This report compares Vermont's experience with two federally funded programs aimed at reducing unemployment. The first was a Special Work Project (SWP) directed toward providing work experience rather than skill training for welfare recipients, and also for low-income families. A second approach was through the Public Employment Program (PEP).…

Presented are regulations and policies to implement provisions mandated by the Maine Legislature for education of exceptional children. Goals are given such as providing every exceptional child with a comprehensive educational program, and promoting acceptance of exceptional children within the educational profession and the public. Summarized are…

This brochure presents regulatory guidelines on sex discrimination with sections devoted to: general principles; sex as a bona fide occupational qualification; separate lines of progression and seniority systems; discrimination against married women; advertising job opportunities; employment agencies; pre-employment inquiries as to sex; the…

Summarized in this interim report are the proceedings and accomplishments of a career education exemplary project for the period 1972-73. Piloted in public and private elementary, secondary, and post secondary schools, the project provides for orientation and exploration into career opportunities, work experience, and job placement. Contained are…

This is an individually administered test designed as an aid in placing Kindergarten children in an appropriate developmental curriculum sequence, and in determining at what level to begin instruction. The test covers motor development, auditory perception, visual perception, and language development. Test materials consist of an administrator's…

The purposes of this institute were to (1) provide the information needed to offer vocational courses for the non-college bound handicapped and disadvantaged, (2) point out the need for remedial and psychological services, (3) increase participants' understanding of the role of the counselor in our rapidly changing society, (4) increase emphasis…

This study was designed to determine the extent to which public postsecondary vocational-technical education leads to success in the labor market. Eighty-three graduates from a technical institute, plus two control groups from the local public high schools comprised the subjects for this ex-post facto analysis. F ratio and t tests were used to…

Discussions with council members, a review of relevant documents, contacts with legislative personnel, and interviews with vocational personnel in the California State Department of Education were the sources of information used to determine the feasibility of a "career ladder" curriculum. It was concluded that the career preparation of all people…

Programs described in this booklet, the 1970 annual report of the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, are indicative of some of the services and opportunities for foreign students studying in the United States. Counseling services available to the foreign students and orientation procedures for incoming students are…

The issues and outcomes uncovered in the Minneapolis New Careers project had three stated goals: (1) to help low-income people enter the job market in the human service occupations, (2) to allow the low income aide to help the middle class professional relate to a variety of minority groups, and (3) to create new careers of socially useful jobs at…

The narrative portion of Chapter I identifies the study population as "those disabled disadvantaged who reside in areas where there are limitations and a lack of accessibility to both medical and vocational diagnostic and treatment facilities, vocational training or school facilities, public and private social service agencies and personnel, and…

The New York City Board of Education under Title I of the Elementary Secondary Education Act has instituted a program of special corrective reading services for disadvantaged children in nonpublic schools. Under the program, the Board of Education through its Division of Funded Programs, Office of ESEA Title I Programs for the Non-public Schools,…

Career education is defined in this handbook as a comprehensive educational program wherein the student's attention is focused on careers, beginning in grade 1 or earlier and continuing through the adult years. It is noted that the expected outcomes of career education are that every student will develop the competencies necessary for life and for…

"If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we solve the problems of our cities?" The demand for urban services and the manpower needs of local governments were increasing dramatically. Skilled professional personnel were unemployed. The Aerospace Employment Project was set up as a special pilot project to test whether unemployed professional…

The purpose of this annual report is to evaluate a demonstration project in vocational counseling for urban youth which is composed of four major elements: (1) a career orientation program for preadolescents, (2) a cooperative work experience program for students enrolled in vocational skill development at the secondary level, (3) a job placement…