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Stief, Elizabeth A. – 1993
Goal One of the National Education Goals states that, by the year 2000, every child in America will start school ready to learn. The second objective under this goal (that parents will be their child's first teacher, devote time daily to helping their child learn, and receive training and support) emphasizes the important role parents play in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Federal Programs, Parent Education, Parent Role
North Carolina State Dept. of Community Colleges, Raleigh. – 1993
An evaluation was conducted of tech prep, a focused, sequential 6-year course of study for high school and technical college students in North Carolina, using 19 criteria that were identified as being necessary to qualify for tech prep funding. Evaluation activities carried out by the North Carolina Departments of Public Instruction and Community…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods, High Schools
Baldus, Lorayne; Nelson, Orville – 1994
The Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) Phase III Equity Staff Development project was conducted to determine strategies to eliminate sex bias and sex role stereotyping throughout the WTCS. The following project activities were conducted: (1) the WTCS sex equity advisory committee was formed to provide continuity and direction for state…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Planning, Equal Education, Program Development
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 1993
This document details migrant education program plans for the state of Arizona and local projects for the period from July 1993 to September 1994. An initial section describes a statewide needs assessment and seven resulting objectives concerning overage for grade students, academic achievement, graduation rates, student identification and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Budgets, Dropout Rate, Elementary Secondary Education
Wisconsin State Dept. of Industry, Labor and Human Relations, Madison. – 1993
This technical assistance guide was developed to consolidate a statewide understanding of the effort to systematize the delivery of employment and training programs through the local formation of job centers in Wisconsin, and to provide a compilation, drawn from 20 local models, that explains how the programs are delivered. The guide is organized…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Training
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1990
This conference provided a forum for personnel from higher education institutions to discuss key issues concerning human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) crisis on college and university campuses. Seven sessions are summarized. Key issues were AIDS policy development on campus, HIV…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Confidentiality, Counseling, Course Content
Eastern Kentucky Univ., Richmond. Dept. of Correctional Services. – 1988
A national phone survey was conducted by the Eastern Kentucky University Training Resource Center to determine how states were addressing the problems associated with the transition of youth from correctional facilities to their home communities. The survey, which was conducted during March-May 1987, asked chief state juvenile correctional…
Descriptors: Caseworkers, Community Programs, Correctional Institutions, Delinquency
Dollard, Norin; And Others – 1991
The evaluation plan for New York State's Children and Youth Intensive Case Management (CYICM) Program is described, which was introduced in July 1988. The CYICM Program is a statewide intervention focusing on keeping children with serious emotional disturbances in the least restrictive environment appropriate to their needs. It is a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Caseworker Approach, Children, Comparative Analysis
Walker, Lee – 1988
This pamphlet describes the Kentucky Statewide Writing Program, initiated in 1986 by then-Governor Martha Layne Collins and the Kentucky General Assembly to create student and teacher interest in learning to write and developing writing skills. Following an introduction to the program and background information, the pamphlet describes the four…
Descriptors: Process Approach (Writing), Program Descriptions, Secondary Education, State Programs
Thompson, John A. – 1991
Hawaii's executive branch initiated on February 1, 1990, a large-scale plan to relieve the problem of "latch key children" with an afterschool supervised program. Since the legislature had not appropriated funds to establish the program, the governor chose to finance it from monies paid by the United States as compensation for federally…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Elementary Education, Latchkey Children, Parent Attitudes
Children's Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1990
The 1990 Family Day Care Licensing Study provides the results of a nationwide survey of state regulatory agencies that was conducted to update family day care licensing information last collected in 1989. As in past years, the study includes an in-depth examination of regulatory requirements for large family day care homes. The study has been…
Descriptors: Certification, Discipline, Early Childhood Education, Family Day Care
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1990
The mission of New York's Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities (VESID) is to provide educational, vocational, and counseling services to people whose disabilities impose barriers to employment; to increase the access of all people with disabilities to the full range of services offered within the State…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Employment Programs, Lifelong Learning
Randolph, Shirley; Bogdanich, Radmila – 1990
The nation's first coordinated, statewide teenage pregnancy prevention and support program, Parents Too Soon (PTS), is an interagency effort which accomplishes its goals through an integrated, cooperative effort and provides critical medical, social, nutritional, educational, and vocational services to male and female youth between 10 and 20 years…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Early Parenthood, Parents
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1990
A hearing was held to discuss the reauthorization of the Child Development Associate Scholarship Assistance (CDASA) Act of 1985 and the State Dependent Care Development Grants (SDCDG) Act. The CDASA Act was created to provide financial assistance to low-income individuals who would otherwise be unable to afford the cost of the CDA application and…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Early Childhood Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. HEATH Resource Center. – 1989
This fact sheet summarizes information about the education-related services provided by federal/state-funded Vocational Rehabilitation Services and describes how to gain access to them. In a question/answer format, the guide discusses how to find the local vocational rehabilitation office, how to contact the office, procedures involved in…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Eligibility, Federal Programs, Mental Retardation
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