WITH A DEPENDABLE LABOR SOURCE, THE ANNUAL WORKER PLAN HAS PLANNED COMPREHENSIVE ITINERARIES FOR MIGRANTS SINCE 1954. THREE METHODS ARE USED TO RECRUIT MIGRANT FARM WORKERS UNDER THIS PLAN -- (1) STATE AGENCIES ARRANGE AND CONDUCT INTERVIEWS WITH CREW LEADERS AND…

THE ORIGIN AND HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAM BUDGETING, WHICH IS CURRENTLY APPLIED TO ALL THE EXECUTIVE OFFICES AND AGENCIES OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, IS TRACED. IT WAS RECOGNIZED AND APPLIED AS EARLY AS 1924 BY INDUSTRY, UTILIZED AS PART OF THE WARTIME CONTROL SYSTEM IN 1942, AND IS USED TODAY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. THIS IS A…

AN ANTHOLOGY OF SPECHES AND REPORTS DELIVERED AT THE SIXTH ANNUAL AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION CONFERENCE IS RECORDED IN THIS DOCUMENT. ONE SPEAKER STRESSED THAT AMERICAN INDIANS SHOULD BE PROUD OF THEIR IDENTITY AND ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE THEIR LIFE THROUGH EDUCATION. THE SECOND SPEAKER ENCOURAGED SERVICE TO THE TRIBE THROUGH EDUCATION. THE PROBLEMS IN…

Described are the components, functions, and monitoring instrumentation of a solar heating system at Scattergood School, a Quaker school located in Iowa. The system provides the school gymnasium's space heating and preheating for domestic hot water. This project was constructed and is being evaluated under the United States Department of Energy's…

Proceedings are presented of hearings before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Poverty, and Migratory Labor of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources on the Youth Employment Act, 1980. The act is designed to provide an effective and efficient youth employment program designed to improve career opportunities for youth between the ages…

These summaries of research and development reports are issued by the Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor (DOL) and are designed to provide pertinent information about specific research and development (R&D) studies. Each of the 10 summaries includes availability and cost (where applicable), source of the report,…