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Nowicki, Jacqueline M. – US Government Accountability Office, 2022
Senate Report 117-39 and House Report 117-118 include provisions for Government Accountability Office (GAO) to assess professional learning at the Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) schools. This report describes: DODEA's professional learning approach, results of DODEA teacher surveys, and how DODEA has addressed barriers teachers…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Military Schools, Military Training, Military Service
Office of Head Start, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2021
The Head Start Act mandates that each Head Start recipient receive a monitoring review at least once every 3 years; each newly designated recipient be reviewed after the completion of its first year (and then at least once every 3 years thereafter); and all recipients that "fail to meet the standards" receive Follow-up reviews. Reviewers…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Federal Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Fox, Andrew M.; Veele, Sarah – Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families, 2020
Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR) became part of Washington State's Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) on July 1, 2019. JR serves the state's highest-risk youth who have been charged with a qualifying offense and either adjudicated in a county's juvenile court or convicted in an adult criminal court. In 2000, JR needed to further define…
Descriptors: Delinquent Rehabilitation, Juvenile Courts, Delinquency Prevention, Models
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on the District of Columbia. – 1985
Proceedings from the September 1985 hearing focus on the implementation of P.L. 94-142, The Education for All Handicapped Children Act, as it relates to learning handicapped delinquents in the District of Columbia (D.C.). Statements are presented from officials of the general accounting office, D.C. public school officials, administrators of D.C.…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Correctional Education, Delinquency, Federal Legislation
Saskatchewan Dept. of Education, Regina. – 1991
An overview of Saskatchewan's gender equity policy and guidelines for its implementation are presented in this report. Facilitated by the need to ensure equal opportunities for male and female students in the province, the policy is designed to reflect gender equity in all components of the educational system--curriculum, resource materials,…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Agriculture. – 1993
This document records the oral and written testimony given at a Congressional hearing on nutrition research and education as carried out by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Witnesses included officials from the Department, professors and administrators from various university nutrition programs, and medical doctors. Testimony stressed the…
Descriptors: Child Health, Educational Needs, Food Standards, Health
Smith, Douglas J. – 1981
In 1979 the Michigan State legislature allocated $3.2 million for kindergarten through twelfth grade school staff development programs (Public Act 94, Article 9, Section 97). The emphasis in the legislation was to establish a competitive market for the purchase and utilization of resources to identify needs and provide skill development for school…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Educational Legislation, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
North Dakota State Board for Vocational Education, Bismarck. – 1985
This cooperative agreement among the North Dakota Department of Human Services (Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and Division of Developmental Disabilities), explains the necessity of providing a coordinated continuum of services to individuals with disabilities and outlines procedures to be followed. Addressed in the individual sections of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Contracts, Cooperative Planning
Robinson-Lewis, G. – 1991
The second year of implementation of the Garfield Latin Grammar Magnet Elementary School in Kansas City, Missouri, is reported. The Latin grammar program operates in a traditional setting that includes strong emphasis on discipline and behavior, systemative and rigorous homework policies, and the strong commitment of staff, students, and parents.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Elementary Education, Enrollment
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Career-Technical and Adult Education. – 2003
This document lists the Ohio Department of Education's Adult Basic and Literacy Education revised indicators of program quality. A chart details the measures and performance standards for the following quality indicators: (1) students demonstrate progress toward attainment of literacy skills at levels of proficiency necessary to function on the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Rollins, Billie; Campbell, Eugene – 1993
This report describes the Colorado Alternative Teacher Program, mandated by the state, that enables individuals with bachelor's degrees to enter approved alternative teacher certification programs developed by school districts, boards of cooperative services, independent schools, and institutions of higher education. The Colorado Department of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Alternative Teacher Certification, Apprenticeships, Beginning Teachers
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1989
Washington's state plan for the education of homeless children is presented in compliance with provisions of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987. The plan is comprised of a background statement, nine sections, and addenda. The first section presents facts on homelessness in Washington State. The second section describes the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1981
An evaluation of the California Student Opportunity and Access Program (Cal-SOAP) by the Postsecondary Education Commission is presented. The Cal-SOAP is a competitive-grants program designed to encourage cooperative, interinstitutional projects to increase the enrollment of low-income high school students in postsecondary institutions and to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Articulation (Education), College Attendance
Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. Div. of Instructional Services. – 1980
This document contains the Alabama state plan for the administration and implementation of career education in kindergarten through postsecondary grades for 1978-83. Following 35 pages of introductory materials (including a state plan profile), the 16-section state plan is presented. Section 1 contains the state's career education conceptual base…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Guidance, Disabilities, Educational Needs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1988
A hearing was held to discuss models for successful parent involvement in education and to bring attention to several state and local programs that facilitate home-school partnerships. Two panels of witnesses from several states testified about: (1) teacher's ways of involving parents in the classroom; (2) ways in which parental involvement can…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Community Programs, Educational Change, Educational Legislation
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