To help close gaps between employee skills and employer needs, both federal- and state-funded programs are providing training and helping employers find qualified employees. In 2002, states raised revenues from taxes levied on employers to fund their own programs. This study examined how many states used employer taxes to fund their own employment…

The establishment of soundly organized local districts for administering the schools has long been a major problem in American education. Methods of dealing with this problem have varied greatly ranging from compulsory reorganization of districts by legislative decree to dependence upon highly permissive laws to be used or ignored as local people…

Considered rehabilitation programs that are designed to provide various services to the handicapped and the effect of implementing a communications network. (RK)

Funds made available through the Amendments to the Vocational Education Act are being used to determine the feasibility of sharing facilities and resources under a multi-purpose secondary occupational-vocational center concept in South Dakota. That state's program has been redesigned to meet the demands of both agriculture production and…

Discusses the phenomenon of interstate cooperation programs among institutions. These voluntary activities in public services and education work with Washington, yet preserve their identities as state programs. (MK)

Through a retrospective study, the methods of investigative journalism are analyzed as they are applied to a statewide evaluation of student achievement and to a local school evaluation of new student registration procedures. The benefits and shortcomings of the journalistic approach are illustrated. (Author/AL)

Briefly describes a Nebraska program in which materials were developed through the cooperation of university professors, teachers, state department of education participants, Native Americans, and others. (JM)

Discusses Alaska's Centralized Correspondence Studies program which offers arts electives to the state's rural, isolated, secondary students. Examples of student art work and poetry are included. (SJL)

This description of New Jersey's public vocational education program emphasizes its nondiscriminatory and innovative features. (SJL)

Triage is unique because it includes several functions under a single health care delivery model. Clients' morale improved with their sense of control. Family support systems were enhanced. Costs were reasonable as was the reimbursement system. (JAC)

The increasing tendency in North Carolina to support school expenditures from local revenues may be leading to greater disparities in financing from one school district to another. (Author/IRT)

The views and objectives of the Colorado School Health Council, formulated largely through the efforts of Colorado public school nurses, are set forth. (LH)