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Gwendolyn R. Svenson; Olivia Arnold; Patricia Vigil; Naomi Nishi; Christianne Magee – Journal of Youth Development, 2025
The Veterinary Perspectives Institute (VPI) was designed to address the challenges faced by underrepresented youth who are interested in veterinary medicine. This study examines the VPI, a tuition-free program that introduces students from under-resourced high schools to veterinary medicine and One Health through a hands-on, transdisciplinary…
Descriptors: High School Students, Disadvantaged, Veterinary Medicine, Biomedicine
Duffy, Mark; Eddins, Mary – Research for Action, 2022
Personalized, competency-based learning efforts often take place in a single classroom or school, but not systematically across districts, let alone states. To address this dynamic and increase the scale of personalized, competency-based learning, KnowledgeWorks, an independent nonprofit organization that partners with education stakeholders to…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Competency Based Education, State Programs, Program Implementation
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Sykes, Gary; Martin, Kacy – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2019
This study examined a sample of plans that states submitted to the U.S. Education Department in 2015, pursuant to requirements in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I, Part A. Plans were aimed at redressing inequities in access to qualified teachers as this problem has emerged in states and districts across the country. A…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Teacher Distribution, Low Income Students, Educationally Disadvantaged
Sobel, Donna; Little, Mary; McCray, Erica D.; Wang, Jun – Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability and Reform Center, 2014
The U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) is dedicated to improving results for infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities ages birth through 21 by providing leadership and financial support to assist institutions of higher education (IHEs), states, and local districts. During a 5-year period, OSEP…
Descriptors: Special Education, Federal Programs, Public Agencies, Teacher Education Programs
Argenti, Courtney – National College Access Network, 2017
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is a form prepared annually by current and prospective college students (undergraduate and graduate) to determine their eligibility for student financial aid. Completing the FAFSA creates opportunities for more equitable access to higher education because it is a gateway for receiving the Pell…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Student Financial Aid, College Students, College Bound Students
Nevada Department of Education, 2008
The Program Quality Criteria include ten components designed to help validate a comprehensive career and technical education (CTE) program. Upon a self review or third party review, any program may use this instrument to determine how the program has made progress in its development. The review instrument is not designed as an evaluation tool,…
Descriptors: Program Improvement, Program Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Vocational Education
Nevada State Legislative Counsel Bureau, Carson City. Legislative Commission. – 1986
This report examines the adequacy of the standard of need used by the State of Nevada to determine eligibility for the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program (ADC). Nevada's standard of $285 per month for a family of 3 ranked 49 out of 54 states and political entities. The current standard is reviewed in relation to the present cost of…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates, Eligibility
Loesch-Griffin, Deborah; Rye, Alyssa – 2001
This report is a summary of the evaluation of the Nevada School-to-Careers (STC) Year 4 (1999-2000) implementation and the extent to which implementation supported eight messages STC is intended to send. Results from three surveys are included: Quantitative Benchmark Survey, School Implementation Profile, and Student Exit Survey. All regional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Career Planning, Dropout Prevention
Butler, Matilda; Bunker, Jane – 1980
A study designed to assess health education in public schools in California, Nevada, and Utah is reported. Results are compared to those of the School Health Education Study (SHES) which was conducted twenty years ago. Information is provided on the needs, goals, programs, participants, and materials of school health education in large, small, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Educational Resources
Smith, David Lawson – 1992
This document is the first of a series of annual evaluation reports of educational programs throughout Nevada that are supported by funds from Chapter 2 of the Hawkins-Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988. Information was collected using four summary forms completed by district and school officials. The…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
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Wallace, Marie L. – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2007
This paper presents a program for counseling students enrolled in an online charter school located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The author presents a review of the process to establish an online school in Nevada and a unique model for delivery of services that combines face-to-face instruction and online education. The author describes the development of…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Outreach Programs, School Counseling, Computer Mediated Communication
Nevada Univ., Reno. Research and Educational Planning Center. – 1989
Data were collected on guidance and counseling programs and guidance personnel in Nevada schools. Questionnaires were mailed to all 309 practicing school counselors in Nevada; the response rate was 72%. Guidance counselors in Nevada were primarily female, Caucasian, and middle-aged. Mean number of years as a counselor was 9 years, and most…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Counselor Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Employee Attitudes
Nevada Univ. System, Reno. – 1984
This report discusses trends and issues related to developmental/remedial education in the United States; examines developmental/remedial education efforts in Nevada's public colleges and universities; and presents the results of a study of developmental programs in the two universities and four community colleges in the University of Nevada…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Finance, Educational Trends
Loesch-Griffin, Deborah A.; And Others – 1989
This report describes Nevada's first systematic collection of statewide information about guidance and counseling personnel and programs. In fall 1988, 224 of the 315 school counselors in Nevada completed a survey covering: (1) personal and job related data; (2) amount and quality of preservice education and professional development activities;…
Descriptors: Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Certification, Counselor Client Ratio, Counselor Evaluation
Carpenter, John – 1988
The results are presented of the second biannual survey of the opinions of the citizens of Nevada about their schools to provide educators and policy makers with information about public concerns. This survey allows for comparison with the views expressed in 1986. A stratified random sample, based on school district population, was selected.…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Finance
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