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National Council for Effective Schools, Chicago, IL. – 1965
A national teachers union offers a program for educational improvement in urban schools, the More Effective Schools Project. The document presents the recommendations of the American Federation of Teachers on size of school and class, administration and supervision, and other professional matters. Proposals are also made for the areas of school…
Descriptors: Class Size, Community Involvement, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
Waterton, Patricia; Blaney, John P. – 1968
This study sought to examine the potential role of a liberal studies diploma program at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and to determine the extent and nature of interest in such a program. Data were obtained from 870 completed questionnaires (a 32% response) concerning educational level and degrees, age, sex, income, occupation, marital…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Attitudes
Hicken, James E. – 1968
Modular scheduling was introduced in the academic year 1967-68 at North Miami Senior High School. After a year's operation under the Stanford School Scheduling System, an "at home" evaluation of the new program was made. Student grades on a cross-sectional basis did not suffer, but rather showed a slight improvement. Moderate improvement was also…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Organization, Attendance, Behavior
Nelson, Hilding E. – 1969
The feasibility of the proposed program for preparing local school instruction coordinators was related to the following criteria, all of which were defined in quantitative terms: (1) Instructional leadership is deficient or needed, (2) Schools are willing to employ instructional coordinators with a primary responsibility for providing…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Feasibility Studies, High Schools
Colorado State Coll., Greeley. – 1970
An informal survey, conducted by the Colorado State Library, revealed few real efforts to serve the Spanish-surnamed beyond the minimal provision of Spanish language materials. To improve this situation, Colorado State College held a federally supported institute in June, 1969. Eight teams of participants were selected for the program, a team…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Institutes (Training Programs)
Miami-Dade Junior Coll., FL. Div. of Allied Health Studies. – 1971
During Phase I of an Allied Health Professions Basic Improvement Grant, a five-member committee developed a curriculum for a medical laboratory technology program at Miami-Dade Junior College by: (1) defining competencies which differentiate a certified laboratory assistant from a medical laboratory technician, (2) translating expected laboratory…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges
Informationszentrum fuer Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg (West Germany). – 1972
The heart of this conference report is a series of papers and summaries of discussion on the following topics: (1) analysis of requirements for specific foreign language courses, (2) difficulties in language instruction research, (3) the establishment of language centers in all colleges and universities, (4) principles for the structure and…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educational Research, Information Centers, Institutes (Training Programs)
Minister for Kultus, Unterricht und Volksbildung, Saarbrucken (Germany). – 1970
This report issued by the Minister of Public Education for the Saarland reviews current governmental policies and plans designed to effect an improved system of instruction from the primary to the university level. Consideration is also given to continuing education and education for the handicapped. Proceeding on the premise that the task of…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Training, Curriculum Design
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Crowson, Robert L.; Morris, Van Cleve – Metropolitan Education, 1987
Examines the implementation of the comprehensive school reform package enacted by the Illinois legislature in 1985. Reform initiatives have produced little controversy in the educational community. District superintendents use the reform law to effect their own, local reform agendas. Superintendents respond to reform pressures by adopting…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Board of Education Policy, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Bailey, John – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1983
Describes attempt to add new subject, "Design and Technology," to the curriculum of the national high schools of Papua New Guinea using the curricular-consensus model of curriculum development. Detailed review of events that resulted in nonimplementation illustrates need for thorough understanding of the context and meaning of a proposed…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Course Content, Curriculum Development
Maas, Ericca – Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation, 2005
This study examines the fiscal impact of model legislation that would create Education Access Grants in Minnesota. The legislation would provide grants for low-income students to attend private schools. Specifically, this study examines the effect of implementing Education Access Grants in Minneapolis, the state's largest metropolitan area. It…
Descriptors: Private Schools, School Choice, Program Effectiveness, Metropolitan Areas
Manuel, Rick; Arseneau, Barbara; Walsh, Julia; Sargeant, Kari – 2002
This publication, based on a 2002 presentation given before the League for Innovation, offers advice to community colleges for applying for outside funding for innovative programs. The presentation is in a question/answer format. Some of the questions asked and answered include the following: Question (Q): What should drive the development of a…
Descriptors: Budgets, Capital, Community Colleges, Educational Economics
Lukoshkin, A. P.; Min'ko, E. V. – Soviet Education, 1990
Examines the need to increase expenditures per student at Soviet technical institutes. Proposes seeking financial assistance from enterprises employing technical specialists. Outlines an experimental program in cost accounting. Suggests stipend and wage allotments and explains some of the contractual obligations involved. (CH)
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Economic Factors, Educational Administration, Educational Finance
New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque. – 1992
The Alliance 2000 Project offers training, technical assistance, and information to programs preparing personnel for careers in special education and related services at institutions of higher education whose enrollments include 25 percent or more students from historically under-represented ethnic groups. A major emphasis is to increase the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Career Development, Disabilities, Ethnic Groups
Bauer, David G. – 1994
This book provides central-office administrators with detailed processes of evaluation and assessment designed to improve upon the deficiencies in the current decentralized grants system. It is designed to help the administrator discern what district support functions are necessary to ensure that legal, ethical, and financial grant requirements…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Central Office Administrators, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
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