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Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Guralnick, Eva, Ed.; Calder, Judy, Ed.; Walsh, Eileen, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2005
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of the newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Health, Child Safety, Caregiver Training
Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Guralnick, Eva, Ed.; Calder, Judy, Ed.; Walsh, Eileen, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2005
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of the newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Health, Child Safety, Information Sources
Nicholas, Jason – Online Submission, 2005
Under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, the administration of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) became mandatory for all states in mathematics and reading for grades four and eight. Under NCLB the stated role and purpose of collecting achievement data from states varies from being a "discussion tool" to a…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 8, Federal Legislation, National Competency Tests
Hogan, Lyn A.; Erden, James Van; Mower, Eleanor; Patel, Apurva; Mitchell, Steve – 1997
This guide is designed to help U.S. businesses successfully hire and retain individuals moving from welfare to work. Section 1 discusses the different circumstances created by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 and how those changes affect business. Section 2 reviews bottom-line benefits realized by…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Economically Disadvantaged, Employer Employee Relationship
Johnson, Eldon L. – 1989
Inaugural addresses of all state university presidents before 1860 were reviewed for major themes regarding the evolution of the state university idea. Five indicators of gradual change toward a distinctive state university concept are discussed: the reflection of self-conscious nationalism in new educational institutions to match the new…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Church Related Colleges, College Presidents, Educational History
Schoppmeyer, Martin W. – 1997
The Arkansas school finance equity suit titled "Lakeview vs. Tucker" was heard in 1994, and the state funding formula was declared unconstitutional. With much difficulty, a new law was passed to combine a number of previously categorical funds into the instructional budget. However, the constitutionality of the new law remains in…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Categorical Aid, Constitutional Law, Educational Administration
Taylor, George R. – 1997
This social skills curriculum has been developed as a guide to assist in instructing students with disabilities in determining what behaviors are and are not acceptable in our society. Chapters include: (1) "The Disabled, Classified and Defined" (George R. Taylor and J. Richard Rembold); (2) "Social Learning Theories: An…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Office of Postsecondary Education, Washington DC. Student Financial Assistance Programs. – 1998
This package of training materials is intended for participants in a workshop for administrators at institutions of higher learning involved in administering student financial aid programs under Title IV of the Higher Education Act. The workshop agenda is divided into 28 sessions over five days. Sessions cover: introduction and overview;…
Descriptors: College Administration, Compliance (Legal), Eligibility, Federal Aid
Kissam, Ed; Dorsey, Holda – 1997
This module, which may be used as the basis for a workshop or as a special topic unit in adult basic education or English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) courses, focuses on issues related to women's immigration status. The following items are included: module overview; list of basic, thinking, interpersonal, information utilization, and other skills…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, English (Second Language), Federal Legislation
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. Dept. of Information Management. – 1994
The Chapter 1 reading, writing, and mathematics instruction programs of the Des Moines (Iowa) public schools were evaluated for the 1993-94 school year. These programs provided supplemental instruction for about 2,968 students in 1993-94 through six components: (1) schoolwide projects; (2) the Reading Recovery Program; (3) the Reading/Writing Lab…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Educational Planning
Florida State Postsecondary Education Commission, Tallahassee. – 1994
This report presents an evaluation of Florida's College Reach-Out Program (CROP) and data on the 1992-93 cohort of institutions and students that the program serves. CROP is a state-wide program designed to increase the number of students successfully completing postsecondary education by providing academic enrichment opportunities and career…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Counseling, College Bound Students, College School Cooperation
National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education. – 1995
A study examined the use of, and the need for, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act funding reserves for sex equity programs and programs for displaced homemakers, single parents, and single pregnant women. Of 34 local program operators interviewed, 17 received sex equity grants, and 22 received displaced homemaker,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Displaced Homemakers, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Carlsson, Ulla, Ed.; von Feilitzen, Cecilia, Ed. – 1998
This yearbook compiles information on research findings on children and youth and media violence, as seen from the perspective of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child. The thematic focus of the yearbook is on the influence of children's exposure to media violence. Section 1 of the yearbook, "Children and Media on the…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Children, Childrens Rights, Childrens Television
Kannapel, Patricia J.; Aagaard, Lola; Coe, Pamelia; Reeves, Cynthia A. – 2000
From 1990 to 2000, a qualitative study of the implementation of the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) was conducted in four small rural school districts in Kentucky. KERA reflects key components of what would later be termed "systemic reform": a unifying set of goals that all students must attain, a coherent system of instructional…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Change, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Werner, Heinz – 2001
In the 1960s, German industry experienced a greater need for labor. Recruitment agreements for "guestworkers" were concluded with a number of Mediterranean countries, with the opinion at the time being that temporary immigration would be in the interests of all involved: German firms would get cheap labor, the "guestworkers"…
Descriptors: Adults, Developed Nations, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
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