This report presents current statistics, reports, statutory language, and regulations pertaining to child care in the United States in 1974. A short summary precedes the numerous tables which compose nearly three-quarters of the report. These tables illustrate the following kinds of data: (1) the number and status of children needing child care;…

The study derives a model of the unemployment insurance (UI) system and its relationship to the labor market, estimates it with data from the Detroit Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, and evaluates its potential use to forecast UI benefit amounts, UI insured unemployment, and UI exhaustions. It further uses the model to analyze policy issues…

One of the products developed by the Home and Community-Based Career Education Project, the booklet focuses on the concerns of women who want or need to begin or resume a career. It describes today's working woman, examines her options, and presents practical suggestions for overcoming obstacles in planning for and implementing career decisions.…

Constituting the third annual report of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE), this document is divided into the following six sections: (1) The Lessons of Title IV of the Indian Education Act: Needs and Achievements (full funding for Title IV; the role of the American Indian Policy Review Commission; direct Federal funding;…

The report of the National Advisory Council for Career Education (NACCE) presents a design for structuring and legislatively implementing elementary and secondary career education at the national level. Part 1 of the report, recommendations for career education legislation, provides a funding schedule over a five-year period to accomplish nine…

Offering an overview and informal appraisal of the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) and its amendments since 1962, the study focuses on the vocational education program and the development of its legislation and administration. The 12 years of manpower training legislation from MDTA to the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act…

The report investigates issues in the assessment of the impact of vocational education and manpower training on the labor market. Structurally, the report begins with a review of Federal vocational education and manpower legislation and of evaluative research in vocational education and manpower training. Because this report is essentially an…

A description of the origin and development of the California Youth Conservation and Training and its relationship to federal legislation and actions is the focus of this report. The program, authorized by the state legislature in 1963, trained out-of-school, unemployed youth, 16-21 years old for a period of six months. Emphasis was on good…

This issue of a publication of the Harvard Center for Law and Education contains articles concerning: (1) the failure of the educational "tracking" system; (2) the need for decentralized educational decision-making by the principal; (3) an evaluation of ESEA Title I citing its failure and recommending a strategy for litigation; (4) the…

Intended primarily for California educators, this handbook outlines the history, aims, and structure of continuation education (mainly for out of school youth under 18), and discusses procedures and problems in the areas of program establishment and administration, relations with full time school and other agencies, counseling, guidance, general…

Program activities sponsored by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in the education of the deaf reviewed include Gallaudet College, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, National Advisory Committee on Education of the Deaf, Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and Captioned Films for the Deaf. Also summarized are centers and…

The 11-member National Advisory Committee presents various reasons to urge reconsideration of the proposed amount of financial support for programs for handicapped children. The proposed limitation of federal funding for fiscal year 1970 which will deprive over 60% of the handicapped of special education services and which will drastically reduce…

This staff paper examines the operational and organizational practices involved in utilizing the volunteer services of members of state councils on vocational education. Evaluative responsibilities, consultative services, and relationships are discussed, as well as comments and conclusions concerning the role of interdependence and leadership…

This guide to 24 government financial assistance programs describes and details the purpose, authorizing legislation, eligibility, method of operation, implications for English and foreign languages, funding, and addresses for current information for each source of assistance. Authorizing legislation for the programs discussed includes: (1) Higher…

This memorandum reviews the need for studies on sex discrimination in public schools and suggests groups that should make local reviews and those areas which need reviewing -- one sex schools; one sex or practically one sex courses; physical education, sports, and other extracurricular activities; textbooks, library books, and other curricular…