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Download full textFleischman, Howard L. – 1988
This document describes various models of vocational training directed specifically at adults with limited English proficiency (LEP). An introduction explains how the information was obtained (through interviews with staff and officials at state agencies that administer such programs in six states). Section 2 presents a conceptual framework of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Bilingual Education Programs
Fleischman, Howard L.; Willette, JoAnne – 1988
This document presents the major findings from a study of vocational training and other employment-related services for adults and out-of-school youth with limited English proficiency (LEP). An introduction describes the study and its purposes. Chapter 2 presents estimates and projections of the LEP population to the year 2000 and describes this…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Bilingual Education Programs
Fleischman, Howard L.; And Others – 1988
This document contains the results of case studies of programs and policies relative to vocational training and other employment-related services for adults with limited English proficiency (LEP). Data were collected from officials and staff at state agencies that administer vocational educational programs in Arizona, California, Florida,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Bilingual Education Programs
Voices for Illinois Children, Chicago. – 1990
Illinois' state-funded preschool program, the Illinois Prekindergarten Program for Children at Risk of Academic Failure, is serving almost 19,000 children in the 1989-90 period on an allocation of 48 million dollars, which was distributed to 184 projects in 353 school districts. The preschool projects serve children of 3-5 years, who are taught…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Access to Education, At Risk Persons, Comparative Analysis
Hickrod, G. Alan; And Others – 1984
A new formula proposed for categorically funding local education programs in Illinois can channel more money into programs for excellence than can general purpose grants. The formula, which would provide venture capital to stimulate local initiatives, would depend on district plans for using the money to improve instruction and on distribution of…
Descriptors: Categorical Aid, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Kyger, Betty L. – 1985
In fall 1984, a study was conducted to identify current instruction-related faculty development practices within Illinois's community colleges and to investigate the methods used to evaluate these practices. Data were collected from faculty development directors, academic administrators, and full-time teaching faculty in a two-stage process.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Evaluation Methods
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. Equal Educational Opportunity Section. – 1982
This monograph presents a discussion of the problems involved in implementing sex-fair coeducational classes in physical education. Suggestions, which grew out of a symposium on coeducational physical education, are offered on procedures that may be used for ability grouping, such as what type of test(s) are appropriate and when to use single or…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Coeducation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Erekson, Thomas L.; White, Conrad L. – 1980
This report contains a nine-page narrative and related materials of an Illinois project to address the problem of preparing vocational education personnel to modify the learning environment for the physically disabled. These Phase I activities are reported: (1) establishment of an advisory committee, (2) selection of project staff, (3) design of…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Classroom Design, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Facilities Planning
FRANKLIN, RICHARD, ED. – 1966
CASE HISTORIES OF SYSTEMATIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS INVOLVING EIGHT RURAL COMMUNITIES (INCLUDING ALL OF POPE COUNTY) AND EAST ST. LOUIS PROVIDE EXAMPLES OF GRASS ROOTS DECISION MAKING IN SOCIAL, CULTURAL, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, EDUATIONAL, AND CIVIC BETTERMENT, AND ILLUSTRATE BASIC APPROACHES TO COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Centers
Illinois State Office of Education, Springfield. Div. of Adult Vocational and Technical Education. – 1978
A project was conducted to expand the career horizons of young women and young men, with particular emphasis on the increasing options for women. The first activity completed was a comprehensive report on the employment trends of women and the implications of those trends for women's participation in vocational education programs. A curriculum…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Planning, Curriculum Development, Employment Patterns
Rull, Marvin H.; Moore, Richard O. – 1968
One phase of the curriculum demonstration program sponsored jointly by the Quincy Public Schools and Southern Illinois University is the Service Station Training School described within this report. The Service Station Training School was one of several sheltered work stations which were developed to provide preemployment experiences and training…
Descriptors: Career Development, Control Groups, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention
Shea, Mary Lou – 1978
Nurse aide education is an issue that governmental and health care agencies are addressing. Nurse aides are employed in numerous and varied health care agencies, such as hospitals, nursing homes, physician's offices, and private homes. Although there are no educational requirements for nurse aides in Illinois, there are a number of formal training…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Core Curriculum, Educational Legislation, Educational Needs
Illinois State Office of Education, Springfield. – 1972
This guide is intended to assist school personnel by clarifying issues, provide directions in basic information, and stimulate practical considerations for the learner in the area of consumer education. Its objectives are to (1) assist school administrators in the implementation of consumer education, and (2) assist secondary teachers in planning…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Consumer Protection
Illinois Community College Board, 2005
This report is an important Illinois Community College System accountability initiative aimed at strengthening college program offerings. Data were obtained from responses to a standardized survey. The information was provided by graduates of selected programs regarding the effectiveness of their college experience and documents program outcomes.…
Descriptors: Geographic Location, College Graduates, Employment Level, College Programs
Recruiting Lower-Income Women Into Information Technology Careers: Building a Foundation for Action.
Bush, Sharon; Henle, Toni; Cohen, Shoshana; Jenkins, Davis; Kossy, Judith – 2002
Selected issues related to the lack of women in the information technology (IT) center were examined. Data were collected through literature and Internet research and interviews with female IT professionals and IT educators and trainers. Particular attention was paid to the following issues: qualifications necessary for a career in IT; barriers…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Blacks, Career Development, Career Ladders
