This report on gifted education is based on surveys returned by central education agencies in 49 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. The first section contains informational charts which provide a broad overview of state level services for gifted students. Included are data on the level of personnel support for the…

The Iowa vision of early childhood described in this document was developed in 1990 with input and feedback from many Iowa Department of Education staff, and from individuals and groups outside the department. The goal of the Iowa vision is to insure that early childhood opportunities are available to all children in Iowa. The vision's rationale…

Data on Idaho's limited-English-proficient (LEP) population and the educational services provided to them are reported, as required by federal regulation governing Elementary and Secondary Education Act TITLE VII grants. The first part summarizes the information gained from data collection in 54 school districts, focusing on size and…

Data on Idaho's limited-English-proficient (LEP) population and the educational services provided to them are reported, as required by federal regulation governing Elementary and Secondary Education Act TITLE VII grants. The first part summarizes the information gained from data collection in 63 school districts, focusing on size and…

Compiled by the Wisconsin Board of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (VTAE), this fact book presents information on enrollments, financing, programs, and staffing in the state's VTAE programs from 1980 to 1990. Enrollment data is presented in four tables: 1980-90 VTAE headcount enrollment by aid category; 1980-90 full-time equivalent…

The comprehensive National Child Care Staffing Study confirmed that American children are in jeopardy because their teachers are poorly compensated and minimally trained. An increasing number of local and state efforts have begun to face this crisis head-on. This booklet reviews these efforts, focusing primarily on strategies for raising salaries.…

Focusing primarily on current unrestricted and restricted funds, auxiliary funds, and plant funds, this report explains and provides historical and current data on the revenues and expenditures of the public junior colleges in Mississippi. The first section examines current unrestricted and restricted funds, indicating that the total revenues and…

The extent to which Maryland postsecondary institutions are fulfilling major mission statements is reviewed, by campus, and 5-year program plans are presented. In addition, information is presented on enrollments, programs, finance, facilities, faculty, libraries, and computer services. The admission criteria implemented by the public four-year…

The development and current status of state-supported educational programs serving disabled students in California public colleges and universities are briefly reviewed, and current state policy and recommendations for future policy are addressed. While programs at all three public segments are considered, the California Community Colleges are…

The impact of federal aid on state spending in general, and specifically on state spending for institutional support, private education, and two-year institutions was assessed through a telephone survey of 74 legislators in 47 states. Almost all of the legislators chair their legislature's committees responsible for higher education policy-making.…

In response to 1983-84 reductions in California community college funding, this report examines financial alternatives in light of different policy objectives. Following a background section on reductions in community college funding over the past 5 years, constraints on districts' flexibility in responding to reduced support are outlined, with…

New Jersey's Public School Education Act of 1975 requires local school districts to provide students with "thorough and efficient" educational opportunity. This report describes State initiatives carried out as of April 1986 to help urban districts comply with the act's mandate in the face of the particularly complex and concentrated…

This report describes New Jersey's continuing efforts to help urban school districts comply with the state's Public School Education Act of 1975 in view of the particularly complex problems which the urban districts face in complying with the act's mandate requiring all districts to provide their students with a "thorough and efficient"…

The radical restructuring of Alaska's public higher education system brought on by the state's 1986 economic collapse is discussed. The plan called for a merger of 11 community colleges with three universities into three multi-campus institutions. It realigned statewide programs in vocational technical education, fisheries and ocean sciences,…

This digest, which is based primarily on the 1989 ERIC/CRESS monograph entitled "Achievement of Equity in Capital Outlay Financing: A Policy Analysis for the States," by D. Thompson G. Stewart, D. Honeyman, and R. Wood, addresses possible solutions to the emerging problem of capital outlay financing, with special attention to facilities…