Authors analyze the interrelationship between state expenditures for graduate education and the state economy. (HS)

Report on steps which USOE has taken to implement President Nixon's directive. (Editor)

Briefly describes a proposal to create a statewide educational system open to all state residents regardless of educational background, residence or age. (AK)

A State-by-State survey of environmental education programs that includes information on legislation and funding, and that provides a list of departments to contact. (JF)

A statewide project in South Dakota has screened the vision of 2,578 elderly persons in 90 nursing homes, finding 13 percent legally blind and referring 32 percent for services either from agencies for the blind or from physicians or optometrists. (KW)

At the 1970 New York State Fair, the industrial arts exhibit simulated a school environment as students demonstrated activities and projects found in the schools throughout the state. (Author)

Outlines Wisconsin's proposed plan to establish a voucher system for its higher education institutions. (JF)

Includes a list of national agencies supporting drug education, results of a survey dealing with drug education for teachers, discussion of the Drug Abuse Education Act of 1970, and a State-by-State survey of drug education programs. (LR)

Collected information on the quality of needs assessments of the elderly from three sources. Found that the overall quality of the majority of needs assessments was so low as to provide little meaningful input to the planning process. Recommends that states focus on the improvement of needs assessment efforts. (Author)

Educational and supportives services are made available to migrant children through the efforts of Colorado's Recruitment and Identification of Migrant Children Project. (NQ)

In this speculative article, Robert R. Rentz predicts that state educational assessment programs will continue to be fertile ground for measurement innovations, both technological and otherwise, in the areas of test content, development, administration and the reporting of test results. (AEF)

Presents the legislative action program of the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA), including general political objectives and the organization's stance on specific bills in the New Jersey legislature. A summary of national legislative goals and political action information for NJEA members is also provided. (SJL)