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Download full textPennsylvania State Dept. of Public Welfare, Harrisburg. Office of Mental Retardation. – 1997
This paper presents a five-year plan for the improvement of Pennsylvania's system of services for people with mental retardation and their families. It was developed over an 18-month period by 70 people, including people with disabilities, family members, advocates, providers of service, legislative staff, and county and state government…
Descriptors: Adults, Advocacy, Children, Community Programs
Bowman, Kennard L. – 1983
A long-range school improvement program, under the direction of the Pennsylvania State Department of Education, was developed to coordinate and articulate the curriculum, as well as to structure school management and other district operations. Featured in the plan are: (1) a statewide testing program called "Educational Quality…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Improvement Programs
Pliska, Ann-Maureen – 1997
The purpose of this study was to investigate the problems and issues that emerged as school districts in Pennsylvania tried to implement a strategic planning mandate at the local level. In June 1993, revisions to the Pennsylvania school code changed requirements for graduation from time spent in the classroom to the mastery of 53 state-designated…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Ireys, Henry T. – 1995
Designed to guide and structure the needs assessment of Pennsylvania children with special health care needs, this document describes six specific steps in planning and conducting a needs assessment. The steps include: (1) stating the goals of the needs assessment, including fulfilling legislative mandates, identifying geographical areas that have…
Descriptors: Children, Data Collection, Decision Making, Disabilities
Biswas, Radha Roy; Mills, Jack; Prince, Heath – Jobs for the Future, 2005
In their 2004 State of the State speeches, the nation's governors cited many issues competing for their attention and their states' resources, including health care, education, crime, and security (Nodine 2004). Among the most compelling challenges were those related to economic development and the ability of a state's workforce to meet the needs…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Economic Development, Labor Force Development, Case Studies
D'Amico, Joseph J.; Corcoran, Thomas B. – 1985
Urban school superintendents from Pennsylvania and New Jersey met to consider issues related to the improvement of urban secondary schools. Although the public is pessimistic about all urban public schools, it regards secondary schools with particular pessimism. There are 70 urban high schools in New Jersey and 81 in Pennsylvania. Superintendents…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Environment, Educational Policy, Educational Quality
