Publication Date
| In 2026 | 0 |
| Since 2025 | 1861 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 10310 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 24328 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 48322 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 2130 |
| Policymakers | 1204 |
| Teachers | 1068 |
| Administrators | 957 |
| Researchers | 703 |
| Parents | 113 |
| Community | 111 |
| Counselors | 106 |
| Students | 87 |
| Media Staff | 47 |
| Support Staff | 43 |
| More ▼ | |
Location
| California | 2001 |
| Australia | 1984 |
| Canada | 1528 |
| Texas | 1390 |
| United States | 1194 |
| Turkey | 1186 |
| United Kingdom | 1184 |
| Florida | 1105 |
| New York | 1026 |
| United Kingdom (England) | 968 |
| North Carolina | 858 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
| Meets WWC Standards without Reservations | 283 |
| Meets WWC Standards with or without Reservations | 433 |
| Does not meet standards | 373 |
Download full textPolicy Studies Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1995
The Title I program, the federal government's largest elementary and secondary school program, has been redesigned in order to make improvements in the nation's poorest schools. This handbook comprises the second of two volumes that provide examples of schools and communities working together to provide children with more time to learn. The book…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Burruss, Shelley M.; And Others – 1995
This study evaluated a program for meeting the needs of at-risk students in a Virginia elementary school. The program, known as the "community approach," was designed to foster the success of at-risk students by increasing parent involvement, allowing more time for student development, improving students' self-esteem and self-control, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Support, Cooperation, Educational Environment
Goss, Barbara A. – 1992
This document reports on a project to conduct four to six in-service workshops for adult basic education (ABE) educators to develop their public speaking skills and create a speakers' bureau of ABE alumni. The goal of the speakers' bureau was to increase recruitment and retention of ABE students and improve public awareness of ABE. The packet of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Alumni, Communication Skills
Paratore, Jeanne R. – 1992
A study examined the influence of an intergenerational approach on the literacy development of parents and on the practice of family literacy at home. During a 3-year period, 367 families enrolled in multilingual, multiability literacy classes for at least one instructional cycle. The adult basic education classes were held in a community center…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, English (Second Language)
Maiworm, Friedhelm; And Others – 1992
This study evaluated the European Community Course Credit Transfer System (ECTS), an experimental pilot project designed to evaluate possibilities of credit transfer within the European Community as a means of academic recognition. The ECTS program furthers student mobility within the Community by encouraging students to undertake a substantial…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, Foreign Countries, Formative Evaluation
Alkin, Marvin C.; Freeman, Marie – 1991
In California community colleges, state-mandated matriculation consists of services intended to enhance student success and processes to improve institutional effectiveness by developing capacities for evaluation, coordination, and training. Each year, the Chancellor's Office conducts evaluations to assess the extent to which matriculation is…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admissions Counseling, Community Colleges, Counseling Effectiveness
Alkin, Marvin C.; Freeman, Marie – 1991
In California community colleges, state-mandated matriculation consists of services intended to enhance student success and processes to improve institutional effectiveness by developing capacities for evaluation, coordination, and training. Each year, the Chancellor's Office conducts evaluations to assess the extent to which matriculation is…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admissions Counseling, Community Colleges, Counseling Effectiveness
Alkin, Marvin C.; Freeman, Marie – 1991
In California community colleges, state-mandated matriculation consists of services intended to enhance student success and processes to improve institutional effectiveness by developing capacities for evaluation, coordination, and training. Each year, the Chancellor's Office conducts evaluations to assess the extent to which matriculation is…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admissions Counseling, Community Colleges, Counseling Effectiveness
Guerra, Duccio – 1994
In 1992, the 7-year-old Community Study Visits program was given a new organizational structure to coordinate its aims with those of three European Community programs: PETRA, FORCE, and EUROTECNET. A cooperative network of representatives of the Member States, the National Liaison Officers, was set up. The success of visits depended on the…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Foreign Countries, International Cooperation, International Programs
McPherson, Jan – 1994
A study looked at ways in which two New Zealand elementary schools responded to the interests of their multicultural communities through language programs. The schools developed Maori language instruction programs in response to community interest and recently-established national policy. The study's report begins with an overview of the major…
Descriptors: Action Research, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Educational Change
Schuylkill Intermediate Unit #29, Mar Lin, PA. – 1994
A 10-week course called "Communiclearsory" Training was developed to improve the written and oral communications skills of supervisors/foremen in the manufacturing trades. A total of 39 selected supervisors from 2 manufacturing industries in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, were assessed by using the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Communication Skills, County Programs
Cooper, Richard – 1994
A project was conducted to provide staff development workshops about adults with learning problems to agencies throughout Pennsylvania. Workshops and accompanying guides on nine topics ranging from understanding learning differences, problems, and disabilities to alternative instructional techniques were developed. Workshops were conducted…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Classroom Techniques, Inservice Teacher Education
Peper, H. Robert – 1991
An evaluation of the Early Fives program of the Farmington (Michigan) Public Schools is reported. This extra-year program began in the 1980-81 school year. By the 1982-83 school year, tuition was no longer charged, and a systematic screening effort was implemented. Each Early Fives classroom contains a maximum of 15 children with a certified…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Child Development, Comparative Testing
Fox Valley Technical Coll., Appleton, WI. – 1991
During a 2-year period, Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) in Wisconsin developed a "New Directions" project, funded by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), that successfully identified, enrolled, and graduated 30 women in a training program for nontraditional occupations. Project activities included scheduling morning and evening…
Descriptors: College Programs, Females, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Education
Petr, Christopher G.; Pierpont, John – 1991
This study, which collected data through interviews and document review, was designed to identify strengths and weaknesses of Minnesota's Comprehensive Children's Mental Health Act (CCMHA) of 1989 and its implementation through December 1990. Three criteria for mental health reform were established for the study, including: care should be…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Accountability, Change Strategies, Community Programs
