This publication summarizes the status of Maryland public education in 2008 and considers upcoming challenges. Highlights of the report include: (1) Maryland classrooms continue to be comprised of minority-majority enrollment; (2) High school graduation rate tops 85 percent; (3) Scores on the Maryland School Assessment continue to rise; (4)…

The 2007-08 Annual Report presents and analyzes the performance of students in Nebraska Reading First schools during the 2007-08 school year. Teacher log information is also presented, and a district performance comparison is made from the year just previous to Reading First implementation across the four years of implementation. [This report was…

The broad array of data presented each year in the "KIDS COUNT Data Book" is intended to illuminate the status of America's children and to assess trends in their well-being. By updating the assessment every year, KIDS COUNT provides ongoing benchmarks that can be used to see how states have advanced or regressed over time. Readers can also use…

The Biennial Report presents a summary of programs and services provided by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction for 2007-2009. The State Superintendent notes that while North Dakota's education system is good, slippage in test scores is occurring, cracks in the education system are developing and some students are falling through…

The Departments of Labor and Higher Education, working in close collaboration with the constituent units of public higher education, present this comprehensive report on the employment of graduates of public colleges and universities. This report summarizes the employment and compensation experience of students who graduated from the State's 18…

This report tells a short story of European Students' Union (ESU's) work in 2009. It highlights some of the key areas that ESU worked on, while giving some examples of each general area as outlined in the Plan of Work adopted by the ESU members--National Unions of Students--in November 2008. Members have linked to relevant web documents and…

The "ISSS Annual Conference Proceedings" is a peer-reviewed professional publication published once a year following the annual conference. (Individual papers contain references.) [For the 2010 proceedings, see ED509647.]

The executive secretary reports on finances, membership, and liaison with the California Commission for Teacher Preparation and Licensing. (HMD)

Executive Director's Annual Report

To make available information on the development and present status of Virgin Islands libraries to citizens and librarians, selected references from Virgin Islands Annual Reports to the Secretary of the Interior from 1937 through 1970 are compiled. Selections are grouped by fiscal year and include information on expenditures, government actions,…

Contained are 13 papers presented at the fifth annual AMA Congress on Environmental Health. The coverage includes protecting our environment, environmental standards, government role, legal aspects, ecology and health problems, environmental health planning, urban design and transportation, energetics, educational implications, and combating…

The 1971 current state of the audiovisual communications industry in the U.S.A. is summarized with dollar figures of sales broken down for different categories, and brief consideration of current trends. (RH)

This is a selective and informal report adapted from the American Library Association's report to the International Federation of Library Associations in August of 1972. (Author)

Major meetings, new publications, and special projects by subsidiary groups, are reviewed for the year. (LY)

This annual statement of the British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education (BACIE) covers general income and expenditures, the BACIE Golden Jubilee Appeal fund, assets and liabilities, notes on accounts, principal activities, and the Executive Council. (LY)