This paper describes a project aimed at helping children and their families achieve their potential. It is based in an area of high social disadvantage. The authors explain how parenting classes held at a community college (a comprehensive school with provision for adult education), have led to the development of a suite of courses leading to…

Author described a program designed to provide additional help in the school district by using the knowledge, skills, and expertise of parent volunteers. (Author/RK)

Authors raise the question of how writing and composition skills, often neglected aspects of literacy programs, can best be developed. Using examples from a variety of countries, they demonstrate the close connection among educational, political, social, and cognitive factors and illustrate their instructional principles and strategies in a…

Evaluates the project, emphasizing (1) the recruitment, training, and support of volunteers; and (2) the collection, preparation, and dissemination of educational materials. (CI)

This model is a career-oriented approach designed to enhance the employability and career options of out-of-school adults. (Author)

The Massachusetts charter movement facilitated Boston's development of pilot schools (in-district charters), which posed a dilemma for staff, students, board members, and codirectors of Fenway Middle College High School. A year later, a coalition of pilot school leaders is glad they stayed in the system and pursued high-level educational…

In 2001, the U.S. Department of Education and the Ministry of Education in China entered into a bilateral partnership to develop a technology-driven approach to foreign language learning that integrated gaming, immersion, voice recognition, problem-based learning tasks, and other features that made it a significant research and development pilot…

Urban Scholars was founded at the University of Massachusetts Boston two decades ago as a pilot program with just 15 students. With support from the university, Boston Public Schools and various funders, this multicultural academic enrichment program has thrived. Remarkably, 98 percent of the low-income, first generation Boston students who…

The Pilot schools Experiential Education Demonstration (PSEED) project was intended to deepen and embed high-quality experiential education within each participating school's academic programs. A continuation of a multiyear set of initiatives by the Barr Foundation, PSEED was an effort to unify the foundation's content area foci on arts,…

The Food Safety Knowledge Network (FSKN) is a collaboration between Michigan State University, the Global Food Safety Initiative of the Consumer Goods Forum, and other food industry and public sector partners. FSKN's goal is to help strengthen the food industry's response to the complex food safety knowledge and training challenges that affect…

This publication provides abstracts of 43 active and 34 completed projects designed to improve pediatric emergency care. The projects were funded by the United States Department of Health and Human Services' Maternal and Child Health Bureau, in collaboration with the United States Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety…

The University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education and the School of Pharmacy developed and presented, as a pilot project, a series of four telelectures at 10 locations throughout the State. Participating pharmacists were receptive to the approach and reported favorable reactions in the evaluation. (LH)

Article described the development of European Architectural Heritage Year and its offspring, the art and life of ordinary people who give a heart and soul to that architectural heritage. (RK)

This paper evaluates the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) Basic and Pilot Project Grant Programs. Among the major questions addressed in the evaluation were: What kinds of students participate in the programs, what kinds of districts and schools receive support, what are the funding patterns, how are the funds translated into services, how…