Forty-two states and the District of Columbia have enacted charter school legislation. The Education Commission of the States (ECS) analysts reviewed laws in the 50 states in creating an online database that highlights how state charter school laws vary, particularly in how states establish standards and accountability for charter school…

The mental health of today's college students continues to be a top-level concern for institutions of higher education, whether it is viewed from the perspective of staffing mental health services on campus, responding to after-hours crises in residence halls, providing accessible treatment with limited budgets, managing behavioral threats, or…

IN A SPEECH AT THE 17TH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CHILDREN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S 1966 REPORT OUTLINES GAINS AND EMPHASIZES SHORT-RANGE SPECIFIC NEEDS AND GOALS FOR THE FUTURE. ISSUES REQUIRING SPECIAL ATTENTION ARE ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING, THE LAW, AND FORMS OF GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION FOR WHICH CRITERIA ARE…

This 2010 Annual Report for the Missouri Department of Higher Education takes a close look at the performance of Missouri's system of postsecondary education in Fiscal Year 2010. The annual report follows the format of the state's public agenda for higher education, "Imperatives for Change: Building a Higher Education System for the 21st…

This report represents an effort to facilitate the advancement of significant innovations in vocational education in Missouri. In order for the schools to educate for living as well as for earning a living, a foundation must be laid to bring about changes; thus, this evaluation attempts to consider the needs of the people to be served and the…

GUIDELINES ARE PRESENTED FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE REPORT EVALUATING THE TOTAL MISSOURI TITLE I PROGRAM AND INDIVIDUAL TITLE I PROJECTS. INSTRUCTIONS ARE GIVEN FOR PRESENTING TABULAR DATA IN PART I OF THE REPORT, FOR DEVELOPING EVALUATION DESIGNS AND CRITERIA, AND FOR COMPUTING QUARTILE POINTS. IN THE EVALUATION OF THE SEPARATE PROJECTS…

In this annual report to the nonpublic participant schools of Project PEP (Providing Equitable Participation), 39 exemplary instructional improvement programs written by the schools are described. Schools were encouraged to make long-range improvement plans by focusing on acquisition of Title IV-B supplementary instructional materials and library…

In its second year of operation (1986-87), the Missouri Coalition for Adult Literacy (MCAL) greatly expanded its scope and services. Factors contributing to this expansion include the attention generated by Project Literacy U.S. (PLUS) and the use of the Job Training Partnership Act as a funding source. Program accomplishments include the…

Volume I of the St. Louis Public Schools evaluation report on programs, projects, services and activities funded in whole or in part under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I is organized into Two Parts. Part One, Evaluation of Total Title I Program, presents the completed evaluation forms. Part Two, focuses on the Evaluation of Title I…

This State of Missouri Annual Evaluation Report on programs, projects, services, and activities funded in whole or in part under Title I Elementary Secondary Education Act is organized into 19 parts focusing on the following issues, respectively: focus--the Title I child, program monitoring, state Title I statistics for fiscal years 1968-1974,…

This Illinois District 189, East St. Louis Public Schools, 1973-1974 evaluation report on programs, services, activities and projects funded in whole or in part under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act is organized into five parts. Part One, 'Title I Projects' comprises reports on seven projects. Continuing Education for…

St. Louis schools are served by five major programs funded by Title I of the Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965. The Reading Improvement Teams help those children whose reading deficit is the greatest. Each team is composed of a principal, a reading assistant, a remedial reading teacher, a reading aide, and 10 classroom teachers. The Rooms…

The "State Teacher Policy Yearbook" examines what is arguably the single most powerful authority over the teaching profession: state government. This Missouri edition of the National Council on Teacher Quality's (NCTQ's) "State Teacher Policy Yearbook" is the first of what will be an annual look at the status of state policies…

The Coordinating Board for Higher Education and the Missouri Department of Higher Education present this FY2009 Annual Report to inform individuals of the state's status and progress in higher education. This year's shortened format is intended to provide a snapshot of how Missouri measures up in the goals outlined by the state's coordinated plan…

THIS EXTENSIVE REPORT, WHICH CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF SEPARATE APPENDIXES, PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE DESCRIPTION OF COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECTS IN MISSOURI FUNDED UNDER TITLE I OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT. THE FIRST APPENDIX CONTAINS A PROPOSAL FOR THE ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA FROM THE PROJECTS. THE CATEGORIES OF…