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Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 1997
In 1993, Washington's state legislature created the Commission on Student Learning to identify essential academic learning requirements related to four goals. One of those goals was to understand the importance of work and how performance, effort, and decisions directly affect career and educational opportunities. As in other states, the…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Competence, Education Work Relationship
Haskins, Ron – Education Next, 2004
Project Head Start was created during the heady, idealistic days of the mid-1960s. The idea for Head Start, a preschool program for disadvantaged children, emerged from the observation that, on average, poor and minority children arrive at school already behind their peers in the intellectual skills and abilities required for academic achievement.…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, School Readiness, Minority Group Children
Lefberg, Irv; And Others – 1996
This publication provides actual historical and long-term forecast data on labor force, total wage and salary employment, industry employment, and personal income for the state of Washington. The data are based upon the Washington Office of Financial Management long-term population forecast. Chapter 1 presents long-term forecasts of Washington…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Demand Occupations, Demography, Employment Opportunities
Hollow, Kitty, Ed.; Heuving, Jeanne, Ed. – 1979
Every student in high school is faced with the question of what to do after graduation. American Indian students, whether on or off reservations, need ideas as to what is available to them. This compilation of interviews with 10 individuals who are maintaining their "Indian identity" and making contributions in the working world provides…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indians, Career Awareness, Career Exploration
Civil Service Commission, Washington, DC. Training Assistance Div. – 1972
This catalog is designed to provide Government agencies in Washington, D.C., with information on local educational and training resources. Its purpose is to aid personnel officers and training directors in planning educational programs for lower-level Federal employees that will lead to greater job efficiency and further advancement. Sections I…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Catalogs
Robinson, Gail – American Association of Community Colleges, 2004
The "Horizons" project features model programs, national data collection and dissemination, and an information clearinghouse. In addition, "Horizons" provides professional development opportunities and technical assistance through regional workshops on service learning and civic responsibility, chief academic officer summits,…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, College Students, College Faculty, Educational Opportunities
Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2011
Since its establishment in the 1860s, Washington's higher education system has evolved rapidly to meet a myriad of state needs in fields as diverse as agriculture, bioscience, chemistry, environmental sciences, engineering, medicine, law, business, computer science, and architecture. Today, higher education, like other vital state functions, faces…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Two Year Colleges, Technical Institutes, Private Colleges
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1973
One of the valued premises of public education in the State of Washington is that curriculum in the schools must be left flexible, subject to the needs of each student and community, the judgment of professional educators, and the demands of society. The first purpose of this guide is to assist schools in maintaining self-determination. The second…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Educational Opportunities
Milhafer, Judith; And Others – 1988
This unit supplements social studies curriculum in Washington state schools and is offered to help teachers design courses on Indians of the Pacific Northwest. The unit is designed to build understanding and appreciation for historical and contemporary Indian culture, and to examine how people meet their needs using natural resources and…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indian Languages, American Indian Studies
Randall, Michael E.; And Others – 1976
The Washington State Council for Postsecondary Education was required to examine the educational functions and the administration of the Joint Center for Graduate Study (JCGS), Richland, and also upper-division educational services to the Tri-Cities area of Richland, Pasco, and Kennewick, Washington, by Washington State Senate Resolution 1975-130…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Characteristics, Community Colleges
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Olympia. Education Div. – 2002
This report analyzes the outcomes of the Running Start Program, part of Washington State's 1990 "Learning by Choice Law," which was designed to expand educational options for high school students. The program allowed high school juniors and seniors to take college-level classes at the state's community and technical colleges and earn…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
Campbell, Elizabeth H. – Worklife, 1979
Describes a Vocational Exploration Program at the military base, Fort Lewis, in Tacoma, Washington, which provided opportunities for 20 young women to sample jobs formerly reserved for men. This program is sponsored jointly by the National Alliance of Business and the AFL-CIO and funded under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. (MF)
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Business, Career Exploration, Disadvantaged
Horsman, Kelley – 1994
This guidebook is accompanied by a videocassette, on job search strategies for students with disabilities (the videotape should be accompanied by each school's own training materials based on personal needs). The guide begins with information on Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act. It discusses the Title's purpose, main provisions, and…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Civil Rights Legislation, Disabilities, Employment Interviews
Clegg, Denzil O. – 1969
This survey of continuing education opportunities for Cooperative Extension personnel in the 13 western states covered four types of leave programs: sabbatical leave, educational or study leave with pay, leave without pay, and official leave used to study. Data were gathered on duration of leave, percentage of normal salary received, years of…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Courses, Educational Opportunities, Educational Responsibility
Mazza, Patrick – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1998
Washington State's Initiative 200, on the ballot this November, would bar state and local governments from "discriminating or granting preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public employment, education, and contracting." Observers see the initiative as another attack on affirmative action.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Contracts, Educational Policy