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Research for Action, 2019
Providing high-quality and equitable learning opportunities should be a primary goal of all schools and school systems. Charter schools comprise the most steadily growing sector of Pennsylvania's public education system, now home to over 160 brick-and-mortar charter schools. As with all public schools--given the right conditions--the charter…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Charter Schools, Public Schools, Best Practices
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Cormier, Dwayne Ray – School-University Partnerships, 2021
In this article, the author summarizes his efforts to design the Cultural Proficiency Continuum Dialogic Protocol (CPCDP), a tool purposed to assess and codify educators' cultural competence. The design and development of the CPCDP took place within four school-university partnerships (e.g., Professional Development School and Hybrid Partnership).…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Cultural Awareness, Student Diversity, Partnerships in Education
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Shelesky, Kristin; Weatherford, Ryan D.; Silbert, Janelle – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2016
The psychological needs of college students lead to overwhelming demand on college counseling centers' resources. In this article, we review models of case management in Higher Education including the administrative, behavioral intervention, and counseling center models. We also present a case study of the 3-year development of a counseling center…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Needs, Psychological Needs, Case Studies
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Goodman, Diana; Caldwell, Angela; Bodnar, Dianne; Stover, Alyson – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2020
Despite legal mandates and evidence of predictors of success in transition, there continue to be poor outcomes for students with disabilities as compared to students without disabilities. This article describes the first steps of a quality improvement project, including a needs assessment and description of the current constraints of transition…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Students with Disabilities, Comparative Analysis, Needs Assessment
Burwick, Andrew; Bellotti, Jeanne; Nagatoshi, Charles – US Department of Health and Human Services, Head Start Bureau, 2004
Father involvement enhances children's well-being. A growing body of research supports this conclusion, showing that children with involved fathers exhibit greater school readiness, increased cognitive development, higher levels of empathy, and other positive characteristics (Administration for Children and Families 2004a). Research also indicates…
Descriptors: Fathers, Parent Participation, Early Childhood Education, Federal Programs
Kinter, Ona Kay; Steczak, Cheryl – 1987
A study examined the success of the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Exemplary Program Project for Vocational Education in implementing and replicating exemplary vocational education programs, disseminating information about successful programs to local education agencies, and motivating school officials and teachers to develop or replicate…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Demonstration Programs, Educational Research, Information Dissemination
Deery, William J., Jr. – 1979
The document reports on a study to design a model to meet the impact of the Pennsylvania Right to Education Consent Decree (particularly as it relates to the mentally retarded) through the following steps--a review of the literature, a review of existing information, a survey to determine the amount of impact in selected areas, and construction of…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13, Lancaster, PA. – 1982
A 1-year Industry and Adult Education Partnership Project (July 1, 1981-June 30, 1982) was designed to implement the linkage of adult basic education programs with specific local business, industry, and/or community service organizations for the purpose of shared staffing, resources, programming, and/or public relations. Four model industry/adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Business, Community Services, Cooperative Programs
Washington-Greene County Community Action Corp., Waynesburg, PA. – 1993
An existing 353 project that used professional staff as distance education contact persons for students in General Educational Development (GED) programs in rural areas was modified so that volunteer instructional aides (IAs) could serve as contact persons for GED students choosing the program's home study option. A home study packet to be used in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Distance Education, High School Equivalency Programs
Sapir, Jeanne A. – 1994
The public library is a natural arena for intergenerational programs that can change "agist" attitudes by bringing older adults and youth together. This study determined the degree to which public libraries in western Pennsylvania perceive a need for programming for intergenerational programming, to what extent programs have been…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, Attitude Change, Children
Shively, Joe E. – 1984
A needs sensing confirmation study was conducted to identify the Appalachia Educational Laboratory's (AEL) long term research and development program needs and provide guidelines for its seven member states' activities. The AEL Board of Directors, individuals serving in similar positions as the Board members, and a sample of non-public school…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Palmieri, D. Frank – 1988
A statewide interactive video teleconference was developed and presented to marketing educators, administrators, counselors, students, advisory committee members, and business people in Pennsylvania. The conference was designed to provide a technical update of the state of marketing in the United States as well as to unveil national strategies…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Counselor Role, Counselors, Electronic Equipment
McClure, Charles R.; Bertot, John Carlo – 1997
This report provides an evaluation of the Online at PA Libraries project which was initiated in the Fall of 1996 by the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Office of Commonwealth Libraries and the Schuylkill Intermediate Unit. The report documents that the following goals were accomplished: (1) provide public access to the Internet through…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, Computer Networks, Data Collection
Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania. Center for Vocational Personnel Preparation. – 1990
This document reports on a project designed to customize training for employees of manufacturing industries in six western Pennsylvania counties. Project goals were to facilitate collaborative vocational and technical training programs between educational institutions and private sector companies and to establish demonstration sites, manufacturing…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Manufacturing, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship, Electricity
Lehigh County Community Coll., Schnecksville, PA. – 1993
Lehigh County Community College (Pennsylvania) and the Lehigh County Senior Citizens' Center collaborated on a project to assess the learning needs of the senior center's 1,600 members. A needs assessment completed by 68 center members and interviews of an additional 38 center members established that senior citizens preferred short-term workshops…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Consumer Education
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