In a study of federal funding for nongame wildlife programs, techniques for quantitatively assessing the relative merits of alternative funding sources are examined. Economic efficiency, ability to pay, and benefits received are considered, and the interaction of analysis with political ideologies is discussed. (SLD)

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has allocated at least $200 million over the next five years to support four new supercomputer centers. Issues and trends related to this NSF initiative are examined. (JN)

Describes the author's early educational experiences and details his work in several aspects of school psychology from the 1950s to the present. Discusses special education in the 1950s, early research, gifted education, developments in the 1960s, technical assistance systems and Wang's (1983) Adaptive Learning Environment Models (ALEM). (MCF)

Options for disabled school leavers in the United Kingdom are considered, incuding the Youth Training Scheme, a one-year vocational skill training course, and day centers for those individuals unable to find work. (CL)

The author describes programs of the National Committee, Arts with the Handicapped, including the Very Special Arts Festival program for the visual and peforming arts and Project REAP (Retirement with Enrichment, the Arts and Purpose), which uses retired volunteers in arts education of disabled children and adults. (CL)

The Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services of the U.S. Department of Education, Madeleine Will, discusses problems in educating children with learning difficulties, notes reasons for needed changes, and comments upon the importance of early identification, curriculum based assessment, and parent…

Overview of federal collection of health statistics highlights federal budgets; the National Center for Health Statistics (role, periodicity report); vital statistics (surveys of physicians, hospitals, nursing homes); household surveys (National Health Interview Survey); and proposed reorganization of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of…

Case surveys of 99 federally funded regular education inservice special education training projects revealed, among other findings, that local and state agencies were strongest in collaboration, that projects used the full range of quality practices in their planning, and that projects become more field-based as collaboration increased. (CL)

Discusses a government report that claims that government decision making has improved since federal agencies have been required to submit any proposed action in the form of an environmental impact statement for comments by the public and other agencies. (MLH)

The Commissioner of Education reviews trends in vocational education and reports findings of government inservice education programs for vocational education teachers. (GW)

Described are controversial aspects of the 1976 Health Professions Educational Assistance Act, emphasizing medical school opposition to provision requiring schools to admit third year American students from foreign medical schools in order to receive capitation funds. Principal provisions of the Act are outlined. (SL)

The Secretary is amending the Federal Student Aid Program regulations to implement the changes to the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), resulting from the Higher Education Reconciliation Act of 2005 (HERA), Public Law Number 109-171, and other recently enacted legislation. These interim final regulations reflect the provisions of the…

Head Start is a comprehensive federal preschool program, serving children prenatal through age 5 and their families with the overall goal of increasing the school readiness of young children in low-income families. Noting that the program has typically garnered strong support from political liberals and moderates, this position paper of the…

Examines the bureaucratic structure of the U.S. Office of Education, the trend toward transferring key decisionmaking power out of the bureaucracy and back to the State and local levels, and federal impoundment of education funds appropriated by Congress. (Author/DN)

Describes three new rulings on Title I -- two administrative and one legislative -- that mean changes in procedures for granting federal aid for compensatory education. The administrative rulings have to do with comparability and with auditing for recovery of misspent'' funds. The legislative ruling concerns the use of census data to determine…