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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
RESEARCH VISIBILITY. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IS SERVICE--CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.
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LAW, GORDON F. – 1968
SIXTEEN RESEARCH REVIEWS IN THIS ISSUE PERTAIN TO CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, ONE OF THE MAJOR AREAS OF CONCERN IDENTIFIED BY THE PANEL OF CONSULTANTS ON VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. THEY ARE ORGANIZED UNDER THE TOPICS--(1) CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTES AND LABORATORIES WHICH INCLUDES SUMMER INSTITUTES ON FLUID POWER,…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Conferences, Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Educating Able Learners: Programs and Promising Practices.
Cox, June; And Others – 1985
The text reports on findings of the Richardson study, a 4-year examination of current programing for gifted and talented students. An introductory chapter comments upon current attention to gifted education and summarizes reflections on home and school influences of MacArthur Fellows. Chapter 2 reviews results of a national survey of school…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs
The Centre Program for Project Opportunity.
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Weber, William H., III – 1967
Reported is a research and development program, Project Opportunity, which involved 11 high schools in eight Southern states. Sponsors and participants were the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Ford Foundation, Berea, Centre, and Transylvania Colleges, the schools systems of Breathitt and Lee Counties and the Princeton, N.J., High…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Preparation, College Students, Curriculum Development
Development: First Year Evaluation of the Model School Division, District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, D.C., 1965-1966.
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District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. – 1966
Described is Washington's Model School Division, an experimental educational project in a disadvantaged area of the city. The efforts in this target area include curriculum innovations, a preschool program, a teacher aide program, and two six-week summer institutes combining inservice training of teachers with pupil enrichment. Also discussed are…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Problems, Curriculum, Curriculum Development
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