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Kutash, Krista; Duchnowski, Albert J. – National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET), University of Minnesota, 2006
With a goal of increasing the use of evidence-based practices in special education programs and improve student outcomes, a research demonstration project was developed through a unique partnership of special educators, parents, administrators, and investigators. This brief reports on the method, implementation, and initial findings from this…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Special Programs, Partnerships in Education, Program Descriptions
Burgstahler, Sheryl – National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET), University of Minnesota, 2006
This brief provides an example of how to create and sustain an e-mentoring community to promote the success of youth with disabilities in school, careers, and other life experiences. Established in 1992, the DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) e-mentoring community may have been the first intentional Internet-based…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Mentors, Computer Mediated Communication, Online Systems
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Donahue, David M.; Bowyer, Jane; Rosenberg, Dana – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2003
Service learning aims to promote academic learning and meet community needs. When students interview elderly residents in a nursing home about their experiences during World War II, they gain eyewitness historical information and provide company to persons who otherwise may have few visitors. Such situations are designed to be "win-win." Students…
Descriptors: Grade 10, Special Programs, Credentials, Adolescents