This guide and tool has been designed to support higher education institutions to review, or audit, their readiness to offer blended learning courses. Users of the guide and tool will benchmark their institution's status with blended learning across a range of categories that includes policy, infrastructure, partnerships, learner support,…

How can States address the continual and extraordinary challenge of sustaining and adapting the reforms they have implemented to improve student outcomes? What steps can States take to do so in the face of inevitably evolving conditions--such as a change in resources (for example, the end of a grant), leadership (a transition in personnel or…

This guide is designed to help teachers and administrators use data to continuously improve equity in schools. Educators can also use data to engage students, parents/guardians, the community, and others who want to make positive changes in schools to increase equity. The purposes of the guide are to: (1) Introduce MAEC's Equity Audit Tools as a…

"The Global Framework on Transferable Skills" has been developed to support UNICEF in delivering on the results of its "Strategic Plan 2018-2021" and "Every Child Learns: UNICEF Education Strategy 2019-2030," and provides a shared vision of work on skills development across UNICEF. The Framework guides UNICEF country…

This handbook identifies principles and policy mechanisms to advance community-based learning for sustainable development based on the commitments endorsed by the participants of the "Kominkan-CLC International Conference on Education for Sustainable Development," which took place in Okayama City, Japan, in October 2014. To inform…

Exciting spaces to play are vital if we are to provide children with challenging, flexible, inclusive and stimulating opportunities to learn, develop and have fun together. This book provides readers with ideas for developing play environments that will meet the needs of the children in their care. It illustrates how improving the play environment…

Achieve has put together a set of materials--"Taking Root: Strategies for Sustaining the College- and Career-Ready Agenda"--that seeks to help states develop and implement strategies to support the sustainability of the college- and career-ready agenda. This sustainability audit was created for states to use to evaluate their own…

Research continues to support the many teaching and learning benefits of one-to-one laptop learning. Benefits range from improved student engagement and teacher-student interactions to the attainment of 21st century skills and the transformation of teacher practice. Additional benefits include improved student writing skills, increased teacher…

This publication is intended to aid local public officials and interested citizens in planning how to best manage rapid population growth resulting from construction and/or development of new energy-related facilities. In particular, it discusses what the impact of an energy project on a community is likely to be, shares ideas for action based on…

This simulation is designed for use of guidance teachers as part of a Careers Education program. Although basically dealing with a careers situation, other aspects of guidance emerge--confidentiality, parental problems, writing of references. It is interesting to consider these aspects from the pupils' point of view. The simulation can be used…

This guidebook is designed to help school districts plan evaluations of their curriculum program. It is divided into four major sections. The first section presents a case study based on the experiences of a school district that used this handbook in planning an evaluation. The second section reproduces the set of forms that the school district…

Preparing creative company literature can aid students with career decisions and enhance returns on recruiting dollars. Describes a brochure by Atlantic Richfield which includes a career planning workbook to help students and placement officials analyze individual strengths. The brochure has been received well by students. (Author/JAC)

This handbook is designed to aid school districts that are considering either implementing a year-round program for the first time or improving and expanding an existing year-round program. The handbook is organized in 11 chapters that discuss the following topics: introduction to the year-round school, reorganizing the school calendar, adopting…

This document, which is intended to assist Colorado's Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) staff, educators, students, and students' families, presents the answers to selected questions regarding eligibility for and delivery of cooperative educational and vocational rehabilitation services for youth in transition. The introduction provides…

The self-instructional program of learning activities is designed for classroom use with both employed and job-seeking adult basic and general adult education students. Overall objectives include (1) reviewing and developing work incentives for an occupation as described in a work history, (2) considering the relationship between job satisfaction…