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Millot, Marc Dean; Lake, Robin J. – 1996
This report is a general guide for people planning a charter school. In September 1995 the Program on Reinventing Public Education, a collaborative effort of the University of Washington's Institute for Public Policy and Management and the RAND Institute for Education and Training, sponsored a workshop on charter school startup. This report…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Change, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Smith, R. C.; And Others – 1991
This booklet is part of a multi-video and print package entitled "Realizing America's Hope,' which is intended to help America respond to the challenges facing its youth. Strategies are provided for promoting community-school collaboration. A sample agenda is provided for the first meeting of collaboration, and tips for successful collaboration…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cooperation, Educational Change, Elementary School Students
Regional Laboratory for Educational Improvement of the Northeast & Islands, Andover, MA. – 1990
The year-long Lighthouse District Planning Process culminated in the development of a plan that addresses the needs of at-risk students in the Burlington School District and the Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union in Vermont. This final report on the project also serves as a guide that can be used by other districts to construct a comprehensive…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning
Walker, B. J., Ed. – Cityschools, 1995
"Cityschools" reports on research regarding the transformation of urban schools to make this research more accessible to practitioners in urban classrooms. This theme issue focuses on youth violence, exploring how some schools, families, and communities are working together to organize their resources and to design strategies to fight violence.…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Educational Change, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Roach, Virginia – 1995
This guide looks at implementation of principles of inclusive schools from the perspectives of parents, teachers, district and school administrators, and policymakers and is based on data from interviews, surveys, and focus groups. Each perspective is represented in a different chapter of the report, with implications or recommendations for the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Disabilities, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Rawlinson, S. – 1996
This document, designed for employers in England, provides an overview of further education (FE) opportunities, enrollments, and developments/trends throughout the United Kingdom. Section 1, which is basically an overview of the FE system, examines the following questions: why FE is important; what links exist between employers and FE colleges…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Educational Opportunities
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1990
This guide is one of a series of publications that the National Alliance of Business is providing to stimulate and sustain U.S. business efforts to restructure public education in order to make it more responsive to the changing requirements of the modern workplace. This publication provides business people with some of the tools that will help…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Cooperative Programs, Corporate Support, Educational Change
Bragg, Debra D.; And Others – 1992
This guide provides perspectives about Technical Preparation (tech prep) from personnel representing the 50 state agencies and many local consortia. The guide also explores an approach to implementing tech prep based on the concept of total quality management (TQM). Each chapter begins with an overview that provides background, a summary, and list…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Change
Community Coll. of Rhode Island, Warwick. – 1994
This guide provides educators with information about developing partnerships with businesses. It begins with a rationale for forging education-business relationships and highlights benefits to all parties--educators, businesses, and students. The Rhode Island Tech Prep Associate Degree Program is cited as an example of how to create win-win…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Corporate Support
Pritchard, Florence Fay; Whitehead, George I., III – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2004
This volume makes two important contributions: First, it provides a framework grounded in theory and best professional practice that middle and high school teachers, their students, and community partners can use to design, implement, and evaluate service-learning projects that address authentic community needs. Second, it demonstrates ways…
Descriptors: High Schools, Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Service Learning
Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). Directorate-General for Education and Culture. – 2002
This document launches a wide public consultation with all those involved in and with an interest in the European Union's (EU's) education, training, and youth programs called Socrates, Tempus, Leonardo da Vinci, and Youth for Europe. It is the first step toward preparing the new generation of programs to start in 2007 and will inform the…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Developed Nations, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation
Peterson, Elizabeth; Wilson, Kathleen K. – 2001
A survey called the Literacy Check-Up was conducted in South Carolina's Lancaster and Chester Counties in April-May 2000. The survey was designed to identify existing literacy services, determine how well the area's existing literacy programs were meeting participants' needs, and determine the community's capacity for serving adults in need of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs