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Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1981
Developed to share information presented at a Southwest Educational Development Laboratory Regional Exchange (SEDL/RX) conference, this document includes reports and related materials on educational computing applications in southwestern school districts and states. Basic computer terminology is defined, and software evaluation instruments are…
Descriptors: Competence, Courseware, Evaluation Criteria, Microcomputers
Carbone, Gilbert J.; Torgerson, Alan – 1983
In recognition of the need to improve the delivery of basic skills instruction and other learning assistance services to its students, the Washington community colleges established a statewide support system to encourage resource sharing, promote professional growth, and assess the status of developmental education in the state's 27 two-year…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Databases, Developmental Studies Programs, Information Dissemination
Arrington, Larry – 1982
This fact sheet provides a basic overview of energy problems and programs in the United States and discusses the role that vocational education can play in solving those problems. The National Energy Plan is described including its objectives, strategies, and seven legislative acts: (1) The National Energy Conservation Act; (2) The Power Plant and…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Energy, Energy Occupations, Federal Legislation
Smith, David C.; Wilson, Garfield W. – 1984
The purpose of the Florida Beginning Teacher Program is to provide a set of supervised support services to teachers in their first year of teaching. A beginning teacher support team is comprised of an experienced peer teacher, a building level administrator, and a third individual who may be a teacher educator. The team conducts formative…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Educational Legislation, Evaluation Criteria, Job Performance
New Jersey State Developmental Disabilities Council, Trenton. – 1984
The state plan outlines standards and procedures for providing educational and other services to developmentally disabled persons in New Jersey. The first section defines developmental disabilities (DD) and considers how many people have DD, how DD affect individuals, and the purposes of the Developmental Disabilities Basic State Grant Program.…
Descriptors: Adults, Definitions, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities
Winter, Gene M.; Fadale, LaVerna M. – 1982
A project was undertaken in New York State to develop a low-cost statewide system for identifying and disseminating information on two-year college programs or activities that are effective in addressing a major occupational education issue. The resulting system consists of the following components: (1) a call for nominations, which involves the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Demonstration Programs, Educational Quality, Information Dissemination
Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. – 1983
Agricultural education projects of 23 state action groups and 4 national organizations are described in this directory intended for agricultural educators. Names and addresses of contact points for further information are included. (DC)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Elementary Secondary Education, National Organizations, National Programs
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1988
The School-Age Child Care Program Quality Review Instrument is a compilation of standards designed to measure the quality of a state-funded, center-based child care program for school-age children. These standards were established in compliance with the requirements specified in Sections 8208 and 8463 of California's Education Code. The instrument…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Elementary Education
Hollister, Judy A. – 1988
The work force in the state of Michigan is currently below the projected educational levels for new jobs, since more than half the new jobs that will be created between now and the year 2000 will require some postsecondary education. The biggest single problem that exists for Michiganians attempting to upgrade their skills is that there are so…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adults, Job Training
Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 1988
This guide to the administration of the Library Systems Act for the State of Texas begins by presenting the text of the Library Systems Act. The relevant regulations from the Texas Administrative Code are then provided, covering such topics as standards for accreditation of a major resource system of libraries, minimum standards for accreditation…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Criteria, Library Networks, Library Standards
Sale, June Solnit; And Others – 1988
In California, the desire to do something about child abuse, fanned by repeated and often sensational media coverage, has led to an understandable but counterproductive overreaction on the part of professionals and citizens reporting suspected child abuse. Child protective agencies receive an average of one report a minute. There are over 300,000…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Caregivers, Due Process, Legal Problems
New York State Library, Albany. – 1988
This document presents the policy guidelines to be observed by the New York State Library in the administration of Federal Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) funds. The first section is a general policy statement which covers priorities; the relationship between federal and state programs; the application review process; eligibility for…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Financial Support, Library Cooperation
Egelston, Richard L. – 1986
This paper reports on an evaluation of implementation strategies of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA), Chapter 2 in New York State. It documents the origin of the state plan and how New York State education agencies coordinated their efforts to distribute ECIA local assistance and competitive grant monies to school districts…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Block Grants, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Falsone, Anne Marie – 1986
Designed to propose ways for the Colorado Department of Education to provide leadership in the implementation of a statewide educational telecommunications network, this study examines ways in which telecommunications can be used by the state department of education, school districts, libraries, and other informational or educational agencies to…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Technology, Financial Support, Long Range Planning
Blaschke, Charles L. – Learning Tomorrow. Journal of the Apple Education Advisory Council, 1986
This paper provides commentary on some of the issues and projects considered in other papers presented at the conference, focusing in particular on some of the nontechnological issues associated with the design, development, and implementation of telecomputing and networking in education. Four types of telecomputing projects are considered:…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Distance Education, Educational Innovation, Local Area Networks
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