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Goodson, Barbara; Checkoway, Amy; Yudron, Monica; Acevedo, Maria – Abt Associates, 2018
The Year 2 Preschool Expansion Grant (PEG) implementation study focuses on the second year of supports and outcomes for teachers, classroom quality, and supports for families. Overall, compared to its first year of implementation, the PEG programs in Year 2 (which was the 2016-17 school year) appear to have made progress towards delivering the key…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Grants, Program Evaluation, Educational Improvement
Gold, Ben K. – 1975
This study attempted to assess use of the campus "free hour" (Tuesday, 12-1) inaugurated in the fall 1974 semester. During the "free hour," classes were not scheduled so that various campus clubs, committees, and special presentations could be scheduled without conflicting with classes. A brief questionnaire was sent to members…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Program Evaluation, Released Time, School Schedules
Johnson, Lary – 1974
During the 1973-74 school year, elementary and secondary students in Minneapolis were released from their classes every Tuesday at 2:00 to allow staff members to participate in staff development activities. A variety of different types of meetings were distributed throughout the 37-week schedule: building meetings, citywide meetings, curriculum…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Human Relations Programs, Inservice Teacher Education, Principals
Leggette, Earl C.; And Others – 1979
This paper reports the result of a three-year research project that implemented the idea of university professors as volunteers to provide released time for public school inservice teachers. It reviews the conception of the idea and gives a detailed account of an actual experiment involving a group of professors and a local high school. The…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Inservice Teacher Education, Junior High Schools
Sanford, W. Lee – 1973
The preliminary work on three main projects is reported on, covering the period between March and June, 1973. The projects are: (1) development of an institutional behavioral management regimen for incarcerated male youths between the ages of 15 and 18 at the Alabama Industrial School at Mount Meigs, Alabama; (2) development of a community-based…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Community Involvement, Cooperative Programs, Correctional Education
Eble, Kenneth E.; McKeachie, Wilbert J. – 1985
Faculty development programs in different types of colleges are considered, along with support of faculty development by private foundations, including the Bush Foundation's Faculty Development Program. The evolution of faculty development in institutions in the United States is traced, with emphasis on efforts in the last 15 years. A literature…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Church Related Colleges, College Faculty, Evaluation Methods