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Peer reviewedPerusek, Wesley – Educational Leadership, 1981
A grass roots effort led to the first state-sponsored contest for invention and innovation for children. (Author)
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Innovation
Peer reviewedTamanini, Mary E. – NASSP Bulletin, 1987
In 1984 the vocational studies department of a New Jersey high school transformed its industrial arts program into a technological studies department designed to prepare students for college and emerging job markets. A high technology laboratory with sophisticated energy, communications, computer, and video equipment was created to accompany this…
Descriptors: Career Education, Communications, Energy Education, Industrial Arts
Fenster, Saul K. – Technological Horizons in Education, 1987
Describes New Jersey Institute of Technology's (NJIT) comprehensive plan of becoming a computing-intensive campus. Explains how it provided full time freshmen with microcomputers, free of charge, and how use of computers was integrated into various courses at NJIT. Reviews accomplishments of the program. (ML)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Innovation
Download full textPaulu, Nancy – 1988
This booklet describes the results of "Project Education Reform," a partnership involving the U.S. Department of Education, 8 state governors, and 16 school districts--2 in each participating state--representing a cross-section of the nation. It was generally agreed that a good basis for needed educational changes were the 13…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
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
Squires, David A. – 1986
This paper analyzes mastery learning as an alternative to curriculum planning and discusses implementation of the strategy in a prekindergarten through eighth-grade school district in Red Bank, New Jersey. The paper briefly describes district schools and circumstances affecting the school board's decision to implement mastery learning; discusses…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Theories
McCabe, Connie – 1990
This publication presents the evaluation of the Secondary Special Education Initiative, a 5-year partnership between the New Jersey State Department of Education and nine school districts. The initiative was established in 1983 to enhance the development of high-school programs and services for educationally handicapped pupils. The initiative had…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Disabilities, Dropout Prevention, Educational Cooperation
