Follow Through is a federally funded program to continue the successful educational progress made by children in Head Start and similar preschool programs. This program emphasizes not only special instructional approaches for children of low income families, but also the provision of needed medical, dental, social, psychological, and nutritional…

The problem of managing collection efforts on defaulted student loans under the guaranteed student loan program is discussed. This review was made to assist the Office of Education in developing collection guidelines and procedures to cope more effectively with the rapidly increasing backlog of defaulted loans. It is shown that changes in policy…

The Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP) is a joint USOE-NIE panel which reviews the evidence of effectiveness submitted for a variety of educational products and practices developed through federally supported programs. Studies show that school superintendents and other adopters prefer to initiate changes where there is assurance that benefits…

Based upon numerous government reports and evaluation studies, this report presents: (1) a brief sketch of the Federal involvement in manpower training and employment programs; (2) some impressions of the manpower training and employment programs serving rural Americans; (3) statistical information on the estimated number of rural enrollees, funds…

This book assembles, excerpts, and comments on a variety of publications dealing with the problems and prospects for educational research and development (R&D). It is intended to help readers identify the problems and issues in educational R&D and to formulate some possible alternatuves for the future. Chapter 1 deals with the definitions of…

These hearings before the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs focused on the Food Stamp Programs problems in Detroit, Michigan. Testimony was heard from such witnesses as the following: Coleman Young, Mayor of the City of Detroit; Eleanor Josatis, Chairwoman; Mayor-Common Council's Task Force on Hunger and Malnutrition; Muriel…

This report presents the prototype software resulting from an initial research effort in the development of a comprehensive national planning model for higher education. The software for the prototype model requires as input existing or derivable institutional and student data and is designed to permit prototype planning studies to examine the…

A historical review of education at the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana from 1872 through 1964 is presented in terms of the changes in, and philosophies of, the 3 major educational efforts on the reservation. The beginning of education for the Blackfeet Indians by way of mission schools, along with gradual movement into Federal…

In this speech Congressman Pucinski reviews the outlook for bilingual education in the United States. He reminds us that the gains that have been made in the past two or three years "are impressive in their intent," but that we must renew our dedication to this ideal or lose "the initial momentum which has been so long in the…

An experimental study group was constituted by placing new Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC)-2 enrollees as they enrolled until N's of approximately 125 subjects in each of four sites (Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, and St. Louis) were achieved. This group was predominantly black, under eighteen years of age, of less than 10th grade education, and…

This report describes the first Public Policy Seminar, sponsored by the Black Child Development Institute in the summer of 1972. The seminar was designed to provide the opportunity for information-sharing, awareness of federal policy making, and a channel for minorities involved in child development at the community level to exert pressure and…

The study was undertaken by the Educational Task Force established by the Saskatchewan Chiefs' Conference, March 1970. The Indians, representing 67 bands, expressed their concern about the apathy of Indian children to school programs, dropouts, and the near absence of Indian students in universities. Another concern was that of the Canadian…

In spring 1974, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) embarked on a specific project related to Indian control of schools. The objective was to have, by the end of FY 75, at least 1/4 (50) of the bureau schools operating under a management system chosen by those served by the schools. This report reflects progress on the project, covering June, July,…

This report sets forth the Office of Education's activities for 1973. The report first discusses the condition of education under the headings of finance, educational quality, and equal access to education. In this section are discussed the impacts of major Supreme Court cases. In addition, Office of Education administration activities are…

One of the purposes of this hearing was to review the work undertaken by the National Institute of Education (NIE) during the 92nd Congressional period. The document records the concern of the Select Subcommittee on Education that NIE had not yet established the National Council on Educational Research provided for in the legislation. A review is…