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Winter, Gene M.; Fadale, LaVerna M. – 1982
A project was undertaken in New York State to develop a low-cost statewide system for identifying and disseminating information on two-year college programs or activities that are effective in addressing a major occupational education issue. The resulting system consists of the following components: (1) a call for nominations, which involves the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Demonstration Programs, Educational Quality, Information Dissemination
Busch, Mary E.; And Others – 1975
The Indiana team approached its research from the hypothesis that one's quality of life is related to the educational system and proposed to explore the relationship between Indiana's educational system and its quality of life. Because of the comprehensiveness of the term "quality of life," the team decided to limit its study to the…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Assessment, Educational History, Educational Quality
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Mueller, Charles W.; Orimoto, Lisa – Child Welfare, 1995
Identified factors related to the recruitment, training, and retention of family child care (FCC) providers in two rural communities who participated in an FCC training program. Findings point to the relative success of efforts to recruit and train high quality family child care providers and the relative difficulty of retaining these providers…
Descriptors: Child Care Occupations, Day Care, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education
Norton, Robert E. – 1984
Despite the many criticisms that have been made of vocational education teacher preparation, the field has many strengths that can serve as a base on which to build excellent programs. Six examples of excellence are pointed out: (1) important vocational teacher competencies have been identified and verified; (2) high quality performance-based…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Demonstration Programs, Educational Quality, Models
Connecticut Business and Industry Association, Hartford. – 1993
This booklet describes 46 change efforts that Connecticut educators have undertaken to ensure that all students have the opportunity to learn at high levels and to succeed in a high performance economy. They are organized by category according to whether they are district-level changes, demonstration schools, or instructional practices. A summary…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Career Guidance, Demonstration Programs, Educational Change
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American Youth Policy Forum, Washington, DC. – 1997
This compendium contains evaluation briefs on 49 youth programs that were assessed by the American Youth Policy Forum. The programs were selected because they demonstrate that careful application of the following principles can lead to powerful results for youth: adult support, structure, and expectations; creative forms of learning; combination…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Academies, Community Programs, Demonstration Programs