A study compared state policies concerning vocational education. Particular emphasis was placed on the states' use of federal allocations, allocations between secondary and postsecondary education, ability to receive grants and spend the full allocation, additional sources of state financial aid, and quality control mechanisms. It was discovered…

New Directions for Bilingualism, at Morris High School (Bronx, New York) completed the first year of a three year cycle in June 1983. The program, which served 300 newly-arrived, foreign-born, low income students, had as its major goals the improvement of participants' English language proficiency, development of their native language (Spanish)…

This paper discusses the implications of research on effective schools and classrooms for teacher training programs. References to research focus on studies of schools and classrooms in which nearly all students demonstrated at least minimum mastery on standardized achievement tests of mathematics and reading. At issue are the questions of whether…

The Reading Improvement Project in the Cleveland Public Schools, evaluated here, provides individualized instruction to pupils in grades 1-3 who are functioning at or below the 33rd percentile on the Stanford Diagnostic Comprehension subtest or the Metropolitan Readiness Test. The project supplements regular reading instruction by providing…

This study argues that school-to-work programs should be institutionalized in the schools to provide assistance to students without vocational education, who are not headed for college. Such students, it is asserted, are often disadvantaged, minority, and otherwise underserved youth. The report examines the issue of "school-to-work"…

This statement paper articulates the National Urban League's position that public education has failed to fulfill its mission for many students in general and for black and poor students in particular. The statement reviews recent education reports, delineates the League's position on current educational issues, and suggests programmatic…

This coordinator's guide consists of materials for use in implementing four individualized units that have been developed for students enrolled in cooperative part-time training and are employed in fast food restaurants. Addressed in the individual units are the following occupations: cashier (DOT No. 211.462-010), counter attendant (DOT No.…

The National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) supports the basic view of "A Nation at Risk," which calls for immediate educational reform. But NABSE is troubled by the report's neglect of the special needs of Black and poor students. "A Nation at Risk" lacks compassion for those not of the "fittest," and…

As part of a multiphase evaluation of Job Corps vocational training in fiscal year 1982, the cost of Job Corps operations was analyzed. Because Job Corps is a social program that encompasses more than just vocational training, its costs exceed those of most other vocational education programs. The total Job Corps costs for operating 106 centers…

An improvisational dramatics program was developed to improve the reading achievement and school attitudes of disadvantaged elementary school children. The program, based on the rationale that encouraging self-awareness and creative self-expression will improve communication skills, reading achievement, and attitudes, was used with 141 fourth,…

This publication describes services of selected American Red Cross chapters to the homeless and the hungry. Chapter profiles provide information on how chapters of various sizes develop, fund, and implement programs in response to their communities' needs. Program descriptions detail the chapters' fund-raising from private, public, and voluntary…

This paper summarizes reports and research on the homeless in the United States, presents findings of a survey of Red Cross chapters on services to the homeless, and describes programs for the homeless of selected Red Cross chapters. Section 1 discusses definitions of homelessness and methodologies used to count homeless people. The homeless are…

This report is the result of an experimental effort by the Population Studies Program at the University of Louisville. The program investigated the feasibility of estimating the percentage of Kentucky residents in poverty at the county level based on a variety of income, employment, demographic, and public assistance data available annually for…

The purpose of this 2-day hearing was to determine what the federal role should be in sponsoring educational research and development (R&D) and the extent to which the nation's research agenda reflects America's key educational priorities. Thirty-nine statements, letters, and supplemental materials are presented. The Office of Educational…

The Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act and the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) contain several inconsistent fiscal and legal requirements. The federal legal framework governing expenditure of funds under the Perkins Act and JTPA is voluminous and cumbersome, but no effort has been undertaken to maintain a coherent legal resource covering…