The Environmental Home Economics Education project in Alaska has three goals: to incorporate environmental education in the home economics curriculum, to expand interest in environmental home economics, and to share gained knowledge and materials nationally. (Author)

Discussed are the differing goals of vocational and general education, the latter including industrial arts. Though not a vocational subject, industrial arts contributes to the purposes of vocational education, and the Education Amendments of 1976 permit spending of vocational education money for industrial arts programs. Suggestions are offered…

Linear programing is an approach that Oklahoma is currently using to channel vocational and technical education programs into manpower areas that need training. (BP)

The author lists some 20 principles as restated by state-level decision makers, presents definite ideas on how policy should be stated, and calls on states to review not only their policy statements but also their rules and regulations. (Editor/HD)

Overview of three speakers discussing women in vocational education and the recently issued regulations for the 1976 education amendments. Notes that implementing the amendments as well as eliminating sex stereotyping and bias calls for change and action, particularly at the local level. (Editor/SH)

A model for statewide planning of professional development covers everything from determining needs to managing the system. (Editor/HD)

A consortium approach in Delaware's State technical schools offers a common B. S. degree competency-based program to persons seeking a teaching career in either trade and industry or industrial arts. (Author/AJ)

Describes an Arkansas articulation model in business and office education which attempts to bridge the gap between the traditional experience-based system and the performance-based system by incorporating the strengths of each system. The model includes eight elements and covers the four cluster areas of accounting, office practice, shorthand, and…

This description of the INDEPTH program (Inservice Distributive Education Program of Teaching Help) in Virginia includes a discussion of the program's background, salient features, and its six 15-hour modules. (The program was developed by distributive education personnel in three Virginia universities, the Virginia Department of Education, and…