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Download full textFlowers, Nancy; Carpenter, Dawn M. H.; Begum, Shahana – Grantee Submission, 2018
The Middle-Grades Leadership Development (MLD) Project was designed to develop principal leaders and leadership teams who create high-performing middle-grades schools. Designed by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform, the four-year project was funded from 2013 to 2017 by a U.S. Department of Education Investing in Innovation (i3)…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Leadership Training, Principals, Grants
Downes, John M.; Bishop, Penny A. – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2015
The number of middle level schools adopting 1:1 laptop programs has increased considerably during the past decade (e.g., Lowther, Strahl, Inan, & Bates, 2007; Storz & Hoffman, 2013; Texas Center for Educational Research, 2009). The cornerstone practices of the middle school concept (National Middle School Association, 2010), therefore,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Laptop Computers, Access to Computers
McClanahan, Wendy S.; Gao, Jian; Sanders, Felcia – Research For Action, 2013
Community schools are an approach that has been adopted to respond to this educational crisis. By partnering with local agencies, community schools provide students and families with access to healthcare services, educational enhancement and recreational opportunities, family economic supports such as workforce development and income tax…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Middle School Students, Student Participation, Student Experience
Peer reviewedRoss, John A. – Evaluation Review, 1980
An example is provided of an evaluation in which the formulation of explicit decision rules was a central activity. The case for and against the use of decision rules in program evaluation is considered, and the appropriate context identified. Implications for the rights of decision makers are addressed. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Criteria, Decision Making, Educational Planning, Evaluation
ACT, Inc., 2007
The Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program (GEAR UP) is designed to provide assistance to low income students. The program provides discretionary grants for the purpose of increasing the readiness of low income students to attend and succeed in postsecondary education. The grants are up to six years in length and provide…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Grade 8
Carr, Thomas; Schlier, Gordon – 1978
The purpose of this project was to continue, expand, and measure the outcomes of a three-phase model developmental vocational exploration and career planning program that had been integrated into the junior high school curriculum. Phase I involved 304 seventh grade students. Ten sessions were conducted in which students explored the attitudes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Career Exploration, Career Planning
Altschuld, James W.; Pritz, Sandra – 1974
The evaluation report is one of seven produced for the Occupational Exploration Program (OEP), a series of simulated occupational experiences designed for junior high school students. Describing the pilot testing of the simulation dealing with education, the report contains sections describing the simulation context, evaluation procedures,…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Career Choice, Career Education, Career Exploration
Direct linkPhipps, Maurice, Ed.; Hayashi, Aya, Ed. – Wilderness Education Association, 2006
The Wilderness Education Association (WEA) helps people enjoy and protect our nation's most precious resource: Our wilderness areas. They have been training and certifying outdoor leaders around the world for nearly 30 years, teaching students safely and effectively to lead groups in the outdoors without harming the environment. In addition,…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Outdoor Leadership, Recreational Activities, Recreational Programs
