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Peer reviewedHernandez, Tony – Education and Urban Society, 1999
Describes efforts in South Florida to address school safety in eight troubled urban schools. The Coalition for Community Empowerment offered at-risk youth and their families a community-based program focused on strengthening family-support systems and maximizing the use of community resources through effective partnerships. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Programs
Direct linkSmittle, Pat; And Others – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1989
Describes Santa Fe Community College's (Florida) computer-based system for assessing students' basic skills, placing them into appropriate courses, and tracking their subsequent academic progress. Considers ways in which the college's tracking system has been modified in response to state mandates. (DMM)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Uses in Education, High Risk Students, Institutional Research
Download full textKennelly, Louise, Ed.; Monrad, Maggie, Ed. – National High School Center, 2007
The transition from middle school to high school represents a significant event in the lives of adolescents, one that necessitates support from and collaboration among teachers, parents, counselors, and administrators at both educational levels. Successful transitions place particular emphasis on ninth-grade initiatives and can create one of…
Descriptors: High Schools, Grade 9, Transitional Programs, Student Attrition
Bencich, John D.; And Others – 1979
This two-part report considers the implications of Florida's Post-Secondary Reorganization Bill for community colleges. Part I first presents the relevant sections of the Bill, which mandate that college students' computation and communication skills be tested at entry; that colleges provide remediation and counseling appropriate to students'…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Community Colleges, Counseling Services, Educational Responsibility
Florida State House of Representatives, Tallahassee. – 1996
This analysis of postsecondary student preparedness and remedial education needs attending Florida community colleges focuses on two cohorts: 125,000 first-time-enrolled community college students enrolled in a community college over a three-semester period during 1993-94 and a cohort of over 18,000 public high school graduates (1994) enrolled in…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Associate Degrees, College Preparation
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Office of Postsecondary Education Coordination. – 1989
During 1989, Florida citizens, educators, and students engaged in an intensive discussion about the passing score standards for the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST), which were scheduled to increase in August 1989. There was concern that the higher requirements would result in failure rates, particularly among Black and English as a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Black Students, Community Colleges
McCabe, Robert H. – 1989
The Florida Cabinet has decided to accept a significant decrease in the number of individuals completing college degrees, as long as those who do graduate are able to pass the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) at a considerably higher level than is presently required. Under the new standards, only 48% of the first-time CLAST examinees are…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Standards, Access to Education, Basic Skills
