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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1991
This hearing document presents testimony comprising prepared statements and letters that address the direct loan concept (as authored by Senators Simon and Durenberger) in student financial aid, and the idea of tying repayment to income (income-contingent loan) as a means of simplifying the nation's guaranteed student loan process. Testimony…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Hearings
RMC Research Corp., Hampton, NH. – 1990
Chapter 1 is a program funded by the Federal Government to help children who are at a disadvantage in school. Parents have many questions about Chapter 1 programs. This brochure presents many of the questions that parents have asked over the years about how Chapter 1 works. Because every school district's Chapter 1 programs are different, the…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Rosenkoetter, Sharon; And Others – 1993
The Preservice Early Intervention Project of the Associated Colleges of Central Kansas (ACCK) was designed to recruit highly promising students into the preservice specialization in Early Childhood Special Education and to give them competencies from multiple disciplines to appropriately serve infants/toddlers with disabilities or developmental…
Descriptors: Consortia, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Federal Programs
Blaustein, Saul J.; And Others – 1993
This 10-chapter book covers the history of unemployment insurance (UI) in the United States from its beginning in the 1930's to the present and describes how the program evolved in response to various economic and other factors and to the controversies that emerged in the process. Chapter 1 provides background on trends in the extent, duration,…
Descriptors: Adults, Business Cycles, Dislocated Workers, Employment Patterns
Bureau of Indian Affairs (Dept. of Interior), Washington, DC. Office of Indian Education Programs. – 1994
This document presents an overview of the purpose, programs, and activities of the Office of Indian Education Programs (OIEP). The OIEP is located within the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and is responsible for line direction and management of all BIA education functions, including the formation of policies and procedures, supervision of all…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, Educational Administration
Academy for Educational Development, Washington, DC. – 1994
This document presents the proceedings of a conference attended by Project Directors (or their designees) of projects funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and having a significant component of technical assistance (TA) and/or dissemination activities. The conference was designed to provide new information to projects, to…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Legislation
ERIC Review, 1992
"The ERIC Review," announces research results, publications, and new programs relevant to each issue's theme topic. This issue exammines children's readiness to enter school, via two principal articles: "Readiness: Children and Their Schools," by Lilian G. Katz; and "Getting Ready for Readiness: A Case Study," by…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Disabilities, Disadvantaged
Sinclair, Beth; Gutmann, Babette – 1990
This document summarizes the annual State Performance Reports for programs funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA), which have been submitted by State Education Agencies (SEAs) for the school years 1979-80 through 1987-88. These reports provide information on Local Education Agency (LEA) and State Agency…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Basic Skills, Child Neglect, Compensatory Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1991
This report presents testimony, along with prepared letters, statements, and supplemental materials, submitted before a House congressional hearing concerned with the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 in general, and the integrity and quality of grant and loan assistance for students in particular. The testimony and statements…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Grants
Merrimack Education Center, Chelmsford, MA. – 1986
This summary presents information on the design rationale, project coordination, and findings of the Technology Applications in Basic Skills project (TABS), which was administered by the Merrimack Education Center and designed to implement programs that use the computer and related technologies to increase student competencies in the basic skills…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1984
The Pell Grant Quality Control Study of 1982-83, the third stage of a contract with the Department of Education, was designed to identify program error rate, to measure the impact of increased validation activity, and to propose corrective actions to reduce the misallocation of program funds. A nationally representative sample of approximately…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Equations (Mathematics), Error Patterns
Bell, T. H. – 1983
As mandated by Congress, this annual report from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) describes its activities in the past fiscal year (FY). The first section, Secretary of Education T. H. Bell's report, highlights ED accomplishments in FY 1982 in such areas as federal legislation, civil rights, and paperwork reduction, and also lists ED goals…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Bilingual Education, Civil Rights
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1988
This document comprises the final technical report of the evaluation of the 1988-89 secondary bilingual and English-as-a-Second-Language programs for Hispanic limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD); these programs are enhanced with federal funding under the Emergency School Aid Act of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Federal Programs, Hispanic Americans
DiMartino, Rita – 1988
This testimony was presented by the chairperson of the board of directors of one of the largest national Hispanic organizations before a Senate Republican Task Force on Hispanic Affairs. The following key points are presented: (1) low educational attainment and literacy severely limit the economic opportunities of Hispanics and place a strain on a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Steele, Diane; Gutmann, Babette – 1989
This document summarizes the State Performance Reports for programs funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act for 1986-87. Reports are submitted annually by State Education Agencies (SEAs) to provide information on Local Education Agency (LEA) and State Agency Neglected or Delinquent (SAND) compensatory education…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged
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