The economic crisis has caused districts throughout the United States to cut resources and limit spending, particularly with regard to staff. However, the requirements for maintaining safe, efficiently functioning schools and for remaining in compliance with state and federal regulations have not decreased; in many cases, those responsibilities…

Discusses and briefly reviews the history of the concept, quality of working life. Focus is on various initiatives and views taken by Federal and State governments, managements, trade unions, universities, and a number of public and private institutions. Federal legislation is also covered. (Editor/SH)

This report describes twenty federally funded youth employment program models and innovations. Each four-page description includes the following: program title, name of operating agency, project costs, source of funds, number of participants, unique program features, duration of grant, major program goals and objectives, prime sponsor, contact…