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Summer Learning Programs Yield Key Lessons for Districts and Policymakers
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Augustine, Catherine H.; McCombs, Jennifer Sloan – State Education Standard, 2015
The Wallace Foundation is funding a multiyear demonstration project to determine whether voluntary, district summer learning programs can stem summer learning loss for low-income students. Six districts--Boston, Cincinnati, Dallas, Duval County (Florida), Pittsburgh, and Rochester, New York--were selected for the demonstration project and…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Low Income Groups, At Risk Students, Program Effectiveness
Four Years of Research, Development, and Training: A Bibliography. DCVER Projects Completed Between July 1, 1964 and June 30, 1968.
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National Center for Educational Research and Development (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. Div. of Comprehensive and Vocational Education Research. – 1968
Citations of final reports of projects funded by the Division of Comprehensive and Vocational Education Research (DCVER) of the U.S. Office of Education are included in this bibliographic listing. Projects completed between July 1, 1964 and June 30, 1968 are grouped in a section titled, "Four Years of Research, Development and Training." Special…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
Summary of State-Administered Program Improvement Projects in FY 1985.
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Budke, Wesley E.; Harsch, Wallis J. – 1986
A study examined state-administered vocational education program improvement projects funded in fiscal year (FY) 1985 under subpart 3, sections 131 (research), 132 (exemplary and innovative), and 133 (curriculum development) of the Education Amendments of 1976 (P.L. 94-482). It was determined that more funds are being obligated for supportive…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Educational Research
Learning for Earning: New Opportunities for Paycheck Education. The Vocational Education Amendments of 1968.
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Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1969
The major provisions of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 are explained. Following discussion of the rationale of the legislation and of the extent and basis of allocation of state grants, separate sections of the document deal with: (1) exemplary programs, (2) residential projects, (3) consumer and homemaking education, (4) cooperative…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
A Historical Perspective of Federally Administered Programs as to Monies Appropriated for Research and Development, Demonstration Projects, and Curriculum Development.
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Ricketts, Samuel Clifton – 1978
Since 1963, Congress has provided funds and support for vocational education by passing the Vocational Education Act of 1963 and two sets of amendments, the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 and of 1976. Federally authorized appropriations during this time have increased from eight million dollars in 1963 to eighty million in 1978. Enacted…
Descriptors: Coordination, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Educational Administration
Improving Student Performance in California. A Catalog of Business and Community Programs in Support of Local Education.
California Roundtable, San Francisco. – 1984
This catalog contains more than 600 abstracts of model programs in California designed to help business, education, and community groups establish or expand partnerships in support of local education. An executive summary precedes the abstracts. The program abstracts are divided into 21 sections corresponding to specific forms of involvement.…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Basic Skills, Business, Business Education