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Zirkel, Perry A. – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2023
Although varying among and within the states, the percentage of students with 504 plans is steadily and significantly increasing as a national average. Although the professional literature addresses the legal standards for eligibility for 504 plans, it has not provided up-to-date information to practitioners as to the legal standard for the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Students with Disabilities, Court Litigation, Program Development
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Sadan, Naama; Alkaher, Iris – Environmental Education Research, 2021
In this qualitative case study, we adopted theories of street-level bureaucracy and policy entrepreneurship to examine formation processes of environmental and sustainability education (ESE) policy at school and local government level. We focused on teachers' and urban government ESE officials' motives for initiating ESE programs, the support…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Case Studies
Kim, Juli; Ellison, Shonaka – Public Impact, 2015
Leading Charlotte foundations formed a funding collaborative to support a five-year district turnaround initiative to dramatically improve educational outcomes for students in the West Charlotte High School corridor, one of the city's lowest-performing feeder zones. The "Project L.I.F.T." initiative involves four areas of education…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Program Development, Graduation Rate, Access to Education
Perlman, Carole – Building State Capacity and Productivity Center, 2013
As of January 1, 2013, 34 states and the District of Columbia have been granted waivers from certain provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Part of each successful flexibility application was a state accountability system that could identify priority schools (the lowest performing 5% of Title 1 schools) and focus schools…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Accountability
Schoelkopf, James – Online Submission, 2010
Portland Community College has a firmly rooted career and technical education (CTE) partnership with its service area high schools. However, the partnership was continuing to operate as it had for many years. Given the rapid pace of change in the region's workforce, Oregon's secondary and postsecondary educational initiatives, and a shared…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Vocational Education, Partnerships in Education, High Schools
Reisner, Elizabeth R.; White, Richard N.; Russell, Christina A.; Birmingham, Jennifer – Policy Studies Associates, Inc., 2004
The After-School Corporation (TASC) has completed its sixth year of operations, working with public and private partners across New York City and the state to develop and operate school-based after-school services for public school students in the elementary and secondary grades. Since its founding in 1998, TASC has emphasized twin goals of…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, After School Programs, Program Development, Educational Quality