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Quality Career/Technical Programs Prepare Students to Succeed in a New, More Challenging Economy
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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
Quality in Postgraduate Education.
Zuber-Skerritt, Ortrun, Ed.; Ryan, Yoni, Ed. – 1994
This collection of papers discusses issues of quality, institutional research culture, and processes which encourage, achieve, sustain, and assure high quality teaching and research in universities, primarily from a British and Australian perspective. Part 1 is titled "Issues of Quality and Institutional Research Culture" and contains…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Educational Quality, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Restructuring To Educate the Urban Learner: Invited Papers.
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Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1993
The Research for Better Schools Urban Education Project provides a different framework from current education-reform efforts for restructuring urban schools and improving educational quality. This volume organizes a set of invited papers according to the Urban Learner Framework themes of cultural diversity and learning, unrecognized abilities and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Pluralism, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change
Merging Colleges for Mutual Growth. A New Strategy for Academic Managers.
Martin, James; And Others – 1994
This book brings together essays written by higher education professionals that provide practical and theoretical advice on the academic, financial, administrative, legal, personnel, and student aspects of college mergers. Together, the contributors set forth an action plan for those involved in planning and implementing such mergers, and outline…
Descriptors: Consortia, Cooperative Planning, Curriculum Development, Educational Planning
A Covenant for Change. The Paideia Manual: A Guide to the Re-Training of America's Teaching Force.
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Brazil, Robert D. – 1992
A proposal for school reform, crafted by Mortimer J. Adler in 1982, the "Paideia Proposal," resurrected the ideal of the Socratic teaching method and called for a three dimensional program to prepare youngsters for earning a living, preparing for the duties of a citizen in a democracy and preparing them for continued learning. The core…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Pre-School Educational Research: Linking Policy with Practice.
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Wilson, Valerie, Ed.; Ogden-Smith, Jane, Ed. – 1999
Based on the policy premise that good quality preschool education is an important contribution to children's emotional, social, and intellectual progress, this book reports the findings of the Scottish Officer Educational Research Unit's research program, which looked at various aspects of preschool education in Scotland. The areas investigated…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Educational Research
Research Readings. Australian Apprenticeships.
Smart, Nigel, Ed. – 2001
This volume on apprenticeships in Australia summarizes 11 research studies. After an "Introduction" (Nigel Smart), the reports are: "Apprenticeship in Australia: A Concise History" (John Ray); "Issues and Directions from the Australian Apprenticeship and Traineeship Literature" (Stephen Saunders); "Determinants…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Blue Collar Occupations, Delivery Systems