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Download full textPhiladelphia Youth Network, 2009
In Spring 2007, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation awarded funds to the Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN) to undertake an analysis of Career and Technical Education (CTE) in Philadelphia, and to make recommendations on how CTE and other forms of career-connected education could better align with high-wage/high-demand jobs in the regional…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Program Evaluation, School Districts, Urban Education
Weissman, Evan; Cullinan, Dan; Cerna, Oscar; Safran, Stephanie; Richman, Phoebe – National Center for Postsecondary Research, 2012
The Learning Communities Demonstration is a national research project that is testing the effectiveness of learning communities in six community colleges across the United States: Merced College in California; The Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) in Baltimore, Maryland; Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida; Houston…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Credits
Miron, Gary; Jones, Jeffrey N.; Kelaher-Young, Allison J. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2011
The Kalamazoo Promise was announced in the fall of 2005, offering free college tuition at any public state college or university for graduates of the district who have gained acceptance to a postsecondary institution. This program was funded through the generous support of anonymous donors, and a federally-funded evaluation is underway to examine…
Descriptors: State Colleges, Academic Achievement, Scholarships, Tuition
Direct linkEarley, Peter – School Leadership & Management, 2009
How leaders learn to become leaders has been an area of much research. When asked what were the key experiences in learning leadership, leaders often speak of the importance of "on-the-job" experiences, yet these experiences are rarely fully detailed in the research literature. The importance of "apprenticeships" and being…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Leadership, Leadership Training, Program Evaluation
Academy for Educational Development, 2012
The Academy for Educational Development (AED) sent a research team to the University of Dayton (UD) on November 5-7, 2008, to conduct interviews with individuals who played significant roles in the university's teacher preparation program (see Appendix A). These interviews, along with additional materials provided by UD and identified by the AED…
Descriptors: Measurement, Measures (Individuals), Cooperating Teachers, Field Experience Programs
Carroll, Becky; Smith, Anita; Castori, Pam – Inverness Research, 2009
The Exploratorium is home to XTech, a science education program which began in 2006 and was primarily funded by a three-year National Science Foundation grant (Award # 05-25217) through its ITEST (Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers) initiative. XTech provided project-based afterschool activities in science, engineering,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Field Trips, Summative Evaluation, Outreach Programs
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1971
This is the fourth in a series of reports comprising a nationwide review of the Teacher Corps program; it assesses the program at the University of Southern California and participating schools in Los Angeles and Riverside counties. The program focused on the special educational needs of Mexican-American and black children living in the Los…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Needs, Program Evaluation, Teacher Interns
Washington School of Psychiatry, Washington, DC. – 1968
This interim report presents operational and evaluational concepts and results and plans of the Teacher Corps from 1966 to 1968 in five sections. Section 1 capsules the objectives of the program: to broaden programs of teacher preparation and to strengthen educational opportunities for disadvantaged youth. The Teacher Corps program is overviewed…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Internship Programs, Models, Program Evaluation
Hardin, Belinda J.; Vardell, Rosemarie; de Castaneda, Albertina – Childhood Education, 2008
This article describes an early childhood professional development project that took place in the summer of 2005 in Guatemala City. Located in Central America, Guatemala has a population of approximately 12.3 million people, including more than two million children under the age of 5 (UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2007; UNICEF, 2004). Events…
Descriptors: Young Children, Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Child Care
Peer reviewedOliver, Albert I. – NASSP Bulletin, 1975
Article considered a book which is, in a measure, a case study of a large Philadelphia high school spinning off some alternative units in an attempt to humanize learning for its predominantly black student population. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Evaluative Thinking, High Schools, Learning Experience
Nearine, Robert J. – Art Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Art Expression, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Program Evaluation
Kersiant, Gladis; Borman, Kathryn; Boydston, Theodore; Sadler, Troy – 2001
The perceptions of teachers who have participated in professional development experiences provided by the Urban Systemic Initiative in four sites (Miami, Florida; Chicago, Illinois; El Pas, Texas; Memphis, Tennessee) were studied. Focus groups were conducted at each of the 47 schools across the 4 sites. Focus groups usually consisted of the five…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Professional Development, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
New York City Public Schools, Brooklyn, NY. – 1982
The final report details accomplishments of a New York City demonstration program to train handicapped students to travel independently on public transportation. It is explained that three major objectives were attained: five new replicators were identified during each of 3 years, replicators followed the program description, and replicators…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Evaluation
O'Sullivan, Maurice J.; And Others – 1972
The Higher Education Center for Urban Studies (HECUS) was formed as a consortium in 1968 by 5 institutions of higher education located in or near Bridgeport, Connecticut. It has been involved mainly in urban research, community service, and in facilitating educational services for disadvantaged people. This report is a study made to determine…
Descriptors: Community Services, Consortia, Disadvantaged, Higher Education
Peer reviewedWortman, Paul M.; St. Pierre, Robert G. – Education and Urban Society, 1977
A secondary analysis of the Alum Rock Educational Voucher Demonstration reveals a failure to implement the major aspects of voucher theory. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Innovation, Educational Policy, Educational Vouchers
