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Ela Joshi; Douglas Gagnon; Erin Smith – SRI Education, a Division of SRI International, 2024
In 2019, California State University (CSU), Chico was awarded a five-year Teaching Quality Partnership (TQP) grant to implement the Computational Literacy Across Secondary Settings (CLASS) program. The goal of this program was to recruit, prepare, and retain highly qualified individuals into the teaching profession, with a focus on high-need rural…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Faculty Development, Partnerships in Education, Thinking Skills
Varady, Ashley – Voices in Urban Education, 2015
In San Francisco, a partnership between a K-8 school and a non-profit writing program helps students who are achieving below grade level find their voices and blossom into confident thinkers and writers. 826 Valencia is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting under-resourced students ages six to eighteen with their creative and…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Writing Skills, Empowerment, Imagination
Walker, Diane L. – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2012
The Antelope Valley Union High School District (AVUHSD), located in the Los Angeles, Bakersfield, and San Bernardino metro areas, receives students from eight area K-8 districts. AVUHSD is home to seven career academies with themes ranging from digital design and engineering to law and government, each of which integrates core content with…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Vocational Education, School Districts, Student Projects
Phillips, Michelle; St. John, Mark – Inverness Research, 2010
Communicating Ocean Sciences to Informal Audiences (COSIA) is a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project consisting of six three-way partnerships between the Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) and an informal science education institution (ISEI) partnered with an institution of higher education (IHE). Together, educators from the ISEI (often…
Descriptors: Science Education, Informal Education, Marine Education, Oceanography
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2010
This paper discusses the importance of institutionalizing practices that promote equitable outcomes for all students within the vast California Community College (CCC) system. The CCC system, which annually provides educational opportunities for almost three million students, exists at the heart of the state economy and future labor pool. Because…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Community Colleges, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education
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Frankel, Noralee; Shapiro, Linn – History Teacher, 1999
Focuses on the project "Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age: Reconceptualizing the Introductory Survey Course" that facilitates collaboration among faculty from two- and four-year colleges in Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Southern California in creating and disseminating active learning materials for use in World and U.S. history…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Community Colleges, Higher Education, Instructional Materials