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Coker, Linda; And Others – 1989
GAIN (Getting Assistance in Nursing) is a federally-funded program designed to recruit and retain high-risk nursing students. One aspect of the GAIN program is a three-credit developmental course to prepare educationally and economically disadvantaged students for required nursing courses. The course, "Success in Nursing," consists of two…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Developmental Studies Programs
Whitsett, Maria Defino – 1989
This report summarizes results of evaluations of the Texas Nutrition Education and Training (NET) Program activities completed during federal fiscal year 1989. In the evaluations, the number of individuals participating in NET activities was compared to preset goals to assess the degree of program goal attainment. The volume of materials…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Family Day Care
Mitchell, George A. – 1989
This study reviews the state-financed program of racial integration in metropolitan Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Public Schools. The integration program rested on the basic assumption that with enough time, state financial assistance, and new spending, racial integration would significantly improve academic achievement and close the gap between minority…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Busing, Desegregation Effects
New Hampshire State Dept. of Education, Concord. Special Education Bureau. – 1988
This background paper seeks to clarify the concept of transition for students with severe disabilities and to describe New Hampshire's response to the federal school-to-work initiatives. A conceptual framework is presented for linking educational outcomes more closely with improved adult life expectations. The framework seeks to encourage local…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Objectives
Hill, David P. – 1983
The Spanish Intensive Courses sequence at the University of South Carolina, first offered in fall 1982, has become well received and highly visible in the university. The sequence has grown to three courses in fall 1983, all exceeding minimum enrollment requirements despite selective admission criteria. The success of the sequence has inspired the…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Competency Based Education, Course Organization, Higher Education
Seppanen, Patricia S. – 1990
Three case studies of interorganizational arrangements between public school districts and a college/university are used to illustrate how a state higher education agency (the Massachusetts Board of Regents of Higher Education) promoted voluntary, lateral relationships to strengthen local school educational programs. A within-case analysis…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College School Cooperation, Consultation Programs, Cooperative Programs
Mei, Dolores M.; And Others – 1990
This evaluation of the New York Public High Schools' Infant/Toddler Care Program (ITCP) delineates staff and student characteristics and perceptions of the program. In 1987-88, the ITCP program, which has a dual focus of supplying early childhood and secondary education, provided 526 teenage parents at 20 public high schools with comprehensive…
Descriptors: Early Parenthood, High Risk Students, High Schools, Interviews
Harris, Roseanne Hiatt; And Others – 1989
Profiles are presented of 30 programs and practices that were developed by the 1987 recipients of the New Jersey Governor's Teacher Grants in the following categories: drama and music; reading and writing; science; social sciences; social skills/special education; study skills; and technology. Each profile provides essential information under the…
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Demonstration Programs, Drama, Elementary Secondary Education
Celetti, Deepti N.; Pierce, Kenneth L. – 1986
A pilot project aimed at providing extension training to early childhood educators was initiated in 1985 by Holland College (HC). Thirty students who were employed in the field of early childhood education on Prince Edward Island, were recruited. Eight evening courses were provided in three counties over a 21-month period. Training focused on…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Early Childhood Education, Extension Education, Models
Peterson, Charlene M.; And Others – 1987
From September through November 1986, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) conducted a follow-up survey of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) 8% program participants in the 1985-86 school year. The DPI is responsible for administering half of the JTPA 8% Education Coordination and Grants for economically disadvantaged youth, ages…
Descriptors: Career Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Mei, Dolores M.; And Others – 1987
The Adult Basic Education/High School Equivalency (ABE/HSE) Services Program provides basic educational services for out-of-school youth and adults in New York City. The program offers classes in basic literacy (BL), basic education (BE), high school equivalency (HSE), and English as a second language (ESL). The program's budget is $11 million.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, English (Second Language)
Vandenberghe, Roland – 1987
The Renewed Primary School project in Belgium is analyzed in this paper in terms of organizational response to a large-scale innovation, which is characterized by its multidimensionality, by the large number of participating schools, and by a complex support structure. Section 2 of the report presents an elaborated description of these…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Demonstration Programs, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education
Robinson, Glen E.; Protheroe, Nancy J. – 1987
American taxpayers are currently investing more than $160 billion annually in public elementary and secondary education. Concerned citizens continue to ask: For what purposes is the money being used, and is it accomplishing its purposes? This seven-chapter study addresses these concerns and provides factual answers to related questions about the…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Decision Making, Educational Assessment
Hackett, Eugene de G.; McManus, James V. – 1986
Educational services data contained in the Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS) database were used to examine some effects of the migrant education program on student performance, and how student performance varied with the amount and duration of exposure to general and particular program components. Problems with using the MSRTS…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Age Grade Placement, Comparative Analysis
Schuyler, Nancy; Garcia-Hashas, Patty – 1986
An examination of the effectiveness of programs for limited-English proficient (LEP) students in the Austin Independent School District (AISD) derived information on LEP student counts, programs and services for LEP students, program costs, and LEP student achievement. Information indicated that the count of LEP students was growing (3,042 in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teacher Aides, Bilingual Teachers, Cost Effectiveness
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