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America's Leaders Speak Out on Business-Education Partnerships. Proceedings and Recommendations from the Compact Institute/Business Leadership Forum (Washington, D.C., April 1989). Corporate Action Package.
Chion-Kenney, Linda – 1989
This document contains the proceedings of a conference for educators, business leaders, and government officials involved in school reform. The speakers at the conference were involved in city-wide partnerships that establish long-term, measurable goals for school improvement in exchange for business' pledge of employment opportunities for youth.…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Cooperative Programs, Corporate Support
Corporate Action Agenda. The Business of Improving Public Education. Executive Summary. Corporate Action Package.
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1989
This document answers such questions as: What is the corporate action agenda of the National Alliance of Business (NAB)? Why is corporate action to improve education so critical? How is NAB addressing the issues? What has been achieved? What are NAB's long-term goals in the educational arena? and What are the components of NAB's corporate action…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Cooperative Programs, Corporate Support
The Compact Project. School-Business Partnerships for Improving Education. Corporate Action Package.
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1989
This document profiles the business-education partnerships in 12 cities and reports the lessons learned from their experiences. The cities are Albuquerque (New Mexico), Cincinnati (Ohio), Detroit (Michigan), Indianapolis (Indiana), Louisville (Kentucky), Memphis (Tennessee), Miami/Dade County (Florida), Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), Providence (Rhode…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Cooperative Programs, Corporate Support
Education Reform Opportunities for Artists and Craftspeople. A Handbook.
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Sizemore, Judy – 1995
The Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990, which champions arts education as an integral component of a holistic curriculum and assessment process, encourages schools to make use of resources from the community, including arts and cultural organizations, artists, folklorists, and craftspeople. This broadened approach to education provides…
Descriptors: Art Education, Artists, Community Involvement, Community Resources
A Blueprint for Business on Restructuring Education. Corporate Action Package.
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1989
Although there are more than 140,000 partnerships between business and education in the United States, few have effected fundamental educational change and few have had any impact on economic well-being. Having studied those partnerships that have focused on fundamental educational change, the National Alliance of Business identified what business…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Cooperative Programs, Corporate Support
Implementing High School JROTC [Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps] Career Academies.
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Hanser, Lawrence M.; Robyn, Abby E. – 2000
In 1992, the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Department of Education jointly developed the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) Career Academy model, which provides a framework for implementation of an innovative vocational education program designed to keep dropout-prone students in school. The program, which combines military…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Career Academies, Career Education, Case Studies