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Colorado Task Force for Excellence in Education, Denver. – 1984
Following an introductory overview of the problems facing education in Colorado, 46 specific educational reforms recommended by the state governor's Task Force on Excellence in Education are discussed in this final report, and the state and local agencies that must be involved in the implementation of each of the reforms are identified. The…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement
Johnson, Charlie H., Jr. – 1981
A study of historical background of the frontier and rural schools in Colorado describes education in the United State in general and the development of the educational process and school facilities during five phases of Colorado's economic and political development. "The Nation" discusses philosophies generally held during the middle…
Descriptors: Centralization, Consolidated Schools, Educational History, Educational Legislation
Montoya, Renee Marie; Whiteneck, Gale G. – 1979
As volume six of a nine-volume, six-state study of the impact of school finance reform on minorities and the poor, this report examines the history, status, and effects of finance reforms in Colorado. The authors chronicle Colorado's school financing methods since 1936 and discuss the Colorado School Finance Act of 1973. They then describe…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
Egan, Lawrence A. – 1981
Colorado's bilingual program, which allows Anglo children to participate on a voluntary basis, has been successful in increasing skills in English and in achievement areas measured by English standardized achievement tests, and in improving self concept, attendance, and parent participation. Opponents of bilingual education have claimed that it…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Anglo Americans, Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis
Rask, Glen – 1979
The Colorado Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) model was tested in 1978-79 in three rural sites and one urban site utilizing both alternative and infused program approaches. (The modified Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory EBCE model focuses on exploration for grades 7-10.) Evaluation was designed to evaluate three program components…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration, Community Surveys
Blackwell, Peggy J. – 2002
The Office of Educational Research and Improvement funded nine projects exploring whether partnerships could help improve teacher education and induction. It created consortia of state education agencies, state agencies of higher education, teacher education colleges, and local school districts to collaborate on improving teacher education and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Beginning Teacher Induction, College Faculty, College School Cooperation
Hubbard, Susan; Bell, Amy; Charner, Ivan – 1998
Results of a large set of interviews and discussions conducted by the National Employer Leadership Council showed that approximately 23,000 businesspeople were involved in school-to-career partnerships in Colorado, as of January 1997. Colorado employers identified 12 lessons essential to efforts to build school-to-career systems: (1) recognize,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Education Work Relationship, Educational Cooperation, Educational Resources
Whitcomb, Emeline S. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1927
This bulletin identifies and discusses several outstanding achievements in home-economics education during the biennium. Individual sections explore: (1) Findings of statistical study of home economics in the public high schools; (2) Curriculum making; (3) Child development and parental education, including higher education, secondary education,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Child Development, Home Economics, High Schools
Milian, Madeline; Ferrell, Kay Alicyn – 1998
This monograph describes a personnel preparation program that prepared 32 Colorado special education graduates to meet the needs of students who are learning English as a second language and are visually impaired. Graduates took a course that was specially designed to expose students to relevant literature on federal mandates for the education of…
Descriptors: Braille, Course Content, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Student)
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 1989
Guidelines to help school district supervisors and business management personnel implement state-required financial policies and procedures are presented in this report. Steps to comply with Colorado regulations for budgeting, accounting, reporting, and auditing processes are discussed. Figures illustrate the budgeting cycle and schedule. (LMI)
Descriptors: Accounting, Budgeting, Business Administration, Compliance (Legal)
Cherry Creek School District 5, Englewood, CO. – 1984
Five years after their graduation from high school in Colorado, a sample of 1,143 students who had been enrolled in a vocational education program were sent follow-up questionnaires. Of the 268 former students providing usable responses, 63 percent were working full-time, 12 percent were full-time students, and approximately 16 percent were going…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Educational Attitudes, Educational Benefits, Educational Trends
Richburg, Robert W.; Edelen, Robert W. – 1981
In 1980, the Colorado State Legislature passed legislation which enabled 12 southeastern Colorado school districts with enrollments from 30 to 330 to experiment with a 4-day school week as an alternative to reducing programs. Each district was allowed to determine which weekday its schools would not be in session, length of the school day, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Average Daily Attendance, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection
South Central Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Pueblo, CO. – 1979
The Rural Internship Program provided opportunities for gifted and talented eleventh- and twelfth-grade students to broaden their educational career opportunities by facilitating activities that allowed rural interns to work one-to-one with community leaders in rural Southern Colorado. Program design centered around four interfacing components:…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Communication (Thought Transfer), Employment Opportunities
Laughlin, Richard – 1997
The Colorado Department of Education (CDE), including Access Colorado Library and Information Network (ACLIN) and the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind, provides state- level guidance and resources for Colorado's local school districts, local and regional libraries, and special populations. Technology is the enabler that offers basic,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Cooperation
Sosa, Alicia, Ed. – NABE News, 2001
This document contains the 2000-2001 issues of the "NABE News," a magazine about bilingual education. The theme of each issue is: (1) "Back to School: Anti-Bilingual Ballot Initiatives To Affect Thousands of LEP Students"; (2) "Serving Emerging Populations: School Districts Re-Tool To Respond to New Students' Needs";…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
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