The 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative provides funds for afterschool programs across the country and is the only federal funding source dedicated exclusively to afterschool programming. 21st CCLC-funded programs operate during nonschool hours (i.e., before and after school, summers, holidays, and weekends) and present children…

In 2007, the physical education program at Sunnyside Middle School in Lafayette, Indiana, was in constant flux. Teacher turnover occurred annually, facilities were subpar, the curriculum was outdated, opportunities for professional development were rare, and most importantly, students lacked maximum movement opportunities in physical education. In…

Information on this list of vocational education research projects for fiscal year 1977 includes the following: state name and project number; grant number or contract number; grantee or contractor and project director's address; the title of the project; project time period; and the amount of the grant. A section is also provided for the special…

A consortium of universities has charged that research money has been concentrated in a small number of states that have already established close ties between higher education and small businesses. Some small-business advocates believe the consortium is trying to win money that has been earmarked for small businesses. (MLW)

The casebook attempts to demonstrate the value of research and development for vocational education by examining selected projects conducted in the southern States that comprise the Southwide Research Coordinating Council. Resumes of the 26 projects carried out by the research coordinating units of 14 States are presented: Alabama, Arkansas,…

Describes 35 Foreign Language and Area Research awards funded by the U.S. Office of Education. The $900,000 provided for these programs was intended to stimulate and strengthen the teaching of foreign languages and related courses in area studies, including assessment studies, research in teaching methods, and development of curricular materials.…

To train individuals who might design and implement plans for developing alternative sources of energy like solar or geothermal power, the Office of Education supports graduate fellowships in mining, mineral, and mineral fuel conservation. Describes three projects funded by the fellowship program during the 1976-77 academic year. (Author/RK)

The abstracts were taken from the final reports of projects in Oregon funded under the Vocational Education Amendments of 1974, Part C and D, during the 1973-74 year. The projects include those funded through monies administered and allocated by the State of Oregon and those operating under direct Federal grants. The abstracts have been reproduced…

This seventh annual compilation presents resumes of ongoing projects in career education, vocational education, and education and work. These contract and grant awards are administered by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Vocational and Adult Education, National Institute of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary…

Data are presented on awards made under authority of the Higher Education Act, Title VIII, for cooperative education programs from 1972-77. Legislative highlights of the cooperative education program and specific information about eligibility requirements and application and award procedures are provided. Maps show first through fourth year…

In five chapters and two appendices, this report discusses the goals and activities for 1978-79 of the National Institute of Education (NIE) and the National Council on Educational Research (NCER), which is the policy-making body for the NIE. In the first chapter, outgoing NCER chairman John E. Corbally reviews problems involved in utilizing NIE…

This brochure by the Coordinating Committee on Research in Vocational Education (CCRVE) for prospective grantees and contractors provides information on the various kinds of federal funding for research, development, and demonstration projects available in vocational education, career education, and education and work. It discusses these federal…

This report presents brief descriptions of the National Institute of Education's (NIE) major programs in fiscal year 1973 and fiscal year 1974. Included in the description of each program is a discussion of one sample project underway in that field. In addition to the descriptions, each section contains a list of contractors and grantees who…

Research and development projects for improvement of the administration of vocational education at the State level are described in the report. These projects, supported by the Office of Education for fiscal year 1975, are efforts to develop management information systems that will make available to State administrators information to aid in the…

Forty project abstracts constitute this collection, all of them Pennsylvania research and exemplary activities conducted during the 1975-76 fiscal year and supported with part C and D federal vocational funds (Public Law 90-576). Each of the one-page abstracts contains project title, name and address of project director, project dates, amounts of…