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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
Download full textDunn, Margaret E. – 1990
The Classroom Management and Discipline Program, initiated to assist Texas school districts in improving school discipline and dropout prevention, is a statewide university/school/community partnership. Program goals are to: provide training and technical assistance to help districts maintain and improve discipline; reduce dropout rates, school…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Delinquency Prevention, Demonstration Programs, Discipline
Murphy-Chadwick, Nancy; And Others – 1989
Recognizing the need for a strong family housing program to support a student body composed of many nontraditional students, Texas Woman's University converted a traditional residence hall into a family housing unit with an after-school and summer recreation program. The majority of residents in family housing are single mothers with children who…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Ancillary School Services, College Housing, Demonstration Programs
Meisner, Gerald W.; Lee, Ernest W. – 1988
The Honors Workshop for Middle School Science Teachers was designed to address teachers' conceptual understanding of basic scientific principles, student misconceptions and how to deal with them, and observation and measurement techniques. For 4 weeks in summer and on 6 Saturdays during 2 academic years, 30 leaders among science teachers from the…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Degree Requirements, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
DeBerg, Curtis L.; Thornton, Kelby – 1999
An innovative entrepreneurship education program was developed and delivered during summer 1998. The program was conceived by the youth program coordinator of the Butte County, California, Private Industry Council (PIC), who had been impressed by the results of a program during which the PIC hired three students from the California State…
Descriptors: Business Education, College School Cooperation, College Students, Computer Literacy
Westat, Inc., Rockville, MD. – 2000
This document, which is intended to provide technical assistance to individuals responsible for integrating year-round and summer employment and training services for youth under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), contains case studies of eight employment and training programs that have already or are in the process of integrating their summer…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Agency Cooperation, Articulation (Education), Case Studies
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 2000
This document is intended to help practitioners plan and implement activities for observance of Career Development Month in Illinois. Part 1 examines the following topics: the definitions of career development and education-to-careers; the rationale for devoting a month to career development; a career framework; and suggested Career Development…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Annotated Bibliographies, Articulation (Education), Career Development
