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Mayer, Alexander – MDRC, 2018
In this testimony by Alexander Mayer, Deputy Director, Postsecondary Education, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC), Before the New Jersey State Assembly Higher Education Committee, the following three points are emphasized: (1) Developmental education is a major challenge facing low-income college students in New Jersey and across…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Low Income Groups, Barriers, College Students
McNamara, John – NAMTA Journal, 2016
John McNamara shares his wisdom and humbly credits Camillo Grazzini, Jenny Höglund, and David Kahn for his growth in Montessori. Recognizing more than what he has learned from his mentors, he shares the lessons he has learned from his students themselves. Math, science, history, and language are so integrated in the curriculum that students…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Montessori Schools, Elementary School Students, Adolescents
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Cox, Dana C.; D'Ambrosio, Beatriz S. – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2015
In the course of engaging with a Mathematics and Science Partnership (MSP) project, we planned a yearlong Leadership Academy that fit under the "train the trainers" model for professional development. Midway through, teacher leaders rejected a traditional conception of leadership based on expertise, individualism, and the transmission of…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Mathematics Teachers, Faculty Development, Models
Yoo, Soonhwa; Loadman, William E. – 1997
In 1994 the Ohio State Legislature established Venture Capital to support school restructuring. The Venture Capital school initiative is a concept borrowed from the business community in which the corporate entity provides risk capital to parts of the organization to stimulate creative ideas and to provide opportunities for local entities to try…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Mayer, Victor J.; Fortner, Rosanne W. – 1985
Four different methods for disseminating materials and activities used in a program to teach middle school students about aquatic environments were compared in Ohio. Six hundred teachers elected to attend one-and-a-half day workshops, 180 teachers attended workshops requiring 10 full days' participation, 200 teachers ordered materials by mail, and…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Delivery Systems, Diffusion (Communication)