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Elise Levin-Güracar; Katrina Woodworth – SRI Education, a Division of SRI International, 2022
In 2019, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation engaged SRI Education to "refresh" a 2007 study, published as "An Unfinished Canvas" (Woodworth et al., 2007). In 2022, SRI released "Creativity Challenge" (Woodworth et al., 2022). Both studies were commissioned to assess the status of arts education in California,…
Descriptors: Creativity, Art Education, State Policy, Statewide Planning
Houston Independent School District, 2019
In 2017-2018, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) launched Achieve 180, a program centered upon a comprehensive action plan to increase student achievement at 45 schools, including the 27 schools that received the Texas Education Agency Campus Accountability rating of "Improvement Required" (IR) in 2016-2017 and 18 former IR…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, School Districts, Educational Environment
Grantmakers for Education, 2015
As in past years, this report draws from a survey of Grantmakers for Education membership that provides a snapshot of giving patterns as well as grantmakers' qualitative impressions of lessons and insights from their work. For the first time, this report has sought out the perspectives of non-members who are active in the field, to help broaden…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Educational Trends, Grantsmanship, Philanthropic Foundations
Houston Independent School District, 2018
In 2017-2018, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) launched Achieve 180, a program centered upon a comprehensive action plan to increase student achievement at 45 schools, including the 27 schools that received the Texas Education Agency Campus Accountability rating of "Improvement Required" (IR) in 2016-2017 and 18 former IR…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, School Districts, Educational Environment
Kominsky, John R.; Freyberg, Ronald W.; Gerber, Donald R.; Centifonti, Gary J. – 1997
All schools are required to develop and implement an asbestos management plan (AMP). The key component of this plan is each school's operations and maintenance (O&M) program. This report outlines the importance of such programs. It describes an O&M program as an administrative framework that prescribes specific activities and work…
Descriptors: Asbestos, Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Facility Guidelines
Office of Postsecondary Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1985
The fiscal year (FY) 1984 annual report on executive agency actions to assist historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is presented by the Secretary of Education in accordance with Executive Order 12320. The report is a compilation and comparison of actual dollar amounts obligated by the 27 designated federal agencies to the nation's…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Annual Reports, Black Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Vocational, Adult, and Community Education. – 1989
In 1989, the Florida State Board of Community Colleges (SBCC), in conjunction with the Division of Vocational, Adult and Community Education (DVACE) of the State Board Department of Education, conducted a review of the state's dental assisting and dental hygiene programs. The two major sources of information for the review were public hearings and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Allied Health Occupations Education, College Admission, Community Colleges
Dugger, William E., Jr.; And Others – 1980
This report contains an analysis of data collected during Phase 1 (spring 1979) of a project to develop and validate standards for industrial arts education programs. These data detail responses to four instruments devised by the project to survey fifty-four state and territorial supervisors of industrial arts and 2,235 public school principals,…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Demonstration Programs, Educational Facilities, Educational Philosophy
Florida State Board of Community Colleges, Tallahassee. – 1991
In the Florida Community College System (FCCS) the Associate in Arts (A.A.) program provides students with a two-year transfer degree. In an effort to determine the need for state initiatives, policy changes, and funding priorities, a program review was conducted which examined a series of 19 issues regarding student characteristics, student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, College Faculty
Cook, Lauraine – 1991
This compilation of resources for district planning in 1990-91 provides an overview of demographic, personnel, financial, facilities, and curriculum issues for the Kern Community College District (California) and its member institutions, Bakersfield, Cerro Coso, and Porterville colleges. The 10 sections of the document cover: (1) General…
Descriptors: Budgets, College Planning, College Programs, Community Colleges
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. – 1987
This annual report for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 1987 is divided into a narrative section and a statistical section. The narrative sections begin with a general progress report by the South Carolina State Superintendent of Education, followed by analogous reports by the Special Assistant for Legal and Legislative Affairs and the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Educational Administration
Sherron, Ronald H. – 1986
A longitudinal study examined adult basic education (ABE) in Virginia between 1970 and 1985. (The first study was conducted in 1970, the second in 1978, and the third in 1985.) Data for the 1985 study were collected from survey instruments mailed to all state department ABE personnel, local ABE supervisors, learning center coordinators, and ABE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Counselor Characteristics, Curriculum Development, Demography
Connecticut State Board of Higher Education, Hartford. – 1982
Current data on enrollment, degrees conferred, academic programs, finances, student financial assistance, and capital facilities in Connecticut higher education institutions are summarized, and significant policy issues that the state must address on both a short-term and long-range basis are examined. Findings from the Board of Higher Education…
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), College Programs, College Role, Curriculum Evaluation