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Blanton, William – Appalachia, 1987
Firms in the private sector utilize the resources of educational institutions to keep abreast of new technologies and to update employee training in those technologies, allowing them to remain competitive. Projects in Tennessee, New York and Ohio are examined, and methods of transferring appropriate technology to different communities are…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Community Development, Economic Development, Higher Education
Illinois State Commission on the Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Education, Springfield. – 1984
This is the report of a commission of 20 Illinois citizens charged with identifying the principal problems in the State's elementary and secondary schools and recommending actions for improving the State's educational program. Three principal areas are addressed: (1) instructional standards and pupil performance; (2) personnel (especially teachers…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrator Qualifications, Board of Education Policy, Educational Improvement
Download full textBerman, Weiler Associates, Berkeley, CA. – 1983
The California Roundtable (CRT) played a critical role in the shaping and passage of California's Senate Bill 813 (SB 813), the State's major education reform legislation enacted in July 1983. This working paper analyzes the content of the legislation, assesses its likely impact on student performance, and recommends steps the CRT (a consortium of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Administrator Qualifications, Cooperative Programs
New Mexico State Board of Educational Finance, Santa Fe. – 1983
The document presents recommendations voted by the Quality Education Conference III participants as the most pressing items of unfinished business in New Mexico education. Recommendations for public schools are listed under the following subheadings: curricular concerns, communication, staff improvement, and fiscal support. Recommendations for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Problems
Report on the Role of Higher Education in Enhancing Cooperation with the Public Schools in Maryland.
Maryland State Board for Higher Education, Annapolis. – 1985
The potential for college-public school partnerships and issues of faculty workload, incentives, and rewards were assessed by an advisory task force. Six areas of possible cooperation were identified: responding to teacher shortages, improving the transition to college, providing tutoring and other volunteer services to public school students,…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), College Role, College School Cooperation
Jonas, Edward D., Jr. – 1987
The Atlanta (Georgia) Public School System (APS) has many existing dropout prevention programs, but they have been operating primarily independently, with limited information sharing or coordination. In 1986 these programs were linked through the formation of the Atlanta Dropout Prevention Collaborative, which unites the public school system with…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Ancillary School Services, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
