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Fain, Paul; Blumenstyk, Goldie; Sander, Libby – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
Tough times are encouraging colleges to share resources in a variety of areas, including campus security, research, and degree programs. Despite its veneer of cooperation, higher education is a competitive industry, where resource sharing is eyed warily. But the recession is chipping away at that reluctance, and institutions are pursuing…
Descriptors: Intercollegiate Cooperation, Shared Resources and Services, Partnerships in Education, Colleges
Yonezawa, Susan; Jones, Makeba; Singer, Nancy Robb – Urban Education, 2011
Improving teacher retention and resiliency are key educational problems. In this article, we share findings from case studies of six educators who, for over 200 combined years, worked in urban, high-poverty schools and highlight what teachers need to remain in such contexts. We argue that developing "professional resilience" is a process…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High Schools, Case Studies, Teacher Persistence
Kleiman, Neil; Forman, Adam; Ko, Jae; Giles, David; Bowles, Jonathan – Center for an Urban Future, 2013
With Washington trapped in budget battles and partisan gridlock, cities have emerged as the best source of government innovation. Nowhere is this more visible than in New York City. Since taking office in 2002, Mayor Bloomberg has introduced a steady stream of innovative policies, from a competition to recruit a new applied sciences campus and a…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Innovation, Public Policy, Local Government
Bryk, Anthony S. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2010
How schools are organized and interact with the local community can dramatically alter the odds for improving student achievement. There are five essential supports for school improvement: a coherent instructional guidance system, the professional capacity of its faculty, strong parent-community-school ties, a student-centered learning climate,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Improvement, Educational Indicators, Educational Assessment
Mullin, Christopher M. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2011
A substantive amount of research has been conducted on how work influences persistence and completion, for those who decide to leave we know little about where they go to work and how much they earn. The purpose of this study was to explore the work behaviors of a cohort of students who began their postsecondary experience at a community college…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Profiles, Academic Persistence
Hamos, James E.; Bergin, Kathleen B.; Maki, Daniel P.; Perez, Lance C.; Prival, Joan T.; Rainey, Daphne Y.; Rowell, Ginger H.; VanderPutten, Elizabeth – Science Educator, 2009
This article looks at how professional learning communities (PLCs) have become an operational approach for professional development with potential to de-isolate the teaching experience in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The authors offer a short synopsis of the intellectual origins of PLCs, provide multiple…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Communities of Practice, Science Teachers, Mathematics Teachers
Eighmy, Myron A. – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 2009
Manufacturers in the United States are struggling to recruit and hire high-skilled workers needed to maintain productivity and to compete globally. While the total number employed in the manufacturing sector is shrinking, the demand for high-skilled workers has increased. Community and technical colleges have traditionally been an important source…
Descriptors: Trend Analysis, Manufacturing Industry, Community Colleges, Technical Institutes
Delta Cost Project at American Institutes for Research, 2010
This State Profile from the Delta Cost Project presents data on key Delta metrics for public research, master's, bachelor's, and community college sectors in the state of Illinois. The data are limited to a five-year period, showing data for the most recent year, and the five-year change.
Descriptors: Expenditure per Student, Costs, Tuition, Fees
Kim, Rah Kyung; Dymond, Stacy K. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
This study investigated special education teachers' perceptions of the benefits, barriers, and components of community-based vocational instruction (CBVI). Participants included special education teachers (N = 68) from randomly selected high schools in Illinois who had experience delivering vocational curriculum to students with disabilities. Data…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Special Education Teachers, Teaching Experience
McIntosh, Phyllis – English Teaching Forum, 2008
Once famous mainly for stockyards and steel mills, Chicago now boasts more top-rated five-star restaurants than any other city in the United States and has been voted by various publications as one of the "Top 10 U.S. Destinations," one of the "Best Walking Cities" in the United States, and one of the "Ten Best Places to…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Urban Areas, Community Characteristics, Local History
Hamilton-Pennell, Christine – Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, 2008
In the past decade, economic development experts have moved away from traditional approaches to economic development that have relied upon recruiting or attracting large businesses with offers of tax breaks, financial incentives, and other subsidies. Increasingly, communities are focusing their economic development resources on supporting the…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Economic Development, Community Development, Library Role
McClanahan, Wendy S.; Gao, Jian; Sanders, Felcia – Research For Action, 2013
Community schools are an approach that has been adopted to respond to this educational crisis. By partnering with local agencies, community schools provide students and families with access to healthcare services, educational enhancement and recreational opportunities, family economic supports such as workforce development and income tax…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Middle School Students, Student Participation, Student Experience
McMackin, Howard; Johns, Charles – Principal Leadership, 2011
Response to intervention (RTI) protocols at the secondary level require a systems approach that is supported by professional learning teams (PLTs). PLTs create viable courses in which most students experience success and work together to plan further interventions. PLT protocol work begins with the design of uniform summative assessments and is…
Descriptors: High Schools, Systems Approach, Professional Development, Secondary Schools
How Active Are Teens during Their Out-of-School Time? The View from Chicago. Chapin Hall Issue Brief
Goerge, Robert M.; Cusick, Gretchen Ruth; Guiltinan, Shannon – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2009
This issue brief explores levels of physical activity among high school students in Chicago Public Schools, including participation in sports, informal exercise, and other activities. Latent class analysis was used to classify students' levels of physical activity, revealing low levels of activity among most high school students. Multilevel…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, High School Students
Duncan, Greg J., Ed.; Murnane, Richard, Ed. – Russell Sage Foundation, 2011
As the incomes of affluent and poor families have diverged over the past three decades, so too has the educational performance of their children. But how exactly do the forces of rising inequality affect the educational attainment and life chances of low-income children? In "Whither Opportunity?" a distinguished team of economists,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Community Characteristics, Neighborhoods, Behavior Problems