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Czaja, Marion D.; Belcher, Sandi – 1999
This report describes and evaluates the Raven School, a charter school established in 1998 to serve adjudicated youths ages 16 to 18. The school is administered by the Gulf Coast Trades Center, a private nonprofit organization located in the Sam Houston National Forest in rural Texas. In addition to academics and GED preparation, other program…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Cooperation, High Risk Students, High School Equivalency Programs
Dangel, Timothy R. – 1985
The model used to evaluate the mathematics curriculum of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools (Maryland) involved three phases: the curriculum; instruction, or the implementation of the curriculum; and students' attitudes, performance, and later success. The evaluation was conducted in 1984. Data were collected from seven sources: a review of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Curriculum Evaluation
House, Peggy A. – 1977
The Minnesota Talented Youth Mathematics Project (MTYMP) aimed to accelerate the mathematics learning of extremely talented junior high school pupils in special fast-paced classes outside of the regular school program. During the 1976-77 school year, 65 pupils from Duluth, St. Paul, and Minneapolis, Minnesota earned credit in Algebra I and II.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Acceleration
Highline Public Schools, Seattle, WA. – 1976
The Highline School District (Washington) developed and implemented a special one-year career education project for gifted and talented elementary school students based on three objectives: (1) increased perception of internal control among participating students; (2) increased knowledge of data-people-things categories; and (3) increased career…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Career Awareness, Career Education, Decision Making Skills
Moyerman, Sue – 1978
This study sought to determine whether the curricula of master's level health administration programs in the United States are relevant to professional needs and whether these programs change appropriately as professional needs change. The content is in seven chapters. The first covers the research design and survey methodology. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Education, Administrators, Curriculum Development
Seyfarth, John T.; And Others – 1973
The report examines the attitudes of parents of 31 of the 44 students in the Appalachia Education Laboratory's Employer-Based Career Education (AEL/EBCE) program toward the program as indicated by their responses to a standard interview form (which appears in an appendix). Twelve interviews involved both the mother and the father of the student;…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Educational Programs, Individualized Programs
Ciavarella, Michael A.; And Others – 1974
The evaluation report for the 1973-74 project year examines Pennsylvania's four major career education projects. The grade 10-14 component at Edenburg focuses on identifying 20 career areas, identifying behaviorally described skills required for the various occupations, developing the required skills through the use of tasks, modules, and units,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration
LaPointe, Michelle, Ed.; Darling-Hammond, Linda, Ed.; Meyerson, Debra, Ed. – Stanford Educational Leadership Institute, 2007
In 2003, with funding from The Wallace Foundation, a national team of researchers organized by Stanford University and The Finance Project set out to find and examine a set of exemplary pre- and in-service professional development programs for principals, along with the policy contexts in which they operate. The purpose of the study was to…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Educational Change, Case Studies, Best Practices
Virginia Western Community Coll., Roanoke. – 1976
The Career Life Development Center (CLDC) developed at Virginia Western Community College was designed to serve both enrolled students and non-student residents of the locality. The following eleven program components were implemented: career counseling interviews; curriculum-based counseling strategies; diagnostic center; individual career…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. – 1967
A TOTAL OF 272 SCHOOL ALIENATED YOUTH--DROPOUTS AND POTENTIAL DROPOUTS--WERE SERVED BY THE CENTER BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1965 AND JUNE 1967 IN THE FOLLOWING VOCATIONAL AREAS--AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES, CHILD CARE, FOOD SERVICES, HEALTH SERVICES, RETAILING SERVICES, OFFICE OPERATIONS, MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR, AND LANDSCAPING AND…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Classification, Counseling
Nocerino, Mary Ann; And Others – 1984
The Fairfax County, Virginia, Schools' Primary Mathematics Program (PMP) was re-evaluated to provide additional data on program effectiveness and to provide suggestions on future program development, implementation, and improvement. Seventy-one teachers in 14 schools implemented the pilot program. Evaluative data included interviews with 14…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary School Mathematics
Owens, Thomas R.; Haenn, Joseph F. – 1976
Evaluation conducted during the 1975-76 school year of the Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) program at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) is reported, focusing on the evaluation findings of the EBCE demonstration project in Tigard, Oregon called Community Experiences for Career Education, (CE)2, and the five NWREL EBCE pilot…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Daily Living Skills, Educational Objectives
Roseville Area School District 623, Minn.
The Roseville Area Schools' secondary career education project was based on a broad definition of career education, emphasizing career development as a lifelong process. About thirty community members, students, and district staff participated on project advisory or task force committees. About one-third of the professional certified district…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Planning
SMITH, D.B.; AND OTHERS – 1967
RESULTS OF UNSTRUCTURED SMALL GROUP INTERVIEWS WITH 78 FORMER CORPSMEN AND 10 COWORKERS AND INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS WITH 33 OF THEIR EMPLOYERS IN NEW YORK, CHICAGO, HOUSTON, AND SAN FRANCISCO WERE ANALYZED TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEMS THAT CONFRONT JOB CORPSMEN WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR TRAINING. RESPONSES WERE CODED, TABULATED, AND SUBJECTED TO…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Disadvantaged Youth, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
George Peabody Coll. for Teachers, Nashville, TN. Div. of Surveys and Field Services. – 1966
TO DEVELOP PLANS FOR A LONG RANGE PROGRAM OF DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT, A 15-MEMBER TEAM FROM 12 STATES SURVEYED 14 AREAS OF VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION. TEAM MEMBERS, WORKING WITH THE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, COLLECTED DATA FROM STATE OFFICES AND VISITED SELECTED SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THE STUDY WAS CONCERNED…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Guidance, Cooperative Education, Educational Administration
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