The Congressional Research Service has compiled the information in this document in order to assist the 100th Congress as it considers reauthorization of most of the major Federal elementary and secondary programs. For each program, basic statistics, a short history, and a summary of the major issues confronting the Congress in reauthorization are…

This report describes an Education Consolidation and Improvement Act-Chapter 1 program for at-risk kindergarten children in four Bellingham (Washington) elementary schools. Children in the program are included in regular kindergarten classes, which meet two full days each week and every other Friday. The children also attend the Kindergarten for…

This report describes a program that aims to be fundamentally compete and would give students a thorough grounding in the arts, communication, media and computer skills, second languages, healthful living, mathematics, science, social studies, and vocational education. Its premise is that there is a common core of knowledge and skills that every…