Of the currently unemployed workforce, a portion (100,000 to 2.1 million) can be termed dislocated workers. Even as the economy recovers from the current recession, these involuntarily unemployed workers will face serious problems finding new jobs because of structural changes in the economy. Current unemployment and training programs often do not…

This book examines the wide range of opportunities, the attendant problems, and the potential benefits of labor-management cooperation. Cooperative arrangements are considered at different economic levels, and 65 cases are discussed. The first of 10 chapters sets up a conceptual framework for the review of American experience in cooperation.…

This report contains the results of an extensive literature search by the General Accounting Office (GAO) on the subject of teenage prostitution and child pornography and federal, state and local efforts to deal with the problem. Also included are results of a survey of police departments and mayors' offices of the 22 largest U.S. cities and all…

The guide discusses the federal regulations that require program evaluation of Title IV Indian Education Act projects. Sections provide examples of Title IV evaluation in terms of needs, goals, objectives, activities, and evaluations; definitions of each of the aforementioned; examples of how to write product objectives; pointers about product…

Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 authorized the creation of sex desegregation assistance centers (SDACs) to provide local education agencies with technical assistance and training for improving sex fairness in education. This role was later expanded to include assisting local districts in implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments…

The comprehensive system of external examinations in Scotland has undergone major changes. The external examination system has been expanded to cover the entire secondary school curriculum. The examinations will now be administered to all students. The "continuum" model of criterion referenced tests has been adopted for the school…

The result of a comprehensive search for documents about the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) published between 1979 and 1984, this bibliography lists 131 entries which approach ERIC in several different ways: documents of historical interest in the development of ERIC; "how to" items whose object is to initiate the user…

Despite extensive legislation on the subject, more than 44,000 (40%) of the limited-English proficient (LEP) students in New York City are not receiving the legally required language instruction due to them, and only 30% of entitled students receive the full bilingual instructional program that is prescribed by law. Entitled LEP students…

A governor-appointed committee examined South Carolina's job training systems and developed recommendations on providing more effective and efficient job training. A consensus was first developed on conditions that currently exist in the areas of job training, job training's relationship to economic development, and services to target groups.…

This study examines the impact of thirteen National Institute of Education (NIE) demonstration districts' changed allocation policies on a number of outcome measures. The major dependent variables under study are the following: (1) the characteristics of the schools and the students who receive Title I Money (race, economic status, educational…

Provided are the statements presented to the United States Congress in February and March, 1977, on the proposed extention of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. Included is testimony on the progress of the child abuse prevention and treatment effort and recommendations from representatives of private and public agencies and institutions…

This directory lists programs which specialize in providing some form of home-based family-focused child development training for parents, parent educators, agencies, professionals, adolescents, and others. These programs were identified as possible supplements or complements to the training offered by the six regional federally funded Home Start…

The proceedings of the 1976 Orthopsychiatric Workshop on Deafness contains 33 papers on mental health for the deaf. Papers address the following five major topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): current status of mental health services for the deaf (hospital, clinic, and school based programs); federal perspectives (the impact of P. L. 94-142,…

These hearings on Senate bill 418 (Displaced Homemakers Act, 1977) explore the problems or barriers confronting women (primarily middle-aged) who are seeking to reenter the labor force or enter it for the first time and ways that existing or new Federal programs can more adequately serve the needs of these women. The first of several witnesses…

The 1959 National Science Foundation Summer Science Training for High-Ability Secondary School Students Program contained 117 programs offered by 105 institutions in 37 states and Puerto Rico. For this report, 11 of the 117 programs were selected for visits by an observer highly trained and experienced in mathematics and/or science education. In…