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Dayton, Charles – Career Academy Support Network, 2010
A career academy is a small learning community within a high school, which selects a subset of students and teachers for a two-, three-, or four-year period. Students enter through a voluntary process; they must apply and be accepted, with parental knowledge and support. A career academy involves teachers from different subjects working together…
Descriptors: Career Academies, Resource Materials, Guidelines, Educational Planning
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Kato, Mary McGrath; Nulty, Brenda; Olszewski, Brandon T.; Doolittle, Jennifer; Flannery, K. Brigid – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2006
Despite many barriers, a group of Oregon educators began to discuss ideas about how they could provide information that would build skills to improve the entry and success rate for high school students with disabilities in postsecondary education. These educators included high school, community college, and university staff. The Postsecondary…
Descriptors: High Schools, Disabilities, Transitional Programs, Accessibility (for Disabled)
Pritchard, Florence Fay; Whitehead, George I., III – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2004
This volume makes two important contributions: First, it provides a framework grounded in theory and best professional practice that middle and high school teachers, their students, and community partners can use to design, implement, and evaluate service-learning projects that address authentic community needs. Second, it demonstrates ways…
Descriptors: High Schools, Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Service Learning