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| Appalachia | 8 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 6 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 6 |
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| Community | 1 |
| Policymakers | 1 |
Location
| West Virginia | 2 |
| Alabama | 1 |
| Kentucky | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 |
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Thompson, Donald L. – Appalachia, 1972
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Indigenous Personnel, Paraprofessional Personnel, Preschool Education
Appalachia, 1973
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Finance, Expenditures, Operating Expenses
Appalachia, 1986
Describes 11 Appalachian Regional Commission funded projects designed to improve education in Kentucky, many of which focus on dropout prevention, including Laurel County Alternative School, Owsley County Dropout Prevention Program, ADOPT, Pine Mountain Settlement School, Technical Assistance Grant, potential projects, documentary on dropout…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 2002
In Appalachian Alabama, AlabamaREAL helps individuals, schools, and rural communities grow through hands-on entrepreneurship education. School-based businesses teach students to recognize business opportunities; encourage participatory learning; and meet the needs of small, rural communities. The Appalachian Regional Commission provides schools…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Business Education, Entrepreneurship, Experiential Learning
Baldwin, Fred – Appalachia, 1993
Describes the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Hazmat Training Program (Beckley, WV). It is the largest program in the nation for training skilled workers to safely handle toxic and hazardous wastes. This program has produced more than 450 certified instructors, who, in turn, have trained more than 18,000 workers. (LP)
Descriptors: Certification, Environmental Standards, Hazardous Materials, Job Training
Hoffman, Carl – Appalachia, 1993
Describes 3 of 17 innovative educational programs funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and the Southern Governors' Association. Projects were designed to meet at least one of the four National Education Goals important to ARC: school readiness; adult literacy and lifelong learning; math-science education; and dropout prevention. (LP)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Early Childhood Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Innovation
Casto, James E. – Appalachia, 1996
REAL Enterprises, Inc. (Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning) is an academic program that helps students learn the basics of starting and nurturing a new business. West Virginia is 1 of 17 states offering the program with the goal of preparing youth to take advantage of economic opportunities in their own communities. (LP)
Descriptors: Business Education, Community Colleges, Economic Opportunities, Entrepreneurship
Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 2002
Rural Marion County (Tennessee), the town of Kimball, the Appalachian Regional Commission, and a local community college founded a regional skills center. The center offers a 2-year associate of science degree and classes in GED preparation, parenting, drug abuse prevention, cosmetology, and air conditioning and refrigeration. It has expanded…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Experiential Learning
