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Price, Reine; And Others – Journal of Rural and Small Schools, 1987
Describes faculty designed program to provide individualized basic education for each of 116 grade 4, 5, and 6 students in Bigelow, Arkansas, as well as daily opportunities for enrichment through community resource persons. Summarizes community involvement, educational considerations, evaluation efforts, recommendations, and limitations. (NEC)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individualized Education Programs, Intermediate Grades, Program Descriptions
Totten, Samuel – Schools in the Middle, 1995
In 1992, the College of Education at the University of Arkansas formed a partnership with the Elkins (Arkansas) School District to strengthen both the university's and the school's middle-level education efforts. Both parties agreed to develop a middle-level program in the Elkins School District and use teacher and college faculty exchanges to…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Download full textArkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. – 2001
This Action Plan has been developed to ensure the success of the Arkansas Smart Step Initiative, the part of the Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment and Accountability Program (ACTAAP) that focuses on grades 5 through 8. As do other aspects of the ACTAAP, the Smart Start Initiative has four components, each of which is described here: (1)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Educational Planning
Price, Reine; And Others – 1986
A small rural elementary school in Bigelow, Arkansas has developed the Levelized Educational Advancement Program (LEAP) to offset diminished financial resources, limited classroom space, and reduction in professional staff. The program provides individualized basic education for 116 students in grades 4, 5, and 6, and provides daily enrichment…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Community Involvement, Community Resources, Curriculum Enrichment
Braden, Nancy – 1981
In this award winning project for incorporating economics study into the curriculum, a fifth grade class studied economic interdependence as it applied to their community (Barling, Arkansas). Class readings of several books dealing with the development of an economic community preceded the students' creation of a mini-Barling with elected…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Awards, Banking, Budgets
Hamilton, Jack A.; Leffler, Jeanne – 1978
This description of career education activities in Greenland, Arkansas, was prepared as part of a study conducted to identify evaluated, exemplary career education activities which represent the best of the current career education programs and practices referred to in Public Law 93-380. (See CE 018 212 for the final report of this study.) This…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education, Community Involvement
