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Marcum-Dietrich, Nanette I.; Mahoney, Tim – School-University Partnerships, 2015
Millersville University of Pennsylvania (MU) has over 150 years of proud heritage in the preparation of teachers. This article describes how the Secondary Education Professional Development School (PDS) Program model has transformed Millersville University's secondary teacher education from a traditional teacher preparation program into a dynamic…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Professional Development Schools, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Change
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Salmon, Daniel A. – Clearing House, 1978
A program has been started at Hillcrest High School in Queens County, New York City, that is the first step in attempting to develop an organized course of study for future physicians. It eventually would provide pre-medical training from the ninth grade through university pre-medical schooling, medical school, internship, and community practice.…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Advisory Committees, Curriculum Development, Degree Requirements
Short, Deborah J.; Boyson, Beverly A. – 1997
This directory profiles 60 secondary school programs designed to accommodate the educational needs of immigrant students with low level English and/or native language skills, and often a background of limited formal schooling in their native countries. Most are intended as transitional programs, attended until the student can be placed in the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Immigrants, Institutional Characteristics, Limited English Speaking
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Perry, Roger H. – Urban Education, 1980
Describes the organizational, managerial and instructional characteristics of an urban school that worked effectively with problem students. Examined and discussed are the specific practices, procedures, programs, and behavioral patterns implemented by the school as well as results. (Author/JLF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Problems, Institutional Characteristics, Nontraditional Education
Peterson, Roland L.; And Others – 1981
Published and unpublished literature is reviewed to identify and describe patterns of delivering vocational agriculture and home economics programs to students in small rural secondary schools. A conceptual model is developed based on patterns found in the literature. Non-school-based, school-based, and a combination of the two are identified as…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Community Characteristics, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems
Palmer, B. S. – CORE, 1979
The effectiveness of agricultural/vocational New Secondary Schools as an instrument for change in the Pacific Solomon Islands is examined. (f=fiche numbers). (CP)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Church Role, Comparative Education, Cultural Pluralism
Rendon, Laura I. – 1985
Recognizing the underrepresentation and poor academic performance of Mexican American students in mathematics- and science-based fields, the guide (1) reviews student- and institution-related factors contributing to mathematics and science declines, (2), describes selective secondary and college mathematics and science model programs, (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, College School Cooperation, Information Sources, Institutional Characteristics
Pfannenstiel, Judy C.; Keesling, J. Ward – 1980
This document is the final report of an evaluation of Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I programs for neglected or delinquent youth in State institutions. The report summarizes the cumulative findings and each of the activities that constituted different phases of the evaluation. This report and the evaluation itself were organized around…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Child Neglect, Compensatory Education, Correctional Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1981
This first part of the congressional hearings held in Washington, D.C., in February 1981, to reauthorize the Vocational Education Act of 1963 contains 16 pieces of testimony about vocational education programs in different institutional settings. Individuals giving testimony include representatives of the following institutions: Des Moines…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Educational Needs, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
International Labour Office, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1979
This report outlines changes in training and education that have taken place in the 1960s and the first years of the 1970s in three countries of Eastern Europe--the German Democratic Republic, Poland, and the USSR. Compiled in the report is information from legal and assimilated texts, as well as from studies and reports, articles, and…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Counseling, Education Work Relationship