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Direct linkCohan, Audrey, Ed.; Honigsfeld, Andrea, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2011
This unique collection of chapters takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative preservice and inservice teacher education practices from many regions of the United States, Canada and the world. Each of the chapters offers an authentic, documentary account of successful initiatives that break the traditional mold of teacher education. Section…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Education, Program Descriptions, Vignettes
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2008
Quality career/technical education and its role in school improvement was a primary theme of the 2008 "High Schools That Work" ("HSTW") Staff Development Conference. This newsletter covers crucial topics in quality CTE (career and technical education), including assessing the quality and effectiveness of CT programs, preparing students to succeed…
Descriptors: Career Academies, Educational Change, Staff Development, Vocational Education
Boudett, Kathryn Parker, Ed.; Steele, Jennifer L., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2007
What does it look like when a school uses data wisely? "Data Wise in Action", a new companion and sequel to the bestselling "Data Wise", tells the stories of eight very different schools following the Data Wise process of using assessment results to improve teaching and learning. "Data Wise in Action" highlights the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Change, Leadership, Program Descriptions
Millman, Jason, Ed. – 1997
The 24 chapters of this collection discuss contemporary approaches to using student learning gains to evaluating teachers or schools. The four methods considered are: (1) the Oregon Teacher Work Sample Methodology (chapters 2 through 6); (2) the Dallas Value-Added Accountability System (Texas) (chapters 7 through 11); (3) the Tennessee Value-Added…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Briere, Eugene J., Ed.; And Others – 1979
The publication brings together the latest thinking in five areas important to bilingual education. Part one, legal aspects, deals with limitations and capabilities of the judicial process, interpretations of major court decisions, and implications of these decisions in terms of community members, educators, and school boards. Philosophies,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Educational Assessment
PDF pending restorationWest Contra Costa Unified School District, CA. – 1996
The documents in this collection relate to the Homeless Education Project conducted in the elementary and secondary schools of the West Contra Costa Unified School District (California). The first document is a chart describing the project and its main goals: (1) an accelerated curriculum in reading and mathematics; (2) effective procedures for…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Access to Education, Cambodian, Child Development
Download full textAdelman, Clifford; Reuben, Elaine – 1984
Sixty-six descriptions of notable programs and promising practices related to specific problems, practices, and goals in American postsecondary education are presented in this study, a continuation of Volume I. The programs are the result of searches made by the staff of the National Commission on Excellence in Education, although neither the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Instruction, College Programs, College Second Language Programs
Rose, David H., Ed.; Meyer, Anne, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2006
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) stands at the forefront of contemporary efforts to create universal access to educational curricula for all students, including those with disabilities. The "universal" in UDL does not mean there is a single optimal solution for everyone. Instead, it underscores the need for flexible approaches to…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Teacher Effectiveness, Reading Strategies, Disabilities
