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Laura Rasmussen Foster; Jessie Stadd; Michelle Tolbert – Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2023
When aligned with career pathways and other education and training programs in the community, IET programs offered in prisons and jails enable participants to make significant progress toward their education and training goals that can be continued after release. This guide summarizes lessons learned from the IET in Corrections project and serves…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Career Pathways, Educational Objectives, Training Objectives
Jackson, Sheila; Mawhinney, Joanna – Jobs for the Future, 2021
"Three Big Lessons in Six Years" is both a reflection on the past and a look ahead to the future at Charlestown (C-Town) High School (Boston, Massachusetts) and other early college programs across the country. The purpose of this series is to document essential design elements, operational structures, and critical support for students to…
Descriptors: High Schools, High School Students, Community Colleges, College School Cooperation
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Heggart, Keith – Issues in Educational Research, 2015
Previous scholarship has outlined possible models of civics education but have neglected to provide frameworks for evaluation of the way such educative programs contribute to ongoing active citizenship amongst the participants. This paper explicates a framework that can be used to analyse how effectively programs are developing active citizenship…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Citizenship, Civics, Citizen Participation
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Peacock, Susi; Cowan, John – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2018
This paper opens by summarising the case for student-directed learning in online higher education as a means of bringing about the development and use of higher-level cognitive and interpersonal abilities such as critical and creative thinking. The writers refine their conceptualisations of student-direction, different to, but flowing from…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Bal, Aydin; Schrader, Elizabeth M.; Afacan, Kemal; Mawene, Dian – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2016
Culturally responsive positive behavioral interventions and supports (CRPBIS) is a statewide research project designed to renovate behavioral support systems to become more inclusive, adaptive, and supportive for all. The CRPBIS methodology, called "learning lab," provides a research-based process to bring together local stakeholders and…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Intervention, Culturally Relevant Education, Partnerships in Education
Lass, Leslie; Parcell, Abby – Achieving the Dream, 2014
Three community colleges--El Paso Community College, Bunker Hill Community College, and Patrick Henry Community College--incorporated technology into the curriculum to support student progress in mathematics through developmental education. Each college took its own path: El Paso developed a self-accelerated emporium-style computer lab, Patrick…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Learning Strategies, Developmental Programs, Educational Change
Lass, Leslie; Powell, David S. – Achieving the Dream, 2014
This brief summarizes efforts to reform developmental education at Zane State College and the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC). Focused on accelerating student success and progress, the two schools pursued distinctive approaches to reform that aligned with their institutional missions and student populations. Recognizing that the…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Educational Change, Institutional Mission, Student Needs
Eaton, Sarah Elaine – Online Submission, 2012
This report offers practical suggestions for literacy practitioners and program administrators on how to use webinar and webcasting technologies to promote and market literacy. The report is divided into sections on how to use webinars for learners, for staff and volunteers and to engage the general community. A checklist of tips to use on the day…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Internet, Marketing, Computer Uses in Education
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Frazelle, Sarah; Nagel, Aisling – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2015
To stem the tide of students dropping out, many schools and districts are turning to early warning systems (EWS) that signal whether a student is at risk of not graduating from high school. While some research exists about establishing these systems, there is little information about the actual implementation strategies that are being used across…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Dropouts, Dropout Prevention, Prevention
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Eisenberg, Diane U. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1980
Presents six steps for organizing community forum programs: establish forum steering committees; enlist community organization cosponsors; involve local media; develop related activities and community events; provide for panelist and moderator practice sessions; and develop forum promotional plans. Includes action steps for the forum coordinator.…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Community Coordination, Community Involvement, Community Organizations
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Martorana, S. V., Ed.; Piland, William E., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1984
This collection of articles addresses the role of community colleges in serving the specialized interests of organized community groups. After introductory comments on the topic, Seymour Eskow discusses how societal changes necessitate a reexamination of the role of the community college and an increased orientation to community organizations.…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Colleges, Community Organizations, Community Services
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Wilson-Gebhardt, Concetta; Plowman, Corlea S. – Reading Teacher, 1980
Provides guidelines to involve the entire community in a successful reading fair, based on procedures followed in Newport News, Virginia. (RL)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Involvement, Community Support, Exhibits
Clark, Donald M. – 1981
This handbook was designed to assist adult basic education (ABE) program operators in developing and implementing programs responsive to local needs and resources. The handbook was prepared based on information gathered during a search of related literature, contributions of ABE practitioners, input from the project advisory committee, and the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Cooperation, Community Education, Community Planning
Bain, Josie G.; Herman, Joan L. – 1989
This booklet offers a set of guidelines for developing a community-based coalition dedicated to improving the education of at-risk minority students. The guide offers and is organized around the following nine-step plan for the development and implementation of strategies to mobilize a community: (1) "the initiation: build core support"; (2)…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Influence, Community Involvement, Community Leaders
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Kilar, Jeremy W. – Community College Review, 1975
Community colleges--with their link between culture and community--are natural places for citizen involvement in the American Bicentennial celebration. Activities already undertaken by some junior colleges include the recording of local histories, workshops for teachers, art shows, readers' theaters, and folk science lectures. (Author/NHM)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Programs, Cultural Activities, Program Development
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