In 1981, the Louisiana Legislature passed Act 685 which requires all public schools to provide balanced instruction for creation-science and evolution-science beginning with the 1982-83 school year. In an effort to determine the role of the State Department of Education in assisting the local education agencies in implementing this act, a task…

Examined in the first report is the need for educational improvement in higher education in Louisiana. Discussion focuses on the state of the economy: half of Louisiana's economy (production and manufacturing) is in decline, while the other half (production jobs) is uncertain. Cooperation between higher education and business offers hope for the…

This handbook describes the Program of Child Welfare and Attendance and School Social Work Services in the state of Louisiana. The first section provides a brief history of services in Louisiana and a description of the program, including its philosophy and objectives, the identification and interpretation of roles and functions of child welfare,…

Louisiana reviewed its progress toward achieving sex equity in vocational education (VE) in 1995-1996. The review included the following: comparison of 1995-1996 and prior student enrollments in programs that are nontraditional for students' genders; identification of practices, barriers, and achievements of special groups in the area of sex…

A case study approach was used to evaluate the statewide reading improvement project in Louisiana called Special Plan Upgrading Reading (SPUR). SPUR emphasized a change agent approach by providing Technical Assistants and small stipends (approximately $5,000) to participating school districts. During the first two years of the evaluation,…