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Sass, Tim R.; Austin, Wes – National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schools, 2019
This report analyzes the effects of implementing a personalization for academic and social emotional learning (PASL) program in selected Broward County high schools. PASL was implemented with a continuous improvement model promoting deliberate adaptations to class- and school-level conditions. PASL practices include goal setting, use of data,…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Individualized Instruction, High Schools, Program Effectiveness
Jacobson, Louis; Mokher, Christine – CNA Corporation, 2014
A key goal of the "Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006" ("Perkins IV") is to ensure career and technical education (CTE) programs are widely available for preparing high school and college students for "high skill, high wage, or high demand occupations in current or emerging professions"…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education, High School Seniors, Enrollment
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Miller, Melissa A.; Fenty, Nicole; Scott, Terrance M.; Park, Kristy Lee – Remedial and Special Education, 2011
Students who are socially competent are more likely to experience school success than those who are not. Students with social deficits experience frequent failures with both peers and adults and often require explicit social skills instruction. Because social skills instruction programs taught in isolation rarely result in successful skill…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Reading Instruction, Interpersonal Competence, Reading
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Dupoux, Errol – International Journal of Special Education, 2008
This study assessed the perceptions of high school students with learning disabilities about the suitability or preference of an academic or vocational curriculum. Students were administered the Vocational Academic Choice Survey (VACS), designed to measure students' perceptions of which curriculum is more suitable for them. Results revealed that a…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Learning Disabilities, High School Students, Interest Inventories
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Mullen, Carol A.; Sullivan, Elaine C. – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2002
Descriptive study a New Millennium High School in Florida, involving the restructuring of the instructional program of a low-performing school through the integration of academics with career education. (Contains 39 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Career Education, Disadvantaged Schools, Education Work Relationship
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Windham, Patricia – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 2001
Argues that, as colleges work to ensure that they are serving the workforce needs of their communities, they must also ensure that their transfer and academic functions are not diminished. Documents the continued importance of the transfer mission in Florida, and provides information on policies designed to ensure a smooth transition from one…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), College Role, Community Colleges
Bell, David P. – 1981
The role and function of upper-level higher education institutions, their current health, and their future prospects are considered, based on a national study. Data were gathered on nearly all of the 25 upper-level institutions in the United States, and site visits were conducted at approximately half. These schools offer work at only the junior,…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adult Students, Articulation (Education), College Planning