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Download full textThornton, Timothy N., Comp.; Craft, Carole A., Comp.; Dahlberg, Linda L., Comp.; Lynch, Barbara S., Comp.; Baer, Katie, Comp. – 2000
This sourcebook, which builds on a 1993 publication, "The Prevention of Youth Violence: A Framework for Community Action," offers insight into best practices to prevent violence by children and adolescents. It was developed with input from people working to prevent youth violence and people whose positions made them likely to play a role…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Child Behavior, Child Development
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1995
Schools in the United States continue to experience rapid growth and substantial changes. Some of the directional shifts in school counseling programs in North Carolina over the last 16 years, and new directions for these programs, are presented in this manual. It opens with an overview of the philosophy and history of school counseling in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Comprehensive Guidance, Counselor Training
Sandler, Linda; Wetzel, Linda; Sullivan, Howard – 1997
The Division of Adult Education in the Arizona Department of Education and the Arizona Adult Literacy and Technology Resource Center contracted with the Morrison Institute for Public Policy to develop an evaluation system for Arizona's adult education program. During phase I, the institute analyzed existing program data on Arizona's adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Evaluation Methods, Goal Orientation
Center for Development & Learning, Covington, LA. – 2000
This report focuses on how better teaching results in better student learning. It is the result of a Think Tank on Professional Development comprised of parents, educators, and business and community leaders that convened to improve education and teaching in Louisiana. Think Tank members determined that they wanted to help build the capacity for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Edwards, Keisha M. – 2000
This handbook was designed to lead students step-by-step through the planning process for conducting a community project and, thereby, help them learn project-planning skills. The guide is organized in six sections. The first section, "Preliminary Thinking," includes topics such as motivation ("What's in it for me?"), sample projects, personal…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Experiential Learning, Program Administration, Program Development
Hemmeter, Mary Louise; Joseph, Gail E.; Smith, Barbara J.; Sandall, Susan – 2001
This manual presents recommended practices of the Council for Exceptional Children's Division for Early Childhood (DEC) for evaluating early intervention and early childhood special education programs. The DEC recommended practices are intended to complement previously established guidelines for developmentally appropriate practices. This guide…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention
Cohen, Carol; Gerber, Peter; Handley, Claire; Kronley, Robert; Parry, Megan – 2001
In 2000, the Finance Project received a planning grant to launch a new initiative on financing professional development in education. This report represents efforts to identify and develop a database on promising new approaches to professional development in education, profiling 16 initiatives recommended by knowledge experts and representing a…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Thornton, Timothy N., Comp.; Craft, Carole A., Comp.; Dahlberg, Linda L., Comp.; Lynch, Barbara S., Comp.; Baer, Katie, Comp. – 2001
The Spanish-language version of this best practices sourcebook builds on a 1993 publication, "The Prevention of Youth Violence: A Framework for Community Action." It offers insight into tested strategies to prevent violence by children and adolescents. It was developed with input from people working to prevent youth violence and people…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Child Behavior, Child Development
Abt Associates, Inc., Cambridge, MA. – 1997
In 1995, the Jobs Initiative, an 8-year, six-site demonstration project, was launched to attempt to improve access to family-supporting jobs for disadvantaged young adults in the inner city. The Jobs Initiative is providing seed money to develop and implement job strategies in six cities: Denver (Colorado); Milwaukee (Wisconsin); New Orleans…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Employment, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Financial Support
Penta, Mary Q.; Hudson, Martha B. – 1999
This paper describes alternative assessments being used successfully at two elementary magnet schools in North Carolina and summarizes case studies of the assessment development process. Assessments, grade levels, school years, and school districts in the case studies differed, but commonalities in developing the assessments enabled the…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Case Studies, Educational Assessment, Educational Innovation
Kroll, Carolyn K.; Rivest, Michele – 2000
Launched in 1994, Smart Start is the statewide early childhood initiative in North Carolina designed to ensure that every child "arrives at school healthy and ready to succeed." This guide provides a practical reference to the lessons learned from Smart Start as the program was developed and experienced from the local county partnership…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Programs, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Office of Reform Assistance and Dissemination. – 1999
These volumes contain working papers related to the development of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) Facilitated System of Expert Panels. Introductory papers by Susan Klein, Michael Scriven, Sharon Bobbitt and Susan Klein, and Michael Scriven and Lois-ellin Datta (printed in both volumes) set the stage for the discussions…
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
National Survey Concerning Implementing the Ed.D. Program for Southern Connecticut State University.
Bruckerhoff, Charles; Bruckerhoff, Theresa; Sheehan, Rob – 2000
Three main questions guided this study: (1) What are the possible implications, positive and negative, from implementing an Ed.D. program at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU)?; (2) What were the conditions for teaching at other universities when an Ed.D. program was adopted?; and (3) What have been the long-term effects--positive,…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Programs
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Community Coll. Services Unit. – 1999
This guide to standards and measures for compliance with the Perkins Act was developed by and for 29 community colleges in Michigan in order to provide accountability for planning and program improvement. The Perkins Act requires recipients of Perkins funds to evaluate the effectiveness of programs based upon a statewide system of standards and…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Compliance (Legal)
Peer reviewedWartenberg, Herbert; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1971
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Elementary School Students, Individualized Instruction, Parent Teacher Conferences
