In 2011, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation extended grants to three educational organizations working to develop or enhance competency-based approaches in large, urbanized school systems. The grant initiative, called Project Mastery, funded the development of technology-enhanced tools, including curriculum materials and online learning…

In 2011, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation created the Project Mastery grant program to support competency-based education initiatives in large school systems that serve a high proportion of disadvantaged youth. Competency-based education meets students where they are academically, provides students with opportunities for choice, and awards…

The objectives of this study were: (1) to develop and organize a coordinated program of vocational education which would include occupational information, selection, and preparation in the secondary school, (2) to use both individual and team-teaching techniques in the program, and (3) to give guidance in self-assessment by the students relative…

Describes use of Canada's videotex system, Telidon, for instructional purposes and cites limitations in Telidon software and its high cost as reasons for the development and testing of an interactive microcomputer-based course authoring and presentation system called VITAL. VITAL's design is described and its implications for instructors are…

The central thesis of the paper is that there are beneficial outcomes derived from engagement in the process of creating instructional materials, quite apart from the benefits to those who use the materials later. Of the three stages in materials production--design, development, and dissemination--this paper highlights the development stage by…

This report identifies and reviews projects and strategies that have proved successful in eliminating sex bias in vocational education. The information is intended to facilitate the development of affirmative measures by the States to eliminate sex discrimination in vocational education programs and to aid them in complying with regulations of…

The development and pilot testing of the Children and the Arts project is outlined. Developed by the University of Central Florida's College of Education in cooperation with the Florida Alliance for Arts Education, this project sought to address the needs of Florida's young at-risk students by providing teachers with arts experience lesson plans…