Some 20 percent of children in New England have no safe, supervised activities after the school day ends each afternoon. These children are in self-care, missing out on opportunities to learn and explore new interests, and at risk for any number of risky behaviors including substance abuse, crime and teen pregnancy. Policy makers, parents and many…

As reported by the nine participating agencies, the U.S. Department of Education's Professional Development for Music Educators program largely achieved its goal of enhancing the skills and classroom effectiveness of elementary and secondary school music teachers. However, the majority of the schools involved did not employ an outside entity to…

Changes in the context of the national educational enterprise that influence federal education information dissemination policy and programs are discussed. Education issues claiming the attention of educators, policymakers, and the general public are identified as the first area of contextual change. Two issues currently of public concern--the…

This is an excerpt from the Comptroller General's Report to Congress, March 1974. (JA)

Established in 1974, the National Diffusion Network (NDN) is a diffuse association of primarily school-based instructional or other education programs that have been approved for nationwide dissemination by a federal panel, the Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP). Five principles of NDN are: (1) those who develop a program are best qualified…

This booklet contains descriptions of the programs under the Education Professions Development Act (EPDA) administered by the Bureau of Educational Personnel Development during fiscal year 1971 (July 1, 1970 to June 30, 1971). Material on each of the 14 programs includes a list of objectives, an outline of eligibility requirements for applicants…

Included in this publication are statements, letters, and supplementary materials presented by vocational education specialists at a hearing before the General Subcommittee on Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives. The hearing concerned H.R. 13630, a bill to extend until fiscal 1972 five of the new programs…

"HUMANITIES" is the bi-monthly newsletter of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), a Federal agency established by an Act of Congress in 1965 "for the encouragement and support of national progress and scholarship in the humanities." Typical newsletters include articles on major grants awarded, reading lists, and other current items of…

Critics of television hope that cable television will broaden the scope of programming to include more diversity, more news, more local programming, more visibility for minority groups, and greater use of the medium for the presentation of contending views. This paper reviews what now exists and what is being planned in an effort to determine the…

The components of the Retrieval and Acceleration of Promising Young Handicapped and Talented (RAPYHT) program, a federally funded outreach model for gifted/talented handicapped preschoolers are discussed: general programing, talent screening, talent identification, talent assessment, talent programing, parent involvement, and evaluation. (CL)

Reports on the Commission on Federal Paperwork's efforts to reduce the amount of paperwork required for federal programs. (IRT)

The Reserve Education Assistance Program, or REAP (Chapter 1607 of title 10, U.S. Code), is a new benefit providing educational assistance to members of the reserve components--Selected Reserve (Sel Res) and Individual Ready Reserve (IRR)--who are called or ordered to active service in response to a war or national emergency, as declared by the…