The issue of whether scientific research is included within the system of protected expression afforded by the first amendment is addressed. Examined is the applicability of constitutional doctrine to state action to prohibit, burden, or decline to fund research because the area of inquiry itself is considered inappropriate or suspect. (AF)

Provides statistical data and state rankings related to day-care center enrollment and financial support. Includes data on population, state expenditures, child care, corporal punishment, poverty, working parents, family income, single parent families, teen births, church-operated centers, and educational attainment. (PAM)

Examines some important noncognitive outcomes of school desegregation using national survey data. The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 and other national studies show that desegregated schooling has a positive, statistically significant benefit for black students' later earnings and occupational attainment. (SLD)

The following provisions of the 1990 amendments to the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act are described: establish a new funding authorization level; create new programs; change allocation of funds between states and localities; specify substate allocation of funds; remove most set-asides; and require performance standards and measures. This…

An HEW audit of federal-state child care programs for low-income families in nine states has revealed "day care riddled with shoddy administration that adversely affects the quality of child care provided." (Author/CS)

Senator advises principals and other school administrators to speak out and to voice their concerns about how government funds are spent. (Editor)

Excerpts from article in "Educational Record , Spring 1969

When taxation is based on ability to pay and programs are targeted at a minimum service level, every state with any population that requires the service must participate. States and localities receive grants only because groups and individuals are to be treated equally. The role of the recipient government is the provision of the minimum…

Competition among the many public services for tax supported funding is a major concern for metropolitan public libraries seeking financial support. The absence of the library is an integrated component of the public educational structure or as a general service agency in the mainstream of government has historically placed the library at a…

THE PURPOSES OF THIS PROJECT WERE (1) TO MAKE A THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE PERTINENT LITERATURE OF VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION, (2) DEVELOP, AND TEST INSTRUMENTS DESIGNED TO FACILITATE A CONTEMPLATED MAJOR STUDY OF THE EXPECTATIONS AND PERCEPTIONS OF THE ROLES OF STATE VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AGENCIES AND THE INFLUENCE WHICH THESE…

The comprehensive data on state general expenditure that are presented in this report include not only current operation spending but also any applicable amounts for assistance and subsidies, capital outlay, and intergovernmental expenditure. The report also provides distributions of state expenditure in terms of the kinds of spending involved.…

This annual report presents an overview and brief descriptions of the activities of the Pennsylvania Research Coordinating Unit for fiscal year 1972. The narrative section touches on the research and exemplary projects monitored, conferences held, career education projects, and other concerns. The appendix contains an annotated listing of all…