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Download full textFlorida State Postsecondary Education Commission, Tallahassee. – 1994
This report presents an evaluation of Florida's College Reach-Out Program (CROP) and data on the 1992-93 cohort of institutions and students that the program serves. CROP is a state-wide program designed to increase the number of students successfully completing postsecondary education by providing academic enrichment opportunities and career…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Counseling, College Bound Students, College School Cooperation
National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education. – 1995
A study examined the use of, and the need for, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act funding reserves for sex equity programs and programs for displaced homemakers, single parents, and single pregnant women. Of 34 local program operators interviewed, 17 received sex equity grants, and 22 received displaced homemaker,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Displaced Homemakers, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Carlsson, Ulla, Ed.; von Feilitzen, Cecilia, Ed. – 1998
This yearbook compiles information on research findings on children and youth and media violence, as seen from the perspective of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child. The thematic focus of the yearbook is on the influence of children's exposure to media violence. Section 1 of the yearbook, "Children and Media on the…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Children, Childrens Rights, Childrens Television
Kannapel, Patricia J.; Aagaard, Lola; Coe, Pamelia; Reeves, Cynthia A. – 2000
From 1990 to 2000, a qualitative study of the implementation of the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) was conducted in four small rural school districts in Kentucky. KERA reflects key components of what would later be termed "systemic reform": a unifying set of goals that all students must attain, a coherent system of instructional…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Change, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Werner, Heinz – 2001
In the 1960s, German industry experienced a greater need for labor. Recruitment agreements for "guestworkers" were concluded with a number of Mediterranean countries, with the opinion at the time being that temporary immigration would be in the interests of all involved: German firms would get cheap labor, the "guestworkers"…
Descriptors: Adults, Developed Nations, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Kazis, Richard – 2001
This report focuses on the potential of Workforce Investment Act Youth Councils (YCs) to become proponents of and planners for coordinated youth services and to advocate for improved outcomes for in-school and out-of-school youth, whether a person qualifies for services under the act or not. The study reviews plans and strategies of YCs in these…
Descriptors: Community Coordination, Community Programs, Community Resources, Education Work Relationship
Winthrop, Jerauld – 2001
Career academies are high school programs that frame academic learning around a career focus in order to increase student motivation and achievement. They generally have three defining features: a school-within-a-school structure, a college preparation curriculum with a career theme, and partnerships with employers, the community, and higher…
Descriptors: Career Academies, Compliance (Legal), Education Work Relationship, Employer Employee Relationship
Pol, Milan; Rabusicova, Milada – 1996
After 1989, because of political and social change in the Czech Republic, a new and effective system of school governance developed. Before this date, schools were closely tied to central controlling bodies; however, in recent years, there has been a tendency to set up a system in which schools can become an open and organic part of their local…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Involvement, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Melo, Luz Angela – 2000
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 nation of Costa Rica. The report's introduction notes that in addition to ratifying the Convention, Costa Rica's…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Safety
Rainey, Susan J.; Kinsler, Waren S.; Kannarr, Tina L.; Reaves, Asa E. – 1995
This document is comprised of California state statutes, federal legislation, and court litigation pertaining to hate speech and the First Amendment. The document provides an overview of California education code sections relating to the regulation of speech; basic principles of the First Amendment; government efforts to regulate hate speech,…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Karl, Ann Marie M. – 1995
This guidebook facilitates the study of the life and work of LeRoy Collins, Florida's 33rd Governor (1955-1961), through a law-related education program. It is designed to accompany the instructional videotape about Collins, "Where He Stood." The goal is to have all Florida students and future citizens identify, appreciate, and be able…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Civics, Curriculum Development
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Washington, DC. – 2002
This module on one's rights as a consumer is one of ten in the Money Smart curriculum, and includes an instructor guide and a take-home guide. It was developed to help adults outside the financial mainstream enhance their money skills and create positive banking relationships. It is designed to enable participants to become familiar with their…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Banking, Basic Business Education, Behavioral Objectives
Ekstrom, Ruth B., Ed.; Smith, Douglas K., Ed. – 2002
This book is designed to assist testing professionals as they face the challenge of how best to assess and test people with disabilities. Chapters include: (1) "Testing Individuals with Disabilities: Reconciling Social Science and Social Policy" (Diana Pullin); (2) "The Psychometrics of Testing Individuals with Disabilities"…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Adults, Civil Rights, College Admission
Peterson, Janice – 2002
Current debates about welfare reform center on the upcoming reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) legislation. The provisions of TANF include the elimination of the entitlement to cash assistance, block grant funding to the states, mandatory work requirements, sanctions, a 5-year limit on cash assistance, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Educational Needs, Employed Women, Entry Workers
Rees, Nina Shokraii – 2000
During 1999, the school choice movement succeeded in winning the enactment of an education tax credit program in Illinois and two new charter school laws, in addition to the sweeping (although subsequently overturned) school choice plan in Florida. Pennsylvania, New Mexico, and Texas also attempted to enact school choice legislation. In addition,…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Free Choice Transfer Programs
