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Kennedy, Edward M. – Updating School Board Policies, 1988
A new bill has been introduced in Congress by Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Representative Dale Kildee (D-MI) that would make full-day early childhood education widely available to preschool students. The bill, labeled "Smart Start" (S. 2270) is intended to help economically disadvantaged preschool students, whose numbers have…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Day Care Centers, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1984
The text of this hearing begins with statements about the scope of interest, functions, and goals of the newly formed Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. Testimony then focuses on demographic and economic trends influencing family composition and incomes in the recent past, trends in federal spending for children and their families,…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Demography, Divorce, Economic Factors
Stambler, Moses – 1983
Mexican Americans differ from Anglo Americans in their types of health problems, relation to the American health care system, and responses to health care. Mexican Americans tend to underutilize available health resources because of fear of discrimination, perception of health workers as government representatives, and language and cultural…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Community Influence, Cultural Differences, Cultural Education
Gumbert, Edgar B., Ed. – 1981
This book contains three essays presented as lectures at Georgia State University in April and May 1981. The authors are educators in Canada and Great Britain. The introduction, written by Edgar B. Gumbert of Georgia State University, provides an overview of educational trends and developments on which the topics of the three essays are based. In…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Authoritarianism, Educational Change, Educational History
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1984
Primarily an assessment of current conditions among America's children, youth, families, and of relevant public and private sector policies, this report also contains examples of how families and communities are responding successfully to the challenges before them. Specifically, part I addresses issues of infant mortality; children's health; the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Children, Costs
Vines, C. Austin, Ed.; Anderson, Marvin A., Ed. – 1976
The past, present, and future of the Cooperative Extension Service in America is presented respectively in the three sections of this book, which is a collection of 23 separately authored papers. In the first section, A Proud Heritage, the papers assess some of the reasons agriculture has contributed greatly to the development of America. They…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Agriculture
Youssef, Nadia H.; And Others – 1979
Morocco's existing non-formal education programs involving women (Foyers Feminins and Ouvroirs) cater to female adolescents from low-income families and are almost entirely oriented to the teaching of traditional feminine crafts. Efforts are being made by both programs to introduce non-craft training in areas related to the modern economic sector.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Adults, Comparative Analysis
Harter, Charlotte T.; And Others – 1980
The third edition of this catalog, which expands and revises earlier editions, annotates audiovisual items for economic education in kindergarten through college. The purpose of the catalog is to help teachers select sound economic materials for classroom use. A selective listing, the catalog cites over 700 items out of more than 1200 items…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Business Cycles
Beauford, E. Yvonne; Walker, Melvin E., Jr. – 1980
The study of families who escaped poverty examined the relationship between possession of selected demographic, resource, social, and value characteristics and economic situation and attempted to determine which traits most significantly affected the ability to escape poverty. From personal interviews with a stratified cross-sectional unrestricted…
Descriptors: Age, Attitudes, Blacks, Cultural Influences
Haertel, Edward H.; Wiley, David E. – 1979
This document presents data on the relative influence of (1) maternal education, (2) race (or ethnicity) and (3) poverty on elementary students' academic achievement. Study results indicate that maternal education has the greatest effect on achievement. The data base is reported as representative of all U.S. children enrolled in public schools,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Economic Factors
Governor's Commission on the Status of Women, Madison, WI. – 1976
The booklet examines economic handicaps faced by homemakers and outlines a program for marital property reform. The document is presented in three chapters. Chapter I stresses the need for marital property reform by presenting case studies of situations in which a wife's contributions to a marriage were unrecompensed. Chapter II presents…
Descriptors: Divorce, Economic Factors, Economic Status, Family (Sociological Unit)
Nasution, S.; Virasai, Banphot, Eds. – 1978
The proceedings of the Regional Institute of Higher Education and Development's seminar and the meaning and implications of social commitment in higher education are reported. The welcoming address (S. Nasution) and the opening address (Y. B. Dato' Murad bin Mohd. Noor) welcome the participants and set the tone for the discussions to follow. The…
Descriptors: College Role, Educational Needs, Educational Responsibility, Health Needs
Zigler, Edward, Ed.; Valentine, Jeanette, Ed. – 1979
This book aims to provide a comprehensive history and analysis of the operation and evolution of Project Head Start. The volume consists of 23 original articles covering program history, the preschool education and developmental components of Head Start, and Head Start program development and evaluation. In Part One, the historical roots of Head…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Career Development, Curriculum Development, Developmental Programs
COBEY, JAMES A.; AND OTHERS – 1963
CALIFORNIA FARM LABOR PROBLEMS INCLUDE LIMITED WORK OPPORTUNITY, LOW EARNINGS, LITTLE ECONOMIC SECURITY, POOR HEALTH, HOUSING, AND EDUCATION, AND UNSAFE WORKING CONDITIONS. REPRESENTATIVES OF ORGANIZED LABOR RECOMMEND ESTABLISHING A STATE MINIMUM WAGE LAW TO COVER ALL EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, AND ALSO EXTENDING FEDERAL STATUS TO…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Safety, Braceros, Educational Needs
MCCLOSKEY, ELINOR F. – 1967
THIS DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERISTICS AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF URBAN DISADVANTAGED PUPILS IS A SYNTHESIS OF 99 RESEARCH REPORTS. THE RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT SUCH CHILDREN LIVE IN A WORLD OF ISOLATION, LIMITED EXPERIENCE, AND REJECTION. HOUSING CONDITIONS, A DEMORALIZING NEIGHBORHOOD, AND A DISORGANIZED FAMILY LIFE ALL CONTRIBUTE TO THE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Facilities
