NIE feels that it has an important role to play as contributor and participant in the process of mediating the respective needs and expertise of the various constituent groups involved in in-service teacher education research. (JMF)

Attempts to make sense of a rather confused picture of the varied factors, agencies, and influences concerned with and affecting policy regarding arts education. Presents highlights of a proposal by the Assembly of National Arts Education Associations concerning the federal government's role in arts education. (Author/JM)

New initiatives, administrative changes, and funding levels are discussed in this position paper. Among the recommendations are: better implementation of existing policies; better utilization of existing funds; improved targeting of funds; additional public service employment funding; revenue sharing reforms; and improved housing and community…

Clarifies some of the conceptual, empirical, and normative issues that have been raised by criticisms of affirmative action. Indicates that the issues are more complex and the criticisms less decisive than some commentators seem to realize; the case against affirmative action has not been made in any rigorous sense. (Author/IRT)

The Job Corps is a federal program that gives at-risk students a chance to compete for jobs that exist. In addition to job training, participants are given remedial basic education and social skills and employability training. (JOW)

Presents a resiliency model of job training that emphasizes applicant recruitment, assessment, and development. The model can increase program success rates by using psychological assessment and professional development goals of the individual. Discusses the effectiveness of federal jobs training and the need for training versus the ability to use…

Reviews five federal policy-based initiatives for children and families (Project Head Start; lead poisoning prevention; Medicaid; Special Supplemental Program for Women, Infants, and Children; and Earned Income Tax Credit), discussing aspects of federal prevention program design, implementation, policy, and research. (Contains references.) (SM)

Using an educational ideology and curriculum design perspective, a British initiative to promote nurses' lifelong learning was analyzed. The program creates a clash between romanticist and revisionist ideology. From the perspective of Beattie's fourfold curriculum model, it fails to acknowledge the uniqueness of nursing knowledge, the field's…

Depression-era vocational programs trained local workers and "warehoused" the unemployed. Examines Depression-era enrollments in federal vocational programs and analyzes mechanisms affecting the match between federal policy goals and local policy outcomes in three southern states. Black enrollments responded to funding differences. White…

Evaluation of the implementation of Individual Learning Accounts in Britain revealed five themes that may explain the program's lack of success: individualistic approach to adult education, conflict of individualism with partnership, ineffective targeting of low-skilled populations, lack of linkage with a lifelong commitment to learning, and…

In response to Fischer (HE 527 626), the author considers a proposal to simplify need analysis in Pell grants and other federal need-based student aid as having merit but threatening serious financial harm to many current Pell grant recipients and their institutions. It is argued that focus on budgetary advantages ignores potential dislocations…

In response to Fischer (HE 527 626), the author considers a proposal to simplify and unify need analysis in Pell grants and other federal need-based student aid as appropriate. It is also argued that a single need analysis is needed because the complexity of the existing systems is a barrier to achieving the programs' central goal. (MSE)

Aside from promoting school choice and easing regulatory restraints, the federal government's role seems limited to continuing Chapter 1 and the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. "First Generation" federal programs are a poor match for the problems afflicting urban schools. A new federal strategy is needed to stimulate local planning and…

This paper examines how leadership from the Reagan Administration has galvanized a national effort to improve school performance in pursuit of excellence and economic growth with a minimum of federal expenditures and no direct intervention in state and local educational affairs. (TE)

Describes the NorthWest Service Academy (NWSA), part of the AmeriCorps national service initiative, that focuses on community work programs in education, the environment, health and human needs, and public safety in parts of Oregon and Washington. NWSA participants receive a weekly living allowance and basic health insurance, as well as a $4,725…