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Blankenship, Shaketha – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Small learning communities, an initiative to transform large struggling comprehensive high schools into smaller autonomous schools, are being empirically examined in the field of education to assess if transformation is actually occurring as seen by positive outcomes, such as increased academic achievement. There is an absence of literature on…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, School Counselors, High Schools, School Counseling
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Kelley, Carolyn; Salisbury, Jason – Journal of School Leadership, 2013
With strong connection to schoolwide policy and vision and to the realities of the daily life of teachers and students, the department chair is uniquely positioned to play an important role in advancing instructional effectiveness (Printy, 2008; Weller, 2001). This article provides an in-depth look at the efforts of three urban comprehensive high…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Department Heads, Urban Schools, Comprehensive Programs
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Monson, Robert J. – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
The "one-size-fits-all" approach to teaching and program delivery is indefensible. Minnesota has enacted a law specifying standards of knowledge and skills that high school students must demonstrate to qualify for a diploma via multiple pathways. All pathway programs (classical, postsecondary, interactive-technology evening school,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Comprehensive Programs, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs
Shelton, Carla F.; James, Edward L. – Corwin Press, 2004
The recent wave of accountability reform movements has largely overlooked the needs of middle and high school counselors, yet has generated daunting pressure for guidance programs to be standards-based and data-driven. Written from the perspective of a practicing, certified counselor, this guide contains essential information needed to implement…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Comprehensive Programs, Career Education, Stress Management
1976
Developed by the Careers Resource Project staff (which is nearing the end of a three-year federally funded effort to promote career education in K-12 classrooms of rural Indiana), this manual is designed for use by the facilitator of a career education program and is based on experiences of the Careers Resource Project. Following brief…
Descriptors: Career Education, Comprehensive Programs, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Secondary Education