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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1982
Asbestos, a mineral known to cause cancer in humans, is present in an unknown number of schools where it may be hazardous to the health of students and employees. Although the Federal Government has programs designed to address the asbestos situation, it has not determined in what specific circumstances asbestos is a hazard. Therefore, State and…
Descriptors: Asbestos, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Div. of Academic Programs. – 1987
Social studies fairs provide opportunities for citizenship education and for involvement in activities that emphasize thinking and inquiry skills. The Louisiana local, regional, and state social studies fairs present exhibitions of projects prepared by elementary and secondary school students to portray applications of basic principles,…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Programs, Competition, Elementary Secondary Education
Alaska State Commission on Postsecondary Education, Juneau. – 1987
A summary is provided of Alaska's student loan program for postsecondary education. After a brief program descriptions giving the purposes and terms of the program, a question-and-answer section covers purposes and amount of loans, when application should be made, the application process, eligibility and repayments. A schedule of payments and…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Students, Financial Aid Applicants, Higher Education
Price, LaVeta Higgs, Ed.; Choate, Joyce, S., Ed. – 1982
The document contains reports, resources, illustrations, questionnaires, activities, and guidelines for teachers of gifted students. Materials are divided into 14 sections: (1) general information on gifted children, teachers of gifted/talented children, administrators, parents of gifted/talented, and sources of information; (2) national…
Descriptors: Art, Career Education, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education
Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, Washington, DC. – 1994
The current approach to dealing with childhood lead poisoning has led to repeated diagnoses of poisoning because such children are treated and then returned to their hazardous environments. This handbook, the third in a three-volume set, provides examples of specific materials currently or recently used in ongoing state and local childhood lead…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Community Education, Community Programs
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Bilingual Education Office. – 1990
This guide, designed for limited-English-speaking native Portuguese-speaking parents in California and presented in both Portuguese and English versions, is a general reference about the California State educational system. Sections address the following topics in question-and-answer format: matriculation, general information, and transportation;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Education, Continuing Education, Curriculum Design
American Univ., Washington, DC. Adult Learning Potential Inst. – 1980
This document on involvement by states and higher education in adult learning is one in a series of four developed to provide a comprehensive overview of the scope of training practices relating to adult learning. It consists of two sections, each summarizing the results of extensive surveys pertaining to training programs for special adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
