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Cleveland Public Schools, OH. – 1992
This guide is designed to help parents and other interested persons understand the nature and needs of gifted children, to provide ideas and activities that will nurture gifted children, and to explain the components of the Major Work Program, which is the gifted education program of the Cleveland (Ohio) Public School District. The guide outlines…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. – 2000
A U.S. Senate committee hearing received testimony on the Indian School Construction Act, which would establish a bonding authority for leveraging existing tribal education funds through bonds to fund tribal school construction, maintenance, and repair. The testimony from U.S. senators and representatives of the Department of the Interior and…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Bond Issues, Construction Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
McMurrin, Sterling M., Ed. – 1971
Contents of this book include five papers: (1) "Financing Education for the Urban Disadvantaged," Henry Levin--analyzes the linkages between educational finance and educational quality in large-city schools, and discusses alternative plans for financial innovation; (2) "Accountability in Education," Leon Lessinger--explores the idea of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Control, Desegregation Methods, Disadvantaged Youth
Cronin, Joseph M. – 1989
The issue of corporate and foundation support for scholarships to help low-income students from the inner city plan for and pay for college is discussed, with advantages and shortcomings of various financial assistance models noted. A focus is on how business leaders in Cleveland, Ohio, and Boston, Massachusetts during the 1980s raised millions of…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, College Bound Students, Corporate Support, Educational Finance
Sard, Barbara – 2001
This paper describes the Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program, an employment and savings incentive program for low-income families that have Section 8 vouchers or live in public housing. It consists of both case management services to help participants pursue employment and other goals and escrow accounts into which the public housing agency…
Descriptors: Employment, Family Income, Incentives, Low Income Groups
Sharman, Phil, Ed. – Child Support Report, 2002
This document comprises the 12 issues for 2002 of the Child Support Report, which explores problems related to child support enforcement, reports on federal and state government child support enforcement initiatives, and summarizes research related to child support. Featured regularly are editorials and information on events of interest and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Support, Child Welfare, Children
Cronin, Joseph M. – 1989
Approaches taken by corporations and foundations to help low-income students from the inner city plan and pay for college are described and discussed. The Cleveland (Ohio) Scholarship Programs were launched in 1967 to provide supplementary scholarship assistance and financial aid counseling to over 1,000 area students annually. Also in Cleveland,…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Demonstration Programs, Higher Education, Industry
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. – 1975
Prepared to assist both the Congress and the public involved in Rural Development (RD), the 1975 Revised Guide to the Rural Development Act of 1972 provides definitive and implemental information. Part 1 deals with the Act itself, detailing its purpose, historical perspective, and major provisions. Divided into three areas of concern, Part 2 deals…
Descriptors: Definitions, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Guides
Miller, Cynthia; Riccio, James A. – 2002
The Jobs-Plus Community Revitalization Initiative for Public Housing Families, which is a national demonstration project in six cities, is testing ways to increase employment among public housing residents by combining changes in rent rules and other financial work incentives with employment and training services and social supports for work. The…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Demonstration Programs, Eligibility, Employment Patterns
Rose, Laura; Matthias, Mary – 1991
This paper provides a basis for discussion of housing proposals relating to increasing housing opportunities for homeless persons in Wisconsin. Six major topics relating to housing for homeless and potentially homeless persons are presented. Issues are listed under each topic. For each issue, background information is provided and alternatives for…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Housing Needs, Housing Opportunities, Poverty
Vernon, Christie D. – 1978
A survey was conducted of at least two educational agencies in each state and territory of the United States in order to determine state policies on concurrent enrollment. Six states did not respond; 17 indicated that there was no statewide policy and that such matters were determined on a local level by boards of trustees or individual…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Admission Criteria, Contracts, Cooperative Programs
McDaniel, John W. – 1973
This Final Report summarizes five years of development of cooperative summer and school-year programs between the Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) and community colleges. NYC Goes to Community College is a combined work and study program for economically disadvantaged youth, cooperatively conducted by local sponsors of Neighborhood Youth Corps and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Compensatory Education, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1998
This budget was submitted by the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office to the Community College Board of Governor's in November 1998. It presents the funds requested for 1999-2000 for review by the Board and the state legislature and governor. General fund apportionment comprises $3.7 billion of the budget request. Other major fund…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Budgets, Community Colleges, Educational Finance
Plourde, Paul J.; Zastrocky, Michael R. – 1983
The events associated with the demise of a software firm (AXXESS, Inc.), which supplied a software package to higher education institutions are reviewed. Attention is directed to what was learned that might be of assistance to other colleges using or considering third party software. Some of the topics include: particular crises, legal…
Descriptors: Business, College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
Muraski, Ed J.; Barker, Cherie – 1984
A study was conducted to determine the employment needs within the Palomar Community College District. Surveys were mailed to a stratified random sample of 600 North San Diego County employers, requesting respondents to provide information on type and size of business, to rank the occupational programs offered by Palomar according to employment…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Surveys, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes
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