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Page, Dan – Converge, 1999
Describes the planning and successful integration of technology into the Oswego School District (New York). Highlights include creating a sustainable effort, building barriers against obsolescence, steady focus on professional development, inservice professional development, and looking to a bright future. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Development, Educational Technology
Botman, Selma – Center for Educational Innovation - Public Education Association, 2006
On September 14, 2006, Dr. Selma Botman, CUNY's (City University of New York's) Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, spoke at a Center for Educational Innovation-Public Education Association (CEI-PEA) Luncheon about the Teacher Academy and its strategy for success. Dr. Botman's remarks demonstrated the optimism and accomplishments that…
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, Educational Innovation, Career Academies, Public Education
Fey, Marion Harris – 1996
Collaboration is beginning to be encouraged as colleges and schools search for ways to transcend the isolated circumstances of the independent scholar and the traditional classroom. Three collaborative projects that can be effective in preservice teacher education classes are: (1) a partnership with single school; (1) a partnership with a group of…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Learning, Electronic Mail
Parrish, Thomas B. – 1998
This paper provides a national perspective on special education finance and related reform issues and proposals, with emphasis on those of particular relevance for the state of New York. It also looks specifically at the current New York funding system as it pertains to students with disabilities and concludes with several observations. First, the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Economic Factors, Educational Finance, Educational Innovation
Johnson, Mauritz – 1970
In New York State, strengthening of its evaluation of educational provision was started with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title III; review and training sessions, paid for out of Title III funds, were provided over a three-month period ending in February 1969 for evaluators from the 16 regional centers. This report on educational…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Schmidt, Mary Ellen; Callahan, Leroy G. – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1992
A sampling of teachers (n=348) and principals (n=31) responded to a questionnaire designed to assess their beliefs about the effects of, experiences with, and impediments to calculator usage in elementary school mathematics. Results indicated that teachers expressed concern regarding negative effects of extensive calculator usage on mathematical…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Calculators, Change Agents, Educational Change
Stoloff, David L. – 1985
This paper argues that computers in education on the Quebec (Canada), New York, and Vermont borders reflect different styles of education and cultural ethos. This paper examines a 6-month period of this educational innovation from October 1984 to April 1985. In Quebec, the Ministry of Education is involved in the purchase of computers, teacher…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cultural Influences
CHAFFEE, LEONARD M.; HELLER, ROBERT W. – 1967
PROJECT PASS (PROJECT IN AUTOMATED SCHOOL SCHEDULING) WAS SPONSORED IN 1965 BY THE WESTERN NEW YORK SCHOOL STUDY COUNCIL TO PROVIDE IN-SERVICE EDUCATION FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL CONTEMPLATING THE USE OF AUTOMATED APPROACHES TO SCHOOL SCHEDULING. TWO TECHNIQUES WERE UTILIZED--CLASS LOADING AND STUDENT SELECTION (CLASS), AND GENERAL ACADEMIC SIMULATION…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
NELSON, BONNIE E. – 1968
THE ASSOCIATION OF DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH COLLECTED INFORMATION FROM DIRECTORS OF FRESHMAN ENGLISH FOR A REPORT ON COLLEGE PROGRAMS IN FRESHMAN COMPOSITION. THE FIRST SECTION OF THE REPORT, A DISCUSSION OF TRENDS IN FRESHMAN COMPOSITION, INDICATES THAT LINGUISTICS AND THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE HAVE NOT BECOME A PART OF THE FRESHMAN ENGLISH CURRICULUM.…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Course Content, English, English Curriculum
Holloway, Robert E.; And Others – 1974
This paper consists of six short articles concerned with different facets of student articulation programs and a brief background description of Syracuse University's Project Advance, an experimental effort to improve program articulation between the senior year of high school and the freshman year of college. The articles, which were prepared by…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Findlay, Edward Weldon – 1969
The study is based on the premise that if one is able to identify the areas of behavior in which professionals require competence, one can link this behavior to a related structure of concepts which may serve as logical teaching and learning objectives in the development of training programs. A sample of 211 extension agents (in agriculture, home…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Concept Formation
New York State Education Dept. , Albany. Bureau of Mass Communications. – 1973
A statewide conference organized by the Regents of the University of the State of New York explored the potential uses of cable television to meet educational and instructional needs. Participants included both municipal and town officials and chief school and higher education administrators. The conference examined several aspects of cable…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Communications, Community Education, Conference Reports
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of General Education.
This booklet is designed to acquaint the reader with some of the most basic provisions of ESEA, Title VII and to give him some idea how these funds are currently being used in New York State. The first part provides a general survey of ESEA, Title VII; the second is devoted to describing the programs in bilingual education currently being funded…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Educational Improvement
Bergstein, Patricia; And Others – 1973
Described are six career education programs for handicapped youth selected as examplary because of elements worthy of further study or replication. Presented in the form of case studies, each program is examined in terms of program operations, notable features, people, evaluation, recommendations, and informational sources. Described are the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Dropouts
Bates, R. C. – 1971
This address reviews the current status of the Central School Boards Committee for Educational Research (CSS) as seen by administrators and board members of central school districts. Two areas of concern involve (1) a breakdown of communications between this organization and school districts because of the substantial personnel turnover in the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Board Administrator Relationship, Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining
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