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Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Youth Programs. – 1978
Five Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)/Local Education Agency (LEA) programs designed to provide youth with employment-related services were reviewed. Onsite visits were conducted to assess program development and implementation in Houston, Worcester (Massachusetts), Minnesota, Fairfax County (Virginia), and Los Angeles. (Each area…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrative Problems, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies
Tindall, Lloyd W.; And Others – 1980
Designed to help state and local education administration personnel who are responsible for estabishing workshops or inservice training programs on vocational education of handicapped students, this guide contains materials on coordination of the steps necessary for organizing an inservice meeting. (It accompanies the handbook, which is available…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Delivery Systems
Smey, Barbara A. – 1981
These materials for a one-day workshop on reviewing topics relevant to school improvement efforts in career education consist of six activities. Topics covered in the activities are an overview of the workshop, the initial meeting between linkers, diagnosing a school's readiness for change, getting school community people involved in planning for…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Change Strategies, Community Involvement
Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit, Edinboro, PA. – 1977
Progress toward four stated objectives in a K-12 career education project was determined after examining the field testing results of students, interviews, and data analysis. Satisfactory progress was made toward objective 1: revising, expanding, and refining two computer retrieval career education units. On a developer questionnaire teachers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education
Levitan, Sar A. – 1967
This review of the Job Corps, the Neighborhood Youth Corps, and the Work Experience and Training Programs, all established under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, was part of National Manpower Policy Task Force report requested by the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty. It was believed appropriate to examine, after nearly…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Cronin, F. Patrick, Comp.; Newton, Mark, Comp. – 1977
Objectives of the conference, proceedings of which are described in this report, were to (1) provide decision makers with information designed to foster the continued development of essential attitudes and skills in planning, implementing, administering, regulating, and assessing vocational education in corrections; (2) provide a forum for the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Career Development
Knickerbocker, Addie H. – 1977
General objectives of a research study were (1) to gather information from superintendents in the public school systems concerning their opinions regarding the image and purpose of vocational home economics programs in Louisiana; (2) to obtain statistics on the number of vacancies for vocational home economics teachers occurring in the 1976-77…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Administration, Educational Planning, High Schools
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 1975
Eleven projects funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title III, and providing funds to public school districts to demonstrate the feasibility of education innovations, are sketched in this booklet of exemplary and innovative school programs in Kentucky. Programs are categorized according to regions, and focus on: regional…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Programs
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1974
Eighteen projects funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title III, and providing funds to public school districts to demonstrate the feasibility of educational innovations, are described in this booklet developed as a dissemination project by Title III in Oklahoma. Programs described are said to have the common theme of increased…
Descriptors: Accountability, Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Counseling Services
Richfield Public Schools, Minn. – 1976
The Richfield Educational Assessment Program is a districtwide effort to collect specific information about the knowledge, skills, understandings, and attitudes of students in selected areas. The information collected will be used to help Richfield citizens and educators make decisions for program improvement. The program closely parallels the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Age Differences, Cluster Analysis
Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2005
With passage of House Bill 3103 in 2004, the Legislature recognized the challenges facing students as they move from one educational sector to another. The omnibus legislation, which amended and clarified the mission of the Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) called on the board to work with the state board of education, the superintendent…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Educational Legislation, High School Students, College Credits
Maryland State Department of Education, 2004
The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE), schools districts, and institutions of higher education have initiated a number of efforts to improve teacher quality and professional development. The first section of this report highlights the recommendations of leading commissions and reports released in the past ten years pertaining to…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Professional Development, Federal Legislation, Teacher Participation
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1998
Randolph County Vocational Technical Center, Elkins, West Virginia, received a grant in 1997 for a project that was part of the High Schools That Work (HSTW) initiative to improve academic skills of career-bound students. The superintendent and faculty knew that improving achievement meant reaching out to the three home high schools to bring them…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Assignments, Block Scheduling
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2002
The General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed the state and local coordination of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Workforce Investment Act (WIA) services for TANF clients. Data were gathered though the following activities: (1) analysis of surveys of WIA officials in all 50 states that were conducted in 2001 and 2000; (2) visits…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Comparative Analysis, Coordination, Delivery Systems
James, David P.; Alford, Veronica; Alpha-Kpetewama, Tamba; Clagett, Craig A.; Engleberg, Isa N. – 1996
In January 1996, Prince George's Community College (PGCC) established the Campus Retention Committee to review community college retention strategies, determine PGCC's strengths and weaknesses in the area of retention, and develop a list of retention goals and an implementation schedule for the college. After reviewing findings from previous…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Advisory Committees, Change Agents, College Planning
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