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Tammy Bolen – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2024
The Washington Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Committee (referred to in this report as "the Committee" and "Committee") was established in 2019 through Senate Bill 5082 (SB 5082) to address the growing body of evidence that shows the need for improving a student's social and emotional competencies which are critical to every…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Higher Education, State Legislation, Child Development
Cadogan, Eimer; McCarthy, Liam; Mangan, Mary – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2017
Adult education is under-researched and when quality is researched it is based on summative assessment, having implications for both policy and practice. Courses which deal with parenting often measure progress in this manner, missing out on the experience of learners. The present study uses conventional content analysis to examine the positive…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Family Relationship, Interpersonal Communication, Experiential Learning
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Lobry de Bruyn, Lisa; Prior, Julian; Lenehan, Jo – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2014
Purpose: To explain how training and education events (TEEs) can be designed to increase the likelihood of achieving behavioural objectives. Approach: The approach combined both a quantitative review of evaluation surveys undertaken at the time of the TEE, and qualitative telephone interviews with selected attendees (2025% of the total population…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Agricultural Colleges, Interviews
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Pandey, Priyanka; Goyal, Sangeeta; Sundararaman, Venkatesh – Education Economics, 2009
This study evaluates the impact of a community-based information campaign on school performance from a cluster randomized control trial in 610 villages. The campaign consisted of eight or nine public meetings in each of 340 treatment villages across three Indian states to disseminate information to the community about its state-mandated roles and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Community Involvement, Institutional Advancement, School Community Relationship
Hetherington, Monica; Featherstone, Gill; Bielby, Gill; Passy, Rowena – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2009
The purpose of this report is to disseminate the findings from an analysis of the proposals submitted by English councils under the Sustainable Communities Act for England 2007 (SCA), conducted by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) in August/September 2009, as requested by the Local Government Association (LGA). It aims to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Local Government, Sustainable Development, Program Proposals
Hawkins, B. Denise, Ed. – National Institute for Literacy, 2008
Catalyst, a quarterly newsletter from the Institute's Communications Office, contains news, information, and features about the programs and services of the National Institute for Literacy. Contents of this issue include: (1) Shanahan on the National Early Literacy Panel Report: What's in Store; (2) Director's Message; (3) Representative Fattah to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Learning Disabilities, Emergent Literacy, Family Influence
Anderson, Stuart – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
Building the research capacity of the vocational education and training (VET) sector is a key concern for the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). To assist with this objective, NCVER supports an academic scholarship program, whereby VET practitioners are sponsored to undertake university study at honours', master's or…
Descriptors: Health Services, Community Development, Scholarships, Vocational Education