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Download full textPowell, George D.; Deck, Dennis – 1985
An increased proportion of Chapter 1 budgets across the country have been directed to the purchase of microcomputer hardware and software. A major reason for this expenditure has been the promise of better instruction, or at least more instruction for Chapter 1 students, without additional staff resources. Although evidence for instructional…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Equipment Utilization
Goldberg, Albert L. – Educational Technology, 1985
To measure impact of microcomputers in schools and estimate near-term future, observations are made regarding client calls--range, issues, themes, and callers--made to a school district consultant requesting help with microcomputer technology. Discussion includes numerous technical questions asked and process questions dealing with decision…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Computer Literacy, Educational Planning, Educational Trends
Pardes, Joan – Perspectives: A Journal of Research and Opinion about Educational Service Agencies, 2003
The Southeast Regional Resource Center serves all of Alaska's 53 school districts, many of them rural. Its itinerant special education personnel deliver services on-site and train teachers, paraprofessionals, and parents to deliver services. Video exchanges, telephone conversations, and Internet communications are used to monitor student progress,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Distance Education, Education Service Centers, Elementary Secondary Education
Zorfass, Judith; And Others – Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 1994
Describes the products and services available from the National Center to Improve Practice (NCIP), which exists to promote change within schools and local districts to increase the use of educational technology with students with disabilities. NCIP's awareness materials, telecommunications network, video conferences, technical assistance services…
Descriptors: Action Research, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction
Leuenberger, John A.; Whitaker, Sheldon V., Jr. – 1993
The total quality movement began as a result of the desire of W. Edwards Deming, an American statistician, to permit the economic system to maintain its edge in a growing global market. The 14 points Deming listed as essential to "total quality management" have recently been adapted to the field of education. The success of the total…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Schaefer, June M.; And Others – 1995
In 1990 the Michigan Inclusive Education Initiative was implemented by the state department of education to facilitate full inclusion of disabled students into regular classroom settings. This paper reports on implementation of inclusive education within the Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District (MAISD) in the Upper Peninsula region of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Distance Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Tushnet, Naida C. – 1992
The Study of Successful Indicators (SIS) project in metropolitan school districts is one study within the Southwest Regional Laboratory's Metropolitan Educational Trends and Research Outcomes (METRO) Center. The mission of METRO is to address schooling issues surrounding the increasing numbers of educationally disadvantaged students in the Pacific…
Descriptors: Community, Educational Indicators, Educational Practices, Educationally Disadvantaged
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Bilingual Education Office. – 1989
California school districts are authorized to designate qualified teachers--who do not hold special Commission on Teacher Credentialing-issued documents authorizing bilingual or English language development instruction--to provide English language development and/or academic instruction via the primary language to limited-English-proficient (LEP)…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Bilingual Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Noggle, Nelson L. – 1985
The changing nature of technical assistance activities and evaluation for compensatory education programs was discussed. The emphasis is on the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) Chapter 1 Technical Assistance Centers (TAC) and their clients. Improvement of school practices demands that the technical assistance process be developed…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Compensatory Education, Education Service Centers, Educational Change
RMC Research Corp., Arlington, VA. – 1971
Phase II of the Emergency School Assistance Program (ESAP), a federal program designed to aid local education agencies in bringing about racial desegregation of their public school systems is discussed. This phase is an intensive study of 20 selected ESAP districts, which identifies and documents ESAP activities that have successfully aided the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1976
The New Jersey Constitution and implementing legislation guarantee each child in the public schools equal educational opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, religion, sex, ancestry, national origin, or social or economic status. To assure these basic rights the Commissioner of Education and the State Board of Education has presented…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Legislation, Educational Practices, Educational Programs
Gorman, Charles J. – 1981
This document provides a case history of the efforts of the University of Pittsburgh's School of Education to serve as one school district's Technical Assistance Agency during the first year of the Pennsylvania School Improvement Program (1980-81). Brief descriptions in Sections I and II of the Pennsylvania program's general and specific settings,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Charts, Consultants
Yap, Kim Onn – 1986
Program improvement activities can be classified into four categories based on the source of the impetus and the locus of the change agent: systematic, symbolic, opportunistic, and pragmatic. This paper (1) describes the various approaches to implementing Chapter 1 program improvement activities at the state and local district levels in 13 western…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Consultants, Consultation Programs
National Inst. for Work and Learning, Washington, DC. – 1978
The Work-Education Consortium Project was undertaken to increase from school to work. During the first 2 years of the project, 21 community employment institutions, and the public to facilitate a smoother transition from school to work. During the first two years of the project, 21 community work education councils were formed. Programmatically,…
Descriptors: Coordination, Education Work Relationship, Educational Cooperation, Information Dissemination
Harlow, Terry A. – Perspectives: A Journal of Research and Opinion about Educational Service Agencies, 2003
Rural schools in west central Texas face declining fiscal resources and enrollments. Their main needs center around staffing and technology. Region 14 Education Service Center, which serves 43 school districts, delivers monthly on-site training and technical assistance to administrators and staff and works with school districts to offer more…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Distance Education, Education Service Centers, Educational Cooperation
