In 2016, a change was made to the approach taken for delivery of the first practicum placement experience for initial teacher education students at [the university]. Rather than the traditional 20- day in-school observation placement, an alternative 10-day online experience, called the Online Demonstration School (ODS), was developed. The ODS…

The "Framing Student Success: Connecting Rigorous Visual Arts, Math and Literacy Learning" experimental demonstration project was designed to develop and test an instructional program integrating high-quality, standards-based instruction in the visual arts, math, and literacy. Developed and implemented by arts-in-education organization…

The Algebra Project DR K-12, funded by the National Science Foundation as a Research and Development Project, addressed the challenge of offering significant STEM content for students to ensure public literacy and workforce readiness. The project's primary purpose was to test the feasibility and effectiveness of a model for establishing four-year…

The report, "The Ready to Teach Program: A Federal Initiative in Support of Online Courses for Teachers", describes the history of the Ready to Teach Program and its role as one of the solutions to the national need to increase the performance of teachers through professional development. The report describes selected findings from the Eisenhower…

The Yale-New Haven Teachers' Institute was founded in 1978 on the belief that "university and school teachers across the country have a strong, mutual interest in the improvement of teaching and learning in the schools." The core goal of the model is to establish a sustainable partnership between districts and universities in order to…

A College of Education, University of Georgia, project attempted to demonstrate the portability of the Georgia Model containing materials suitable for use in staff development for career education through conferences, provision of materials on the Georgia Model, and followup visits to participants. After studying the model, about 150 faculty…

An external evaluation was conducted to assess the model for infusing career education and liberal arts education developed at William James College (Michigan). The primary purpose of the evaluation was to assess the broad impact of the career education project on William James College (WJC) and to measure specifically the extent to which WJC…

Ten of the twenty Education Service Centers (ESC) that provide instructional and technical services to the local school districts in Texas were asked to participate in a project designed to demonstrate infusion and management techniques in career education. Activities were accomplished under the following objectives: (1) establish the…

This evaluation handbook was developed as a part of a study conducted to identify and describe evaluated, exemplary activities in career education (K-12) which represent the best of the current career education programs and practices referred to in Public Law 93-380. (See CE 018 212 for the final report of this study.) An introductory section…

The purpose of the South Dakota Career Education Project was to establish demonstration centers for the development and advancement of K-12 career education in the state. These demonstration centers were also intended to serve as a national model for the delivery of career education services. The major objective was to provide a program of…

This description of career education activities in Akron (Ohio) Public Schools was prepared as part of a study conducted to identify evaluated, exemplary career education activities which represent the best of the current career education programs and practices referred to in Public Law 93-380. (See CE 018 212 for the final report of this study.)…

This description of career education activities in Greenland, Arkansas, was prepared as part of a study conducted to identify evaluated, exemplary career education activities which represent the best of the current career education programs and practices referred to in Public Law 93-380. (See CE 018 212 for the final report of this study.) This…

This description of career education activities in Coloma, Michigan, was prepared as part of a study conducted to identify evaluated, exemplary career education activities which represent the best of the current career education programs and practices referred to in Public Law 93-380. (See CE 018 212 for the final report of this study.) This…

This description of career education activities in Prince George's County, Maryland, was prepared as part of a study conducted to identify evaluated, exemplary career education activities which represent the best of the current career education programs and practices referred to in Public Law 93-380. (See CE 018 212 for the final report of this…

This description of career education activities in the Highline Public Schools (Seattle, Washington) was prepared as part of a study conducted to identify evaluated, exemplary career education activities which represent the best of the current career education programs and practices referred to in Public Law 93-380. (See CE 018 212 for the final…