Describes comprehensive planning of vocational education at the state level. (SB)

Management by objective is the key--cooperation with other vocational services the watchword. (Editor)

Presents the history and need for a State-wide educational information system. Recommendations and budget details for such a system are prepared for the 1970 Florida Legislature. (MF)

Describes the partnership formed by five Indiana state agencies in order to provide and coordinate job placement, counseling, rehabilitation, and unemployment insurance services. Lists examples of the partnership's successes. (NRJ)

Screening tests indicated that 141 out of 106,565 infants examined in New York City during 1979-80, had various forms of sickle cell anemia. Follow-up of 131 patients confirmed the original diagnoses, suggesting that the New York City Follow-up Program for Sickle Cell Screening of newborns was successful. (Author/MJL)

The author summarized major variables for states to deal with in statewide planning efforts for the education of the hearing impaired. (Author/SW)

Questionnaires completed by 51 state administrators of exceptional students indicated few programs being planned or in existence to compensate regular class teachers for additional responsibilities in mainstreaming. A chart depicts state responses in terms of additional pay, compensatory time, lower pupil-teacher ratio, lower adult-student ratio.…

Presents clients' perceptions of aspects of the foster care system. Includes quotations from written testimony submitted to the Governor's Task Force on Foster Care for Children (Maine 1980), taped interviews with foster children and biological parents, taped testimony delivered at public hearings, and written responses to foster parent…

Assessed the impact of consolidating drug and alcohol programs and agencies at individual and clinic levels. Little relationship between state or clinic level consolidation and clinic level treatment is found. Data confirm that drug/alcohol consolidation can be accomplished without affecting the treatment process at clinic or client levels.…

Describes Illinois' statewide art competition and exhibit, "Themes on a Great Idea," which is cosponsored by Container Corporation of America, the Springfield, Illinois community arts council, the Illinois Art Education Association, and the Illinois State Board of Education. Photographs of some student works illustrate the article. (SJL)

The National Institute of Education's hearings on minimum competency testing sought to educate the public about both sides of the issue. This article summarizes the ground rules for the hearings and the five points of inquiry debated. (WD)