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Download full textMuñiz, Jenny – New America, 2020
For many non-traditional candidates, the path into teaching is riddled with bumps and detours. They must pay for increasingly expensive coursework and certification costs, attend classes that conflict with work schedules, and forgo wages to complete unfunded student teaching requirements. These roadblocks can deter valuable local…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Nontraditional Students, Barriers, Grants
Anzelone, Caitlin, Ed.; Dechausay, Nadine, Ed.; Alemany, Xavier, Ed. – Administration for Children & Families, 2018
The Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) project conducted 15 randomized controlled trials of behavioral interventions across eight states, in the domains of work support, child support, and child care. BIAS used a systematic approach called "behavioral diagnosis and design" to develop the interventions and their…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Intervention, Randomized Controlled Trials, Program Design
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Direct linkBroughton, Connie – New Directions for Higher Education, 2009
People do not want to know the history, minutiae of policy, or operations, or even the political intrigues of a virtual consortium. People want to know if the consortium has value, whether it can help them, and if it is a threat. In this article, the author focuses on the operating principles and policies that have proven successful in the…
Descriptors: Technical Institutes, Community Colleges, Consortia, Educational Environment
Daily, Sarah – National Governors Association, 2008
Governors recognize that promoting school readiness is a key strategy for preventing school failure and subsequent costs to society in the form of remedial education services, health and social services, criminal justice services, and lost tax revenue. Supporting the readiness of young children at risk for school failure is critical to the…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Early Intervention, Young Children, Partnerships in Education
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. Div. of Special Services. – 1980
Written as a guide as administrators in Washington state considering a home based preschool for handicapped children, the manual provides information on program planning and development. An initial section reviews the prototype model that served handicapped children 3 to 8 years old in a rural area. Also addressed in separate chapters are the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Home Programs, Models, Preschool Education
BRUNO, LOUIS – 1962
FACTS ABOUT INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENTS MADE BY 191 WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE YEARS 1958-1961 WERE PRESENTED. IN ADDITION TO THE IMPROVEMENTS MADE BY INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS, THESE DISTRICTS DEVELOPED 976 NEW INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS. THESE DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED ALL SUBJECT AREAS AND GRADES (K-14). THE FIRST PART OF THE REPORT SUMMARIZED THE…
Descriptors: Instructional Improvement, Program Development, Public Schools, School Districts
Gnezda, Terry; Robison, Susan – State Legislative Report, 1986
This legislative report presents the findings of a 1986 telephone survey of states that have enacted state-funded pre-kindergarten early childhood education programs. The survey was designed to collect data related to the legislative authority, intent, and oversight of the early childhood education programs and to gain information on the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Preschool Education
Bard, Rachel; And Others – 1988
Governor Booth Gardner established the Governor's Task Force on Hunger in 1986 and asked its members to study the problem of hunger in Washington State over a 2-year period. The task force conducted its work through three main committees: one to survey the nature and extent of hunger in the state, one to uncover major causes of hunger, and one to…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Etiology, Federal Programs, Hunger
Wood, Jay – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1973
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, High Schools, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1979
This report describes a one-year project to develop a comprehensive dissemination plan that would (1) provide a network within the state of Washington for two-way communication, (2) utilize the linkage potential of the 12 educational service districts, (3) incorporate existing instructional and informational resources, (4) develop training…
Descriptors: Communications, Educational Planning, Information Dissemination, Information Needs
Hill, Paul T.; Lake, Robin J. – 1997
An accountability system is proposed for the education system in Washington. Reform efforts in Washington have been designed to create a school-centered system in which state standards motivate teachers, parents, and principals to search for more effective ways to help students learn. Drawing on the experience of other states, recommendations are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Schrag, Judy A. – 1989
Strategies are presented for fostering statewide program development and refinement in the field of special education. Sixteen observations about change are presented, with examples from various Washington statewide initiatives. Among the observations are the following: Reform should be promoted from within by empowering schools to explore…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Disabilities, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Smith, R. Peggy P. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1984
A health program developed in Washington illustrates the evolution of health systems planning for school health education. Many practical aspects of planning for school health education are discussed. The role of state health planning in implementing changes in state policy and promoting school health education is explored. (DF)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Government School Relationship, Health Education, Program Development
PDF pending restorationWashington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1985
The brochure is intended to help local school districts in Washington State design and implement programs for highly capable students. Included are a statement of Philosophy of Services, goals of such programs, a definition of "highly capable students," Information on identification of this population covers nomination, screening,…
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, Gifted
Harvard Family Research Project, Cambridge, MA. – 1992
The five states featured in this second edition of "Innovative States" were chosen because they reflect crucial elements in an emerging understanding of state policy making in family support and education. Creative state partnerships involving program development and funding are a key ingredient to successful endeavors. States rely on…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Finance, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
