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Guthrie, James W.; And Others – 1971
Present educational finance policies can be construed to be in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment. Assisted by the National Urban Coalition, the authors of this book have compiled a great deal of information and analysis on school services in the State of Michigan--information which…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Div. of Special Education. – 1984
The Special Education Services of the Michigan Department of Education has prepared the State Plan for the delivery of special education programs and services starting July 1, 1983 through June 30, 1986 according to guidelines and rules established under Title VI Part B of P.L. 94-142, The Education for All Handicapped Children Act. This plan…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Confidentiality, Disabilities, Due Process
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Div. of Special Education. – 1982
The booklet outlines Michigan's procedures for providing educational programs in juvenile detention facilities, with emphasis on special education programing. The following topics are addressed: education responsibility, interagency agreements and relationships (cooperation among juvenile courts, detention facilities, and operating school…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperation, Correctional Education, Costs
Brazer, Harvey E.; Anderson, Ann P. – 1974
To the extent that costs do vary among school districts, neither an equal dollar distribution of funds nor an equal-yield per unit of tax effort can achieve equality of educational inputs or the capacity to acquire them. This document addresses problems relating to the development of guidelines to achieve equality in educational inputs, or…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Needs, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Levy, Leah, Ed. – 1973
This issue of "Inequality in Education" comprises articles sampling perspectives of some attempts being made within the public school framework to gain a greater say in how and what children learn. The discussions are concentrated on efforts for (1) community control of Schools; (2) decentralization of school administration; and, (3)…
Descriptors: American Indians, Black Attitudes, Black Youth, Community Control
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity. – 1971
In these hearings, the following witnesses presented testimony: Dr. Edward B. Fort, superintendent, Inkster Public Schools; Dr. Norman Drachler, former school superintendent, Detroit; Raymond Sreboth, superintendent, Benton Harbor Area Schools; Richard Ziehmer, superintendent, Covert Public Schools; Edward C. McKinney, superintendent, Baldwin…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Compensatory Education, Educational Finance, Educational Needs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity. – 1972
Contents of these hearings include: "The socioeconomic indicators of Michigan--implications for education"; "Accountability in education"; "A position statement on educational accountability for improved instructional services at the elementary and secondary levels in Michigan"; "Select Detroit Title I and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Control, Compensatory Education, Demography
Heller, Donald E., Ed.; Marin, Patricia, Ed. – Civil Rights Project at Harvard University (The), 2004
A central dream of American parents is sending their kids to college. What used to be unusual has now become a necessity if young people are to have a secure life in the middle class in a post-industrial economy. As such, one basic goal of higher education policy should be to make certain that this opportunity is not foreclosed by a family's…
Descriptors: Merit Scholarships, State Aid, Student Financial Aid, Higher Education
Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo. – 1982
Intended for use by cooperative education program coordinators, this module deals with the rights of handicapped cooperative education program enrollees as they are specified in various pieces of federal and Michigan state legislation. The following laws are covered: the Michigan Mandatory Special Education Act (P.A. 198); the Rehabilitation Act…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, Civil Rights, Cooperative Education
Atkinson, Karla – 1979
This report explores sex role stereotyping and sex bias in national and state (Michigan) secondary vocational education program from several perspectives. Section I states the problem and gives the purpose of the report. Section II reviews the sources of sex role stereotyping in the legal, social, and cultural environments. Sections III and IV…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Equal Education, Federal Legislation, Females
Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo. Center for Women's Services. – 1978
Vocational education personnel at twenty secondary high schools and vocational skill centers in Michigan were interviewed to (1) identify vocational educators' perceptions of sex-role stereotyping (SRS) in vocational education, (2) determine whether school personnel had identified effective means of reducing SRS and sex bias in vocational…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Opportunities, Equal Education, Females
Canady, Hortense G. – 1976
The contents of this paper are organized into four sections. The first or introductory section discusses the pattern of containment of the black population in Lansing, its effect on neighborhood schools, the history and policies of the Lansing Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the goals of the…
Descriptors: Black Organizations, Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Community Cooperation
Watson, John F.; Winograd, Kathy; Kalmon, Stevan – Learning Point Associates / North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL), 2004
Online learning holds promise for providing new educational opportunities to a wide range of students across the country. The rapid expansion of K-12 online learning, however, threatens to outpace the development of appropriate state-level policies that serve to fulfill the promise. As the National Association of State Boards of Education warned…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Policy, State Legislation
Strate, John M.; Wilson, Carter A. – 1991
Major arguments, both pro and con, for applying the "schools of choice" approach to educational improvement in Detroit (Michigan) are described, and the results of a recent public opinion survey are reported. The main argument of proponents of school choice is that it will improve the quality of public education. Opponents of choice do…
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Brookover, Wilbur B.; And Others – 1981
This report on school desegregation consists of two parts. Part one is made up of two case studies designed to explore the manner in which Federal and State compensatory education policies affect educational equity at the local level in two Michigan districts that have been desegregated for several years. The degree of educational equity in the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Compensatory Education, Conferences, Desegregation Effects
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