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Download full textCenterWork, 1993
Vocational-technical education was lifted from relative obscurity to a place of prominence in the ongoing debate surrounding school reform. Historically, three major competing policy forces forged vocational education programs--unique needs of the local community, policies and purposes of each state, and overarching goals of federal programs.…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational History
Garing, Kelli; And Others – 1992
This document lists some of the resources available on the issue of the school-to-work transition. Many of the selected items are available from the Indiana Youth Institute (IYI). The first of four sections summarizes facts about the school-to-work transition, including the transition itself, youth labor and tax laws, and legislation enacted in…
Descriptors: Books, Computer Software, Education Work Relationship, Educational Resources
Brindley, Syble – 1993
This conference presentation chronicles the development of a coalition of over 20 Alabama health and education agencies, institutions, and organizations, representing a united effort to strengthen comprehensive school health in the state. The coalition was formed in response to removal of the mandated high school health requirement from the Code…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Health, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Educational Change
Connecticut State Dept. of Income Maintenance, Hartford. – 1992
The Job Connection, which meets the requirements stipulated in the Family Support Act of 1988, is structured to ensure that needy families with children obtain the education, training, and employment needed to help them avoid long-term welfare dependence. The Job Connection program is administered through Connecticut's Department of Income…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Employment Services
Schexnayder, Deanna T.; And Others – 1991
This paper reports results of a baseline analysis of Job Training Partnership Act-welfare coordination efforts in Texas. Following an introduction, section II provides a brief overview of the literature on welfare dynamics and program participation and describes Texas programs to move Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients into…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Cooperative Programs
Mitchell, Douglas E. – 1985
New state laws and regulations designed to improve teacher quality are described in this policy brief. The new policies represent eight strategies for dealing with teaching quality issues: testing and screening; teacher compensation; preservice training and certification; staff development; enhanced management and supervision; teacher job…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Organizational Climate, Personnel Policy
Smith, Rosslyn M.; And Others – 1992
Despite complaints from undergraduate students concerning language and pedagogical skills of international teaching assistants (ITAs), institutions of higher education continue to appoint ITAs to teach. Legislative mandates have appeared to assess and improve language and pedagogical skills of ITAs, and the academies have likewise responded with…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Educational Legislation, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Students
Smith, Rosslyn M.; And Others – 1992
This digest summarizes a longer document with the same title that discusses the problem of using, training, and assessing international teaching assistants (ITAs) in undergraduate education. Legislative mandates have appeared to assess and improve language and pedagogical skills of ITAs, and academies have likewise responded with workshops and…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Educational Legislation, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Students
Cannon, Delinda T.; And Others – 1992
This resource manual was produced to assist the South Carolina Technical College System's efforts to improve institutional effectiveness and accountability. The first two sections of the manual provide a brief foreword, a description of state initiatives for research and academic excellence in South Carolina, the text of state legislation…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Assessment, Institutional Characteristics, Institutional Research
Uerling, Donald F. – 1993
This paper discusses some basic constitutional and statutory principles related to affirmative action and reverse discrimination in employment of educational personnel. The specifications of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, other statutes and regulations, and selected Supreme Court cases…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Constitutional Law
Nichols, Mary Jo – 1993
This report of a special State Technical College Task Force responds to a Minnesota legislative directive regarding needed changes in preservice and continuing education programs for personnel providing services for people with developmental disabilities. Introductory material provides background information and a summary of the 1991 legislation…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education, Developmental Disabilities
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (ED), Washington, DC. Compensatory Education Programs. – 1993
This document provides the individual and panel presentations for the Annual National Conference of State Chapter 1 Coordinators concerning Compensatory Education Programs. Presentations and their authors are as follows: (1) "Chapter 1 and School Reform: An Overview" (Richard W. Riley); (2) "Systemic Reform and Educational…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change
Fry, Ronald R., Ed.; Garner, William E., Ed. – 1993
Selected papers are as follows: "Evolving Policy Paradigms and Legislative Implications for Vocational Assessment Services" (LeConte et al.); "Integrating Academic Competencies in Vocational Assessment, Education, and Training" (DeMoss, Horvath); "Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)" (Thomas et al.); "Selecting…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Diagnostic Tests
Lacroix, Anne-Laurence – 1996
This report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child contains observations of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) concerning the application of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The report's introduction points out that although OMCT welcomes Yugoslavia's efforts in…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Safety, Child Welfare
Bagozzi, Daniela – 1996
This report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child contains observations of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) concerning the application of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the Republic of Guatemala. The report's introductory summary asserts that although Guatemala has begun to undertake institutional…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Safety, Child Welfare
