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Pawlowski, Brett – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2010
One of the great concerns of the business community involves the workforce pipeline: employers want to be sure that new entries into the labor pool, whether from the K-12 or postsecondary systems, are prepared for the jobs that await them. In Philadelphia, business and community leaders have joined forces to give students workplace learning…
Descriptors: Labor Supply, High School Students, Readiness, Work Environment
Moran, Caitlin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
This article reports that Temple University, like several other urban institutions, has revamped its core curriculum to focus on its location. The "Creative Spirit" course, which fills the university's arts requirement, is one of about 30 courses in Temple's new core curriculum that are taking students off the campus and into the heart…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Institutional Research, Urban Areas, Educational Change
Royal, Camika; Tossman, Matthew – Research for Action, 2009
The purpose of this paper is to inform the community about teacher appraisal methods in the School District of Philadelphia, outline the difficulties of the current system, and suggest approaches that would strengthen the teacher appraisal process. The authors gathered their information over three months in mid-2009 from multiple sources:…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Program Improvement, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research
Dessoff, Alan – District Administration, 2009
Although data directly linking parental engagement with positive results is limited, administrators, teachers, and parent cite anecdotal evidence--and some numbers about test scores and attendance from individual schools--to affirm the effectiveness of engagement programs. Meanwhile, researchers are studying the keys to successful programs and…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Parent School Relationship, Elementary Schools
Myung, Jeannie; Martinez, Krissia; Nordstrum, Lee – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2013
Building a stronger teacher workforce requires the thoughtful orchestration of multiple processes working together in a human capital system. This white paper presents a framework that can be used to take stock of current efforts to enhance the teacher workforce in school districts or educational organizations, as well as their underlying theories…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Instructional Improvement, Faculty Development, Improvement Programs
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Wallach, Catherine A. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2010
School reformers hope that converting comprehensive high schools into collections of small schools will produce results similar to those realized in freestanding small schools. Three themes--personalization, professional community, and shared decision making--exemplify the early successes in conversions. But the challenge of sustaining these gains…
Descriptors: High Schools, Small Schools, Administrative Organization, Educational Change
Brown, David W., Ed.; Witte, Deborah, Ed. – Kettering Foundation, 2008
"Higher Education Exchange" publishes case studies, analyses, news, and ideas about efforts within higher education to develop more democratic societies. Contributors to this issue of the "Higher Education Exchange" examine whether institutions of higher learning are doing anything to increase the capacity of citizens to shape…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Democracy, Public Health, Partnerships in Education
Balbach, Amy Beth Mackie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Throughout the 1980's, the notion of standards came to the forefront throughout the education world. Groups questioned how to define quality teaching. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards was developed to meet this need providing a voluntary national certification to identify accomplished teachers. Since its inception,…
Descriptors: Professional Associations, Board of Education Policy, Principals, Teacher Certification
MORTON, PAUL W. – 1966
THIS STUDY (1) IDENTIFIES MAJOR COLLEGE COMMUNITY SERVICES, (2) DEFINES THE AREA SERVED BY A COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND (3) MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INITIATING AND OPERATING THESE SERVICES IN PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGES. DATA FROM INTERVIEWS WERE USED TO DESIGN A QUESTIONNAIRE SENT TO 90 PUBLIC 2-YEAR COLLEGES ACROSS THE NATION. TABLES DISPLAY THE REPLIES,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Community Programs, Community Services
Jenkins, Davis; Kerrigan, Monica Reid – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2009
This study examines what specific data college faculty and administrators use in their jobs and the extent to which they use data analysis to design and improve the impact of programs and services. The study is based on a survey on the use of student data by faculty and administrators at 41 community colleges participating in Achieving the Dream:…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Academic Achievement, Leadership
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Ghilani, Mary E. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2008
The purpose of this study was to determine how well former employees at a television glass manufacturing plant were able to find employment in a new field of study following graduation from a local community college. The majority of participants were able to find reemployment, albeit at a lower salary. In addition, information was obtained…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Manufacturing, Graduates, Structural Unemployment
Sander, Libby – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
Figuring out how to pay for college is a common challenge for many students across the country. But in Pennsylvania, where tuition at public two- and four-year institutions is among the highest in the country, state officials are revisiting a topic that has long frustrated students and officials alike. This article reports that with the meltdown…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Public Colleges, Hearings, Student Costs
Walker, Charles R. – 1984
The Lancaster (PA) school district is working with the Chamber of Commerce and industry to bring resource persons into classrooms and to provide staff for adult career retraining. Program objectives include identifying areas for school/community interaction and mutual gain. Partnership benefits are shared among business, community and schools: to…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Community Education, Community Resources, Cooperative Programs
Philadelphia Commission on Decentralization and Community Participation, PA. – 1970
The Philadelphia Commission on Decentralization and Community Participation offers plans for reforms on the school and district level. On the school level, three options are suggested: (1) informal community participation in decision-making; (2) advisory participation in the form of an elected or appointed committee from the community; or, (3)…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Advisory Committees, Boards of Education, Community Action
Jenkins, Davis; Ellwein, Todd; Wachen, John; Kerrigan, Monica Reid; Cho, Sung-Woo – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2009
In 2003, Lumina Foundation for Education launched a bold, multiyear, national initiative called "Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count," to help students stay in school and succeed. The initiative is focused particularly on students who have faced the most barriers to success, including low-income students and students of color.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, At Risk Students
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