A SURVEY CONDUCTED TO SECURE INFORMATION ON CONDITIONS AFFECTING MIGRANT CHILDREN IS PRESENTED. A FIVE-PART QUESTIONNAIRE DELINEATES THE NUMBER OF MIGRANT CHILDREN IN A GIVEN STATE, THEIR PARTICIPATION IN REGULAR AND SUMMER TERMS, AND NEEDS AND PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH THEIR CLASSROOM ATTENDANCE. THE QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN SENT TO DEPARTMENTS OF…

This set of briefing materials is designed to provide policymakers at the federal and state levels, journalists, and others with a quick overview of youth apprenticeship in the United States today. Chapter 1 describes what youth apprenticeship is. A map showing the beginnings of a nationwide youth apprenticeship system is provided. Chapter 2 on…

Despite child labor and school attendance laws, approximately 1.6 million young teens held jobs in 1979. The labor force participation rate of girls is fast approaching that of boys, although the latter are employed in more varied occupations. (LRA)

The primary purpose of this guide is to present basic sample instructional materials for the Industrial Work Experience (IWE) Program. It is designed to aid those charged with local administration and coordination of programs in secondary level trade and industrial education, referred to as the IWE training program. The guide contains 10 units of…

One of the most hotly debated K-12 education issues in recent decades has been the appropriate federal role in defining how states should measure, identify, and intervene in low-performing schools. In December 2015, after more than a decade of complex debate, Congress passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to reauthorize the Elementary and…

Chapter XXI of volume 2 covers St. Louis Exposition presentations by U.S. colleges and universities, while Chapter XXII includes foreign countries' presentations. Subsequent chapters provide discussion and statistics on length of teachers' service; city school systems; universities, colleges, and technological schools; agricultural and mechanical…

Strategic collaboration according to the law of comparative advantage involves dividing tasks based on the relative capabilities of group members. Three experiments (N = 405, primarily White and Asian, 45% female, collected 2016-2019 in Canada) examined how this strategy develops in children when dividing cognitive labor. Children divided…

The lessons in this volume, written by experienced Georgia teachers with backgrounds in law-related education, were designed for teachers new to this area of the social studies curriculum. The lessons, which are grouped by grade level, include the following information: author, time required, concepts/vocabulary, instructional strategies,…

Volume 2 addresses German school courses of study, a report on the Chilean Education Congress and Exhibit, U.S. and foreign education necrology for 1902, and profiles of education benefactors and others who have devoted their lives to education. Chapter XXX's miscellaneous educational topics include remarks on education in America, a good urban…

This dissertation examines two policies that affect women's education, bargaining power, son preference, and awareness of domestic violence in developing countries. The first chapter evaluates a conditional cash transfer program in Bangladesh to identify its impact on the education of multiple generations and explores the pathways behind the…

In response to a public complaint filed with the Secretary of Labor alleging discriminatory practice by the Rural Manpower Service (RMS), an investigation of the charges was conducted. The petition was filed on behalf of 16 organizations and 398 specifically named individuals, and it accused the RMS of exploiting migrant farm workers. The…

Volume 2 begins with discussion of Hopkins Grammar School history, Greek language issues, and Justin S. Morrill's legislative career. Miscellaneous topics cover Indian Territory, backward children in public schools, U.S. engineering education, Christian Brothers schools founder St. Jean Baptiste de La Salle, public library development, Delft's…

This Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1935 includes the annual report from the Commissioner of Education. The Commissioner's portion of this report is divided into three sections. The first section discusses: (1) Educational Adjustments (Administrative Changes and Adaptations Growing Out of Present…

The aim of this dissertation is to understand the impact of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) students have while attending higher education. In 2012, President Barack Obama signed DACA that allowed eligible undocumented students residing in any of the 50 states the ability to qualify for in-state tuition at public institutions.…

Summaries are presented, by state, of labor standards legislation passed during 1984. Significant actions included laws concerning wages, child labor, school attendance, occupational safety and health, working hours, equal employment opportunity, worker privacy, labor relations, private employment agencies, employment and training, plant closings,…