This document outlines the development, evaluation, and replication of the Carrera model for pregnancy prevention. The Carerra model helps teens avoid pregnancy by empowering them to develop and reach personal goals, and by providing them with information on sexual issues, including abstinence, contraception, and the consequences of sexual…

This paper presents the final report of the Kauffman Grant--JumpStart III Entrepreneur*Wise Training Program for Displaced Homemakers at Westchester Community College from April 1, 1997 to December 31, 1999. This report is divided into nine parts. Section 1 looks at programs offered and individuals counseled. Section 2 discusses the…

Educational institutions, families, and communities are not meeting the educational needs of more than 50 percent of the students enrolled in public and private schools in the United States. In 1997, only 43 percent of high school seniors reported themselves to be in demanding "academic" programs, compared with 45 percent in…

This policy statement from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities addresses the benefits of public higher education. Along with introductory and concluding sections, the statement addresses access, academic quality, research and public service, accountability, public financial support, and balanced governance. The statement…

This "Operational Issues" document is intended to accompany the State Board of Education?s policy recommendations for providing equitable opportunities for all Nebraska students to receive an essential education. The Essential Education Policy will serve as the foundation document to guide immediate and long-range planning to achieve the equitable…

Results of school district reorganization may be viewed in a number of ways. Frequently progress is measured in terms of the number of local districts eliminated by incorporating their territory in larger units. Results may likewise be measured by increases in the number of new districts having certain characteristics of size or other features…

Focuses on the role of education and its contribution to blacks' economic advancement, finding that younger blacks are making substantial progress in achieving secondary and higher education, and this increased education is yielding higher incomes both absolutely and relative to whites. (Author/JM)

Discussed the problems of the Open University and how it serves students on a day to day basis. (RK)

Due to variations in the qualifications required for vocational teachers, a prototype associate degree program is suggested and the details described in this article. The effect of the program would be to unify the credentials of vocational educators and to assist in supplying qualified vocational-technical teachers. (DS)

Compares and contrasts the American and West German constitutions regarding questions of educational innovation, reviewing three strategies of educational innovation and pointing to the need to look at the political process itself in terms of educational innovation. (Author/JM)

This article describes the events leading to the National Education Association policy statement that encouraged the elimination of group standardized intelligence aptitude, and achievement tests to assess student potential or achievement until completion of a critical appraisal, review, and revision of current testing programs. The NEA also…

Children in an east Tennessee area can't get to kindergarten, so TV, mobile classrooms, and home visits take kindergarten to them. (Editor)

Article examines the Correspondence School system and the manner in which it has enhanced the New Zealand educational system. (RK)

Author tells how quality instruction can be achieved by cooperative closed circuit television. (Editor)

The first Assembly of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges discussed the role community colleges must assume within post-secondary education. (Author/RK)