ERIC Number: ED255606
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1984
Pages: 347
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Sharing Successes across Network Institutions: A Status Report 1984.
Koenigs, Sharon, Comp.; And Others
This report by the Urban Education Network describes educational programs in the Midwest having the potential to ameliorate urban school problems. The programs are grouped into the following 11 sections, according to content: (1) alternative schools and programs/arts; (2) bilingual education/special education/student behavior and discipline; (3) computer technology; (4) effective schools/school improvement/instructional management/curriculum design; (5) environmental education/science/social studies; (6) gifted and talented/vocational education; (7) institutional description/policy/desegregation/public relations; (8) reading/mathematics/writing/language arts; (9) research/evaluation/testing/dissemination; (10) staff development: teachers and administrators; (11) urban education/business partnerships. For each program the following information is provided: a brief description; staff size and composition; scope; number of individuals served; number of schools served; whether evaluation reports and/or descriptive materials are available; and an address for further information. There are two appendices: a list of programs by district and state and an index by topic area. (RDN)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Bilingual Education, Computer Science, Cooperative Education, Curriculum Design, Discipline, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Evaluation, Gifted, Instructional Development, Language Arts, Mathematics Education, Nontraditional Education, Program Descriptions, Public Relations, Reading Instruction, School Business Relationship, School Effectiveness, Science Education, Social Sciences, Special Education, Staff Development, Student Behavior, Urban Education, Vocational Education, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Reference Materials - Directories/Catalogs; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Mid-Continent Regional Educational Lab., Inc., St. Louis, MO.
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Note: Prepared for the Urban Education Network. For the 1983 Status Report, see UD 024 154.