Career academies have been effective in reducing the high school dropout rates and increasing academic course taking and course credit accumulation among students (Kemple & Willner, 2008; Kemple & Snipes, 2000). However, not all students have access to career academy programs as they are not universally implemented across the state of…

The primary purpose of this project was to build a data base that would aid in identifying disadvantaged persons and later in identifying handicapped persons in the services areas of the Los Angeles Community College District. Five main steps were involved: (1) finding a machine readable file of all enrolled students in the District; (2) defining…

The first of 3 final reports from the Department of Education's School Finance Project, this volume presents in 4 chapters, 7 appendixes, 8 maps, and 32 tables the results of analyses of factors affecting elementary and secondary educational finance. Chapter 1 introduces the report and outlines how it is organized. Chapter 2 offers an overview of…

The paper highlights economic and social problems that current population trends in New York State are likely to create. Major features of population change in New York are: (1) transition from steady growth to near stability; (2) an end to metropolitan growth statewide and the onset of decline in four of the state's ten Standard Metropolitan…