Successful discipline, improved school climates, and behavioral competence are integrally related to improving academic outcomes. This policy brief presents common discipline practices in schools and discuss current discipline data from Indiana. In addition, the report examines school-wide Positive Behavior Support (PBS), an alternative approach…

This article examines the employment and child care responses of families participating in 10 experimental welfare reform programs conducted in the United States between 1989 and 2002. For the programs analyzed, child care use increases by about the same amount as the increase in employment. Most of the increased child care comprises informal care…

A study examined the relationship between students' participation in the Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) and their mastery of personal development skills. A secondary purpose was to collect baseline data for VICA in West Virginia. A three-part questionnaire was administered to all 156 VICA members who attended the Annual West…

A survey polled high schools in Iowa to examine the following research questions: (1) Which high schools in Iowa do and do not publish a student newspaper?; (2) What is the frequency of publication?; (3) Which schools publish their newspaper as part of the local community paper?; (4) What changes have occurred in the profile of the average high…

This report provides statistical information on fall 1995 enrollments in Pennsylvania colleges and universities. Data are drawn from an annual survey of 144 Pennsylvania colleges and universities and national surveys conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics. Approximately 618,600 students were enrolled in postsecondary degree…

A survey of 50,273 practicing physicians in New York State gathered data on demographic characteristics, medical education characteristics, practice setting characteristics, and specialty practice characteristics. Highlights of survey findings include: (1) physicians are distinctively male (78 percent) and white (76 percent); (2) minority…

A study examined the characteristics of a sample of 1,722 inmates (166 females and 1,556 males) received by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction in September and October 1985. The sample (approximately 18.9% of all inmates received by the department in 1985) was characterized with respect to the following: race, age, educational…

Primary findings of the Maine Student Drug Survey, administered during the academic year 1995-96, are presented. Highlights of the study findings, selected prevalence findings, selected risk and protective factor findings, policy recommendations, and recommendations for future research are presented. The questionnaire and the study are described…

This study was conducted with three purposes in mind: (1) to determine the utility of the Colwell Music Achievement Test 3 (MAT3) as an instrument for measuring student instrumental music achievement; (2) to determine the types of musical achievement exhibited by students in Tennessee's secondary music programs; and (3) to determine the utility of…

In the fall of 1979 the Department of Law and Public Safety established a task force on juvenile drug and alcohol use in New Jersey. A survey instrument was developed as a cooperative effort by the Departments of Law and Public Safety, Education, and Health, and was administered to approximately 2,000 high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors…

This report presents an evaluation of area studies and ethnic studies programs offered at institutions in the State University System (SUS) of Florida. The programs covered include domestically and internationally oriented interdisciplinary programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The internationally oriented programs are Latin…

This study examines the characteristics and work environments of child care personnel employed by 80 day care centers throughout Alberta. Findings indicated that, on average, child care staff had higher levels of education than the general adult population in the province. Considerable mobility within the child care field was found. Staff with…

In 1988 West Virginia University established a task force to evaluate possible strategies for a statewide dropout prevention program. An emerging focus of the task force is the creation of similar task forces at the local level that would make dropout prevention a community responsibility and build community partnerships to provide a comprehensive…

This study evaluates the effects of the Minnesota education expense tax deduction law. The study design was limited, since the Minnesota Department of Revenue declined to participate in the survey. Within these limitations the study looked at (1) the number of tax returns claiming education deductions, (2) the distribution of gross income for…

Part of an effort to evaluate the 1978 Missouri State Master Plan for Higher Education, this report reexamines the enrollment projections contained in the plan to determine whether those projections are adequate to serve as a basis for statewide higher education planning efforts for the remainder of the 1980s and the early 1990s. The first section…