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Kids Count Minnesota, Minneapolis. – 1995
This first annual report of Minnesota KIDS COUNT focuses on key indicators of children's well-being and details the condition of children in each of Minnesota's 87 counties. Minnesota KIDS COUNT--as part of a campaign by Children's Defense Fund-Minnesota and Congregations Concerned for Children to end child poverty in Minnesota--collects,…
Descriptors: Children, Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Environment
Combrinck-Graham, Lee, Ed. – 1995
This volume describes actual programs that are based on the idea that family connections are substantial resources for healing and recovery even when the family is a very troubled one. With a focus on severely damaged families, these programs attempt to keep children connected with their own families even when circumstances prevent their living…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Children, Community Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Waters, Louise Bay – 1993
This paper details the structure and process of preservice teacher training and new teacher induction at Melrose Elementary School in Oakland (California), an urban professional development school associated with the California State University at Hayward. In addition to providing an overview of the school, describing the school-university…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, College School Cooperation, Elementary Education
Seligman, David – 1992
Distance education has developed into a variety of correspondence courses, covering a wide range of subject matter. Distance education systems operate on all continents, at levels from primary to university and through the nonformal and vocational. The variation selected must meet a given need and be appropriate to available resources. Many…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correspondence Schools, Developing Nations, Distance Education
Flippo, Rona F.; And Others – 1993
The Student Literacy Corps of Fitchburg State College, Massachusetts, in cooperation with the surrounding community, implemented a successful literacy program whose primary goal was to nurture and develop literacy opportunities and awareness of cultural diversity for area youth and adults. College students (for whom this is an elective course)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Rhoads, Robert A. – 1995
To gather data on the goals and effectiveness of a postsecondary program organized from the perspective of multiculturalism, a case study was conducted of Nuevos Horizontes (NH), an immigrant education program at Triton College, in Illinois. NH is designed to facilitate access to higher education for Hispanics and other minority students; provide…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Case Studies, Community Colleges
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Standards Branch. – 1995
Off-campus education is an experiential method of learning that integrates a student's classroom studies with on-the-job experiences obtained at an employing organization. Off-campus education programs are based on a partnership among the school, the parents, the student, and the employing organization, with each of the partners sharing the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Innovation, Educational Methods
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1996
The Illinois Articulation Initiative is a comprehensive statewide effort among colleges and universities to enhance the transfer process for students among all sectors of higher education in Illinois. One of the main features of the initiative is the general education core curriculum and a list of statewide articulated general education courses…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Core Curriculum, Degree Requirements
Twomey, Janine L.; And Others – 1995
In September 1994, the New Mexico Commission on Higher Education issued standards for the State Postsecondary Reporting Entity (SPRE). To comply with these standards, New Mexico State University-Alamogordo (NMSU-A) decided to use its integrated Assessment and Strategic Planning (IASP) process, developed during a pre-accreditation self-study in…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Outcomes Assessment, College Planning, Community Colleges
Hawkins, Linda; Lillibridge, Fred – 1995
In September 1994, the New Mexico Commission on Higher Education issued standards for the State Postsecondary Reporting Entity (SPRE). To comply with these standards, New Mexico State University-Alamogordo (NMSU-A) decided to use its Integrated Assessment and Strategic Planning (IASP) process, developed during a pre-accreditation self-study in…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Outcomes Assessment, College Planning, Community Colleges
Ruckel, Carol; Hennes, James – 1994
A survey was conducted of 687 teachers and 768 administrators on the implementation and perceptions of Colorado's mandated certificated personnel performance evaluation system, which requires that all school districts adopt performance standards for certificated personnel and that all administrators receive training in personnel evaluation skills.…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Administrators, Educational Improvement
Bodilly, Susan; And Others – 1996
The U.S. Department of Education awarded 19 Challenge Grants for Technology in Education in fiscal year 1995, and planned to award additional grants in fiscal year 1996. The diverse projects are intended to mobilize resources, develop technology enabled learning environments, and provide lessons to others seeking to make effective use of…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Cooperation, Educational Resources
Schrader, Stuart M.; Assante, Leonard – 1996
This paper presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of an online student-facilitated health care communication electronic conference as part of a requirement of a health care communication course taught at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis in Spring 1995. Discussion focuses on the use of Internet components in…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Conferences
Trans-Management Systems, Inc. – 1993
This guide provides ideas and procedures to help agencies in providing services to children and families through the home-based program option of Head Start. It is designed to assist program administrators who are beginning Head Start Home-Based programs for the first time as well as those seeking to strengthen existing programs. The chapters are:…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Child Development, Community Needs, Home Instruction
Gerstein, Jackie, Ed. – 1992
This directory lists 257 organizations with therapeutic adventure and experiential programs for special needs populations. The information was generated from a survey of members of the Association for Experiential Education. Special needs populations include youth-at-risk, persons with addictions, juvenile and adult offenders, inpatient and…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, At Risk Persons, Camping, Counseling
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